Maria Luisa Tagariello earned a degree in foreign languages and literature at the University of Bologna, then became a fashion journalist and copywriter. She was editor of >bmm, an independent art, fashion, and design periodical; and collaborates with Style, Vanity Fair, and Condé Nast Italia online magazines. The author of books on shopping in the main fashion capitals, she has written a guidebook of London for the "Clup" series published by De Agostini. She now divides her time as a fashion blogger and as editor of an online luxury boutique.