Mango is better than ever right now. Take it from someone who has spent at least one lunch break every week for the past – let’s say, six years – in the Mango dressing rooms. Earlier this spring, Mango celebrated the worldwide launch of its most eagerly-awaited collaboration to date (Mango X Victoria Beckham, ICYMI), which coincided with Mango’s own 40th anniversary celebrations and took inspiration from the film La Piscine (1969) starring Jane Birkin. Then, Katie Holmes was spotted wearing a Mango Selection tan suede jacket when out in New York, which caused it to sell out in a matter of moments.
The Spanish fashion brand followed-up with a Zendaya-charged tenniscore collection – bursting with Wimbledon-appropriate tennis skirts, tote bags and baseball caps – before Emily Ratajkowski wore a Mango Selection summer dress out in New York and sent the fashion set into a frenzy.
Most recently? Mango has dropped a sell-out collaboration with Siedrés, the Turkish brand of the moment, which is a joyful, colourful and fresh celebration of the arrival of summer in the Mediterranean. I tried on a few pieces below and fell head over heels in love. So, you get the picture: Mango is hot topic.
It seemed timely, then, to make a beeline for the brand’s flagship Regent Street and try on the crème de la crème – just so you don’t have to. The colour red was a common thread throughout multiple collections, following on from its 2023 A/W boom (thanks, Stella McCartney, The Row and Prada) – while metallics were spotted splashed across beach dresses, bottoms and summer tops – as per Miu Miu and Rabanne’s SS24 collections. The bubble skirt surprisingly won me over – something to do with Kylie Jenner cosigning the return of the Y2K classic last week, perhaps – and I found myself eating my words, having sworn to never be seen in a pair of “jorts.”
Ready for a holiday season wardrobe upgrade? Welcome to my Mango Dressing Room Diary.
First up, the knitted tank top from the Siedrés x Mango collection that I’ve had my eye on since it first launched on site. Finished the a cool, Siedrés logo to the back, I paired it with some flattering, high-waisted red linen trousers. That said, you could totally opt for white jeans or blue denim shorts if you don’t want to be so ~bold~. In my dream world, I’d finish this outfit with the natural fibre shopper bag in the same striped print – but it was out of stock in the store I visited.
2. The Gingham Top
I had spotted this cute gingham top online a few weeks back, so it was on my “to try on” list before I even entered the store. It’s pretty bold, granted, but a cute summer top to thrown on with jeans (or denim shorts) and a pair of flip flops. You’ll spot when you keep scrolling: bright gingham tops are Mango’s jam right now.
3. The Jorts
Case in point: this orange, boat neck gingham top which is equally cute for summer. I love a boat neck – I always find them to be so flattering and love them layered with gold jewellery – and the cropped cut made the piece super appropriate for brunches or drinks in the park.