MEET THE TEAM! Terri- Jayne Baker

Say Hi to one of our cutest and most hard working members from Cow Sheffield! Terri-Jayne is a trend setter and the heart and soul of the Sheffield store.
We asked Terri-Jayne to go through her job role, why she (obvs) loves it and find out what are her A/W13 must haves..

HI TERRI-JAYNE!

HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR COW AND WHAT IS YOUR ROLE?

My role is Store Manager in Sheffield and I have been there for 2 and 1/2 years! Which has gone crazy fast!

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT BEING A STORE MANAGER?

I love working with such a creative team, every day is different, big deliveries are always exciting, the visual side of my job is what I enjoy the most. Creating trend areas and outfit builds to inspire customers when they come shopping in store!

HOW WOULD DESCRIBE YOUR OWN STYLE?

My style changes everyday and transcends through seasons but right now I like mixing boyish styles with wild vintage prints, usually basic tees with anything high waisted and crazy one-off knitwear pieces! I'll never stop wearing cute floral dress and I'm a lover of a great detailed collar on anything. Sequins and velvet are also a must!

WHY IS VINTAGE CLOTHING IMPORTANT IN STYLE NOWADAYS AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S BECOME SO POPULAR?

Vintage and secondhand clothing have always been a great way to create personal style and express an individual personality. Thrift shopping is a great way for everyone shopping on a budget, you can always find real cheap gems. I love it when someone asks me where I  got a certain piece from and I say "I found it in a charity shop for 99p!"

WHAT A/W '13 TRENDS ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

Autumn is my all time favourite season for fashion! I'm not a huge trend follower , so I wear what I like and I usually look at street styles for inspiration. I like to see how individuals take on new trends! I'm a massive hoarder of clothes and accessories and I think you can never go wrong wearing any kind of vintage. It never goes out of style! I do seem to have stocked up on a lot of tartan over the years so those have been worn more these past few weeks. 

WHAT 3 ITEMS DO YOU THINK WE ALL NEED FOR THE COLDER MONTHS APPROACHING?

Novelty