The new series of Mary Queen of Shops kicked off on Monday, 9th June, on BBC2. The target: a womenswear boutique in Ascot (Berkshire) specialising in large sizes.

The script was as simple as usual: shop owner doesn't know her business, therefore doesn't make any money and Mary Portas comes to the rescue. It's the same formula as Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares really

Almost a year to the day of the death of Gianfranco Ferré, another legendary name from the fashion industry, Yves Saint-Laurent, passed away on Sunday evening in his Paris residence after a year-long battle with brain cancer.

Yves Saint-Laurent's contribution to the fashion industry has been essential. Apart from creating iconic pieces such as the safari jacket and the tuxedo

One great thing about running an on-line business is the potential to have anybody from pretty much anywhere in the world visiting your shop and placing an order. It just feels great when people thousands of miles away find your products exciting enough to actually want to have them shipped over from another corner of the globe.

One of

You may have noticed from our collections that at Caradiaz we work mostly with Spanish jewellery designers and manufacturers. At the end of the day, I come from Spain so there is no language barrier and I'm familiar enough with the 'mañana, mañana' syndrome to know how to handle it. But it was also important to

A London paper recently featured an article on the use of skinny models in fashion and how the French have just passed new legislation to try and tackle the issue, which I think it's great. There is a big difference between naturally petite girls whose weight is perfectly healthy for their size and body built, like Kate Moss, and those who starve themselves to death to work in fashion, be socially