We were loathe to list a place in a shopping mall, but this one we had to give an exception to. The Spanish label Bimba y Lola turns the English model on its head. Far from the little tea dresses which seem ubiquitous in every high street shop, this store favours bright colours, drop waists, woven necklaces, plastic charms, metallic clunky shoes, and all the things that say 'I'm so confident; it's okay for my dress to be louder than me'. One gets the feeling that if Frida Kahlo were alive today, this is where she'd shop.

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