Gemma Rose Breger - Knows Wear It's From?

As you know we have teamed up with some of the hottest Fashion Bloggers from around the Country to find out what they think about COW and to see how they style up the COW items that they have either purchased or been sent as gifts from us.

We had the privilege to speak with Gemma Rose Breger who is a Fashion Stylist and blogger of Wear Is It From?. We let her choose some of her favourite pieces from our online shop to dress up to the nines with a super splash of her fun, personal style and notorious crazy shoe collection!

Read more about Gemma below, how she became a stylist, what she loves about vintage and how she likes to mix things up..

Gemma Rose Breger - Fashion Blogger and Celebrity Stylist
WEAR IS IT FROM?

NAME: 
Gemma Rose Breger

OCCUPATION:
Fashion Stylist

HOW DID YOU BECOME A STYLIST?

"I studied Fashion at Leeds University, then I went travelling around the world with a pitt stop in New York where I worked at New York Fashion Week, working in Fashion PR and for Ted Baker. I came home and worked as a Style Advisor at Topshop for about 4 years and then left to become a Freelance Stylist which I have been doing now for about 3 years."

WHAT IS THE MOST EXCITING JOB YOU HAVE DONE?

"I styled Britney Spears when she came to London for her birthday. The outfit I dressed her in received positive press which was pretty exciting! I recently styled the contestants for the X Factor which was exhausting but brilliant. The panic of an outfit change at 7.50pm when the shoe goes live at 8p, can be stressful but also taught me a lot and was a brilliant experience to be a part of."

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT VINTAGE?

"The best thing about vintage is the story behind every piece... Who wore it before me, where were they going, what accessories did they wear with it?!"

DO YOU USE A LOT OF VINTAGE IN YOUR STYLING AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE RIGHT PIECES?

"I try to incorporate vintage pieces into shoots often. It's more about calling loads of different pieces in for a shoot and then working out on the day what works best with the whole look."

WHO IS YOUR OWN STYLE INSPIRATION?

"My Grandma.. She lives up in Glasgow but I get so excited about going home and raiding her wardrobe with her. She is still so cool, even at the age of 86, she wears leather trousers, jumpsuits, and shops in Topshop! The other day I got a notification telling me that she's just started following me on twitter!! How does she even know what Twitter is!?!"

WHICH NEWEST S/S13 TREND ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

"I am most excited for the Monochrome trend.. I've always been a huge black and white fan (inspired by my love for Minnie Mouse, the original style icon obviously!) and it being a big trend for SS13 makes it easier to find wild monochrome pieces on the high street."

AND FINALLY.. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT COW VINTAGE?

"I love the choice.. it's so good to finally have a vintage online store with this many items to scroll through. It's a great website too, very clear and easy to use. From the pieces you sent to me I love the floral jumpsuit! It is so comfortable and I've been dressing it up and down for all weather! I really love the fun floral skirt and tie dye print tee. I wear those together to mix up the clashing prints, which is also a huge trend this S/S13."

If you want to keep up to date with Gemma, what she's doing, wearing and where it is from..  check out her Twitter as well as her wonderful Blog!

WEAR IS IT FROM? COW VINTAGE!

Gemma wears clockwise left to right -

Tie Dye T-shirt  - COW Vintage

Floral Padded Mini Skirt - COW Vintage

Celine Yellow Denim Skirt - COW Vintage

Floral Jumpsuit - COW Vintage

Vintage Chanel Necklace - Susan Caplan

Studded Boots - Boohoo

A huge thanks to Gemma for giving up her time to talk to us and looking great in all of the COW pieces! x

80's CLUB TROPICANA PARTY

We are so ready for the Summer now and we thought with all of this good will in the air maybe if we all put our heads together we can make it happen!

So picture this.. It might still be a bit chilly outside but you walk into COW and there is the best of the 80's blasting out, everyone dressed in Hawaiian shirts, floral garlands, pineapple sunglasses, tie dye, shorts and skirts. A bar man giving out fruity alcoholic punch and shaking up some Cow Moojitos! You and your friends trying on all of our newest Spring/ Summer stock to jazz up your wardrobes and if you like anything you will get a 15% discount! Sounds pretty good to us so here it is...

TUESDAY 16TH APRIL

6PM - 10PM

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, NOTTINGHAM AND BIRMINGHAM

15% OFF

DJ'S

FREE DRINKS

FANCY DRESS

PHOTO BOOTH

PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS

EVERYONE WELCOME

FUN FUN FUN!

Tie Dye Flash Sale

Fancy stepping into Spring with a bit of boho bounce? We have a flash sale on our Tie Dye t-shirts online now!

The perfect way to brighten up any outfit for this in between season we have lowered the price of loads of our t-shirts and tie dye products. All items are hand dyed in our COW Vintage stores meaning you won't find any two the same! From crop tops to loose and baggy we have it all.

FIND ALL TIE DYE PRODUCTS HERE

Easter Madness!

We're holding back the Easter jokes and puns this year and just straight up bringing you some egg-cellent discounts and goodies!

Sorry, couldn't resist, but seriously here at COW we have decided to give you all a chance to be involved in our in-store Easter Egg Hunt. 

