Sustainable Harris Tweed

As many of our loyal customers know, we work closely alongside the Harris Tweed mills in the Outer Hebrides. Harris Tweed is a British Wool sheared from Cheviot flocks of sheep. When the cloth is w...

Walking a little higher!

The full circle is happening. Before Covid it was heels and flats and it then became flats and flats! We listened to you, our customers, and you wanted flat shoes in 2020. You wanted casual too. Ou...

ESPADRILLES!

Nothing says Summer like espadrilles and they are making a fashion comeback big time this year. Mandarina (obviously!) has some of the very best choices around. Handmade for us to the highest stand...

MANDARINA THROUGH THE AGES

Remarkably we have been selling our wonderful shoes around the world for more than 16 years. We were amongst the first, if not the first, shoe company to sell exclusively online, having started out...

From Cairo to Caledonia

Having made a good friend and contact in the Tentmaker's Bazaar in Cairo two years ago, our intrepid Brand Director and Travel Guru has established a supply line for our massively popular cotton ca...

ALL THE TRIMMINGS

Our Mandarina sneakers with different coloured laces are one of our longstanding best sellers and led us to collaborate recently on The Spring Fairies photo shoot with the famous London haberdasher...

Quick fix glamour!

Hail the return of the shoe clip! For some instant add-on sparkle there is no better way to dress up or regenerate a pair of shoes than a snap on buckle, bow or button. They will give a favourite s...

The Fad for Fair Isle

Have you noticed the current fad for Fair Isle?  That nostalgic patterned knit of our childhood days is back with a BANG! Well, here at Mandarina we are delighted by this new trend. Fair Isle is ri...

WORKING FROM HOME?

What to wear when working from home is more of a consideration than you might imagine. Sure, you can sit there in your jim jams and slippers but if you do you will feel neither professional nor mot...

Mary Quant Fashion Icon

The Mandarina team are thrilled to be able to see the amazing tribute exhibition to Mary Quant which is currently up from London and on show at our very own V&A Dundee - just 15 miles from our ...

OUR SUPER MODELS

Career girls all, our freelance Mandarina models are the public face of the brand.  Ranging in age from 18 to 60, we hope their pretty feet and lovely faces reflect the broad appeal of our range, a...

Meet The Team

It is always interesting to sneak a behind-the-scenes peak at what goes into running an online fashion retail business like ours. Well, let us introduce ourselves. No 'Devil Wears Prada' scenario h...

BE BERRY & BRIGHT!

Every day is a red letter day at Mandarina. Our rural Scottish location means we can watch the seasons unfold through our own office window -  and there is nothing more beautiful than seeing bright...

DIWALI - FESTIVAL OF LIGHT

India has a special place in our hearts here at Mandarina as we have derived SO much design inspiration from there over the years. Traditional block prints from Jaipur, sumptuous sari silks from Ma...

Kettlewell Colours

Recently interviewed by Kettlewell Colours, our Brand Director Caroline Townsend shares the secrets of her design success and gives us a very personal insight into her inspirational life and globet...

Birdie Fortescue Interiors

Birdie Fortescue's inspirational interiors collection resonates with Mandarina on many levels. Not only are we both small businesses based in rural locations - Norfolk and Scotland - but we have a ...

The Power of Three

What shoes and boots do you take on a City work trip when you have hand-baggage only? We posed this question to our travel mad Brand Director, Caroline, who has become a skilful packer over the yea...

Lace Up Fun!

Dressing down during the Corona Pandemic shut-in has made us all get creative with haberdashery!  Velvet trims and interesting buttons have revamped cardigans, the 70s craze for adding embroidery a...