Great little hidden gem, in Pontypridd. Caprice provides high quality clothes and accessories with…read moreall the latest styles and designers. It's only a small shop but does provide a wide range to choose from althoug the prices can be quite large you do get your money's wroth. :)

I'm sure that the name of this business has more to do with clothing fastenings than it does the…read morelegal intoxicant that was broadly used, particularly in gay nightclubs, across the UK back in the 80's! Ah, the heady smell of Amyl Nitrate! Nasty! There's something I'm less sure about... Does Beverley, the owner, know about this other meaning? I guess not, but I can imagine that she'd find it amusing, like myself. Beverley Soar is as laid back as any of the business owners on Pontcanna Street., and she's got a sense of humour. When I called in recently she was inspecting the damage done to the huge plate glass window that fronts the shop. The phantom tagger had paid her, (and everyone else down the street), a visit, leaving their tag, or signature mark, etched in the glass. The damage to all was going to cost the insurers a small fortune. Beverley was taking it in her stride, and seemed surprisingly up-beat, considering the disruption and mess that the repair would cause. She owns a particularly beautiful shop with some pretty expensive stock.... clothes by Grea, Annette Gortz, Hebbeding, Indies, Krines, Ischiko, Sonja Marohn and Oska... and I haven't met a tradesman yet that doesn't move everything so that you can't find it, and leave dusty footprints in the carpet! I guess she just reconciles herself with the knowledge that if it needs to be done, it needs to be done, and that's that! I like Beverley as much as I like her shop. The street wouldn't be the same without them both. With customers ranging from their mid thirties, up into their nineties, (her oldest customer is a very well dressed 96 year old, who has lost none of her sophistication and sartorial taste with the passage of time), Poppers is responsible for some of the best dressed women in Cardiff!

I ventured into poppers rather hesitantly as I thought the prices would be way out of my league!…read moreAlthough not exactly cheap, the prices weren't to bad, I saw a stunning black dress for £125 (it could have been worse)! Poppers is probably more suitable for 45+ (I won't be falling into that category for a long while yet), but it did have some very stylish numbers and on the sales rack I spotted a rather nice urban style top reduced to £20 (not bad)! Poppers also stocks a small range of jewellery and bags but at £54 for a necklace, it certainly isn't cheap!

Oh dear. Where do I start???? Mum and I made a special…read morejourney to buy dresses for the formal nights on our forth coming cruise. I liked the sound of their 'personal one to one service', excellent customer service' and making me 'feel extra special'. Well, we had none of it. We walked in and were ignored in preference for another customer. I asked to see the clothes and was looked up and down with distaste and made to feel as if either I couldn't afford them or that I was wasting their time. When I persisted the assistant said we would have to come back as she was busy! We left but didn't go back. I was so upset that they could treat my Mum like that. I wrote to the manager regarding my experience and got a similar response back. Customer service is clearly not a strength encouraged from the top! My recommendation is not to bother but to try Cowbridge and Talbot Green. They have same or similar designers and the service is superb. My poor credit card was stretched considerably but the ladies couldn't do enough for us. I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. Now that's what I call service!

A nice, clean and bright, indoor market which I visited for the first time today. There are between…read more30-40 stalls of all kinds, with a particularly eye-catching fresh fruit and veg stall. You can buy many things from rugs and children's clothes to greetings cards and pictures. There's a small cafe at one end. It seemed to be quite a friendly place and the stall holders were very helpful.

Piercing place is awesome and the red house is one of my favourite places in town. The doughnut…read moreshop is brilliant for kids as is the comic shop next door although it's crazy expensive. The cafe is good if you want a coffee mid shop, and the cake stall (amazing) is much nicer than greggs cakes as they are really fresh. The welsh cakes are cooked on site.

I thank my lucky stars the day my friend's mum found this amazing place. Situated around the back…read moreof the Newport Retail Park its a clearance store for the Matalan fashion store chain. Matalan itself is pretty reasonable when it comes to prices but this place is amazingly cheap! There is a wide range of clothes here - ladies and mens clothing as well as childrens, shoes, underwear and some (not much) homeware. It's all stock from previous (and occassionally current) seasons that they now wish to get rid of. There are no changing room so my tip is to wear a vest that you can try things on over (there are mirrors) and a skirt so you can try trousers/skirts on underneath! It's pretty basic but worth the rummage and lack of changing rooms for the prices. They often have special deals on - I went recently and it was buy one get one free. I bought a really nice shirtdress and a lovely silk top which were £6 each. This came to a total of £6 for the two items - that's £3 each wow! My friends and I have come out with bags of stuff from here - it's a real pot luck but on a good day you won't believe what you can get. I love it!

If you are not after the latest fashion, but a good bargain, then this is the place to go! I bought…read moremy daughter 3 complete new outfits (tops & bottoms) and paid under a tenner! And lots of times you get 3 for 2 as well. In times of the credit crunch, I am over the moon to have access to a shop like this.

I love Noa Noa, and have bought plenty of eveningwear and sweet summer outfits from them. They are…read morehard to resist! Producing individually designed, well made clothes at exceptionally good prices compared to the commensurate offerings from the top end of the clothing chain shops, this Scandinavian shop has my loyalty! I have to admit that I often wait for the sales. They really know how to shift stock fast to make way for the new season. Incredible bargains are their only ploy, which suits me down to the ground!

The problem with me reviewing this place is that I'm not really the target market. I could really…read moresee that from the window display but I thought I should give it a go. In case you are wondering why I would be so foolish, I have my cheerleading ball coming up soon. I had found a dress but then it was sold out of my size. In desperation (after looking at many MANY dresses on websites and driving my housemates to distraction) I turned to the shops I hadn't visited before. The staff were really lovely, though none of them seemed genuinely pleased to help me - this is probably because they knew that I wouldn't buy anything... The fact is, though, that I don't think my mother or grannie would shop here...