On Monday 1st April we will be hiding a range of offers around the store as well as everyone's favourite Lindt chocolate bunnies for your pursuing eyes only. As well as these nice gestures slyly stashed around the store we are also giving everyone 15% OFF  for the whole day and FREE DELIVERY ONLINE!! 

To make sure you don't miss out on any of these offers and discounts, make sure you can hop into one of our stores in Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham and Sheffield.

We realise this is also April Fools Day but we can guarantee this is not a joke.
Just don't ask us for any clues!

Need It.. Get The Look!

You know when you see celebrities, musicians, stylists and models in an outstanding outfit and you just think "OMG I want that please".. Then you read their personal stylist has borrowed it from some mega designer and you think "Well I can't afford that but I can just go (to COW) and find something exactly like that for less"? Well we are going to try and make it easier for you buy showing you how to Get The Look from our favourite guys and gals.

Sometimes in our COW stores you do have to put a little bit more time and effort into searching for a particular item you have in your head but we are all here to make it easier for you. If you are ever in any of our stores and need a little help, please do not be afraid to ask where you can find certain things. All of us are more than happy to help and we know where little treasures are hidden. That's the best bit of the job!

For now COW Birmingham have put together a few of our faves and we are surprised to see how close you can (well no one likes to say it but) copy the style you love! All clothes in the images are available from our Birmingham store but check the links to see if you can find our own selection of Vintage Designers like Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Longchamp, Versace and Moschino

Alexa Chung - TV Presenter, Model, DJ,  Fashion Muse, Total Babe.

  DRESSES

BOYFRIEND JACKET

BOOTS

HANDBAGS

Cara Delevingne - Model, New Girl Around Town, Eyebrows, Total Babe.

FAUX FURS

CROP TOPS

TROUSERS

Rihanna - Musician, Superstar, Total Babe.

BLAZER

BLACK TROUSERS

BRA TOP

Please let us know your favourites and who you want as the next Get The Look!

Follow your nearest store on Instagram for more of this and to see the newest pieces

@WEARECOW

@COWMANCHESTER

@COWSHEFFIELD

@COWVINTAGEDIGBETH

@COWNOTTINGHAM

Big Up Blog Love!

 We have been welcoming fashion bloggers to work with COW to see great outfit builds, not only show their own personal and unique style but also to give to give the rest of us some new tips on how to wear some of our vintage and reworked pieces.

Even our reworked items are still one off and unlike any other because even though we use the same techniques on our garments, we use a different selection of fabrics to old and new pieces to create a modern version of our 80's and 90's classics.

We have a list of great bloggers now who are happy to play dress up with COW Vintage and from the feedback we've had those pieces have slotted very easily into their own wardrobes!

We chose wisely when looking into bloggers to make sure we had a great range of personal styles, ages and popularity on the blogging game. Some you may have heard of and some you may not but here are COW's favourite from all over the UK.

Gemma Rose Breger - Fashion Blogger and Celebrity Stylist
WEAR IS IT FROM?

Claire - Style Junkie and Fashion Journalist for Exposed Magazine
THE JAZZPAD

Kayla Hadlington - Student, Fashion Addict and Tumblr Queen
KAYLA HADLINGTON

Tasha Hinde - Country Girl and Style/ Beauty Blogger - Loves Designer Looks for Less
SO ON TREND

Alexandra Waring - Student, Street Style Photographer and Contributor for Liberty Belle Magazine
WHAT'S ALEXANDRA WARING?

Ellie Burns - Student, Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger
ELLIE'S FAVOURITE THINGS

What a lovely bunch of pretty and talented ladies who I am sure will keep us all updated and interested in their next outfit post featuring COW vintage or not! There is also a great range of information on what's going on in your area, places they have visited and what they are up to.

Keep checking their blogs to make sure you see all of the newest Rework product coming into our stores and online and expect to see these names popping up a lot more around our own blog.

A massive Thank you from COW for being involved x

Model Castings!

We are planning our new Campaign photo shoot and looking for two strapping young lads to be the new faces of Cow Vintage! If you are interested and fit the criteria please get in touch with us and get your foot in the door for what could be a new modelling career!

If you are-
- A boy
- Aged between 18-25 years old
- Comfortable in front of the camera
- Preferably with long hair or shaved head
- Tattooed (a bonus but not necessary)

Then get in touch!
Send us a head shot and a full length image of yourself along with the following information...
- Height
- Sizes
- Age
- Where You Live
- Phone Number and Email

..to COW@WEARECOW.COM And once we have gone through all of the applicants we will be in touch.

Thank you and we're looking forward to see who contacts us!
x

WE NEED YOU!

Do you think you have what it takes to manage one of our largest stores?

Are you a team player but also able to work on your own common sense and initiative?

Can you welcome customers, hold conversations, put outfits together and make sure every customer leaves happy?

Are you flexible to work weekdays and weekends?

Are you comfortable being surrounded by top quality vintage pieces and getting first dibs on all the newest deliveries?

Most importantly DO YOU LOVE COW?

If you answer yes to all of the above then we want to hear from you!

We are recruiting for a new part time Supervisor at our Birmingham store who has a passion for vintage fashion and is confident working alongside the manager in running this busy store.

If you are interested in joining our very friendly team at COW then please send us your CV and a short cover letter to

wearecow@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing from you soon x