You’ll always be hearing rumours about how models only wear whatever freebies designers give them, but only a few privileged ones actually get to take their favourite outfits from the catwalk home.

Regardless of any urban legends about fashion, models are just like you and me: it doesn’t matter what impossible luxury, or extravagant trends they wear at work, when it comes to everyday shopping, they shop at the same places as the rest of us.

Does this girl’s dress seem familiar? Yes, it’s from MANGO. This photo was taken backstage at the independent fashion event “080 Barcelona Fashion”, where Lizzy Jagger was spotted – previously a face of MANGO.

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Sophie Auster (daughter of well-known writer and cinema director Paul Auster) is one of the new faces of the Spring-Summer 2010 MANGO catalogue, and is bringing a modern fresh breath of air to the Spanish brand.

Logically, for the upcoming months of good weather you’re going to need a cooler wardrobe once you’ve finally said goodbye to coats and the thousands of layers we’re all wearing to keep warm just now.

Yet again, we can yet again speak of ties with music. As well as being an actress, Sophie Auster is a singer, and for the MANGO catalogue she’s been photographed at a recording studio, as if in the most natural of modelling shoots. Read more…

For spring-summer 2010 floral prints will be one of the most popular trends with all brands. You’ll be just as likely to see them on the street as at parties, on very cute dresses suited to the occasion.

At MANGO, designs focused on flowers are one of the stars of the spring collection: these designs are very fitting for spring, pleasing to the eye and great for good weather. Read more…

During the sales the shops are packed at peak times, the stock is all over the place and shopping conditions are as bad as they get. Luckily, once the initial chaos is over by the end of January this isn’t such a big worry. However, you’re bound to be unable to find some of the items you where looking for, either because they don’t have your size or because they were taken right out of your hands.

The other way to do it is to use MANGO’s online store. With just a click, you can have the entire collection at your disposal, both Autumn-Winter 2009/2010, and the preview of Spring-Summer 2010.

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MANGO Think Up is a line aimed at the younger more modern customers of the Spanish brand. MANGO has launched this line, which maintains the great quality it is known for, but is making it even more accessible in these tough times.

Incredible looks that adapt all the trends for Autumn-Winter 2009/2010 included in this informal collection, concentrating especially on creating a street style which just as easily does everyday looks and special events. Read more…

Apart from making an effort to have their own inimitable style everybody loves to “copy” the style of their favourite celebrities, either because they identify with their personality or simply find them more of an inspiration than catwalk models.

Labels aside, what you want is to get a look that is as close as possible to the styles that stick in your mind after flicking through magazines or reading your favourite blogs.

Are you willing to emulate the celebrity you consider most stylish with a little bit of help from MANGO?

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Most of us just can’t get used to the idea of wearing shoulder pads. No matter how popular this trend is for Autumn-Winter 09/10, it’s hard to get used to them. They’re difficult to combine and rather uncomfortable. However, it seems exaggerated volume isn’t just centre stage with dresses, shirts or jackets – shoulders aren’t only built up, they’re embellished.

An alternative that is just as striking, although a bit lighter for those who can’t quite picture themselves in shoulder pads, could be, for example, crystal embellishments. These embellishments can transform a simple jersey dress like this one into an ornate dress that needs very little to finish off the look.

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As well as the wedding, christening and first communion season, one of the most dreaded seasons is Christmas. It’s the busiest time of year and suddenly family reunions coincide with the most important date on the calendar: New Year’s Eve.

Although the last week in December is still a while away, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to wear. If you put it off you’re likely to get involved Christmas shopping and leave the most important thing, the dress or outfit you’ve been awaiting for 365 days, till last.

If there’s something Christmas is good for, apart from eating anything you want guilt-free, is that it gives you the perfect excuse to update your party wardrobe.

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