#MANDARINA LOVES

JIMMY CHOO Probably the most famous name in luxury, hand-made shoes, Jimmy Choo has been immersed in the art of shoe-making all his life. Born in Malaysia, as a small child he watched and learned by his...

CAT WALK TWEED  This season tweed is more downtown than Downtown Abbey. Proof that tweed has shaken off its stuffy reputation is the fact that you’ll find just as much of it in autumn/winter...

Our friends at Fioriblu. Collaboration is the way forward for smaller brands these days. Since GDPR stopped us all sharing our like-minded customer’s emails (whether you agreed with that or not)...

They look the same do they not? The Mule,  the ballet flat, the ankle boot even the kitten heel. These were shoes made in the 1600's and yet we could be talking about our collections at Mandarina...

The iconic actress, beauty and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn would be 90 now (she died of cancer when she was only 63). Known as ‘everybody’s dream girl’ she had beauty and heart, and a...

A couple of years ago I bought my sister a small pair of 18th Century child’s clogs - Welsh I think - because she loves to paint shoes. I paid £28.  They are charming, historical and...

As this week (Monday 23 September to be exact) we march briskly into Autumn, and summer shoes gravitate to the back of the cupboard, we at Mandarina want to talk about boots, and in particular They may...