Mulberry

Occasionally I buy Heat or the odd celebrity-​rag-​trying-​to-​be-​a-​fashion-​mag. Have you noticed that’s happening more and more with the weekly gossip? Anyway, after many many MANY of these publications whinging about how many Mulberry handbags they wanted, I thought I’d nip into the shop in Manchester and see what all the fuss was about.
Am I missing something? Girly girls or fashion-​forward males please explain, because all I saw were a bunch of brightly coloured, plasticky looking totes that were no more special than accessories I’ve bought at H&M or Zara. And I thought I’d be sure to like Mulberry because Fearne Cotton has like a hundred of them. I generally like the things she wears.
That said, I’m sure it feels very special to own a handbag that cost over £500. But I’d look at that bag and think, oh, a holiday would have been much nicer. Seventeen outfits. A bunch of stuff from Urban Outfitters. Two months’ rent. Presumably this is because my father’s drilled into me that frivolity is foolish, but I really don’t see the attraction. Is it an investment?
You might be a Mulberry girl, but if you’re as oblivious as me, save your pennies and hop off to a vintage shop or a high street retailer. I guarantee it’s not quality that ensures these bags cost so much.

Luxury English fashion. Supposedly inspired by the city and craft of the countryside mulberry is all about leather crap. From leather handbags to well sort of leather shoes and stuff. My mum goes here as well, before you get any ideas again.
I can’t see any one who actually has an interest in this stuff going to Unilocal for a review of their store on king street. If you are reading this with an inquisitive nature though its a nice shop, it looks just like the website does (which is where I recommend you check out). Not a lot in there too see as mentioned before, its all about the minimalist fashionista shite that lots of folk buy into.

Okay, so not everyone has the budget for Mulberry, but you can’t help but wander in and swoon at all their lovely bags.
As it’s King Street, i’d recommend going on a weekday, it will of course be peaceful and quiet, which is the type of shopping I like to do.
The staff are very lovely too. Well worth a visit.

There’s a horse from a carousel in the middle of this Mulberry boutique on King Street. I quite liked that.
Mulberry is very designer basically, the kind of place that doesn’t have a lot of things in the shop because it’s all about quality, not quantity.
They do a lot of very leathery and expensive looking handbags, as well as a few dresses. I went in looking for a gift for my girlfriend. The Scottish lady serving me had an incredible accent and suggested a couple of purses and lockets in the shop’s display cases. £50 for a purse or passport wallet! That really is quite a lot of money in my book, especially when the design in Mulberry is very traditional and not that interesting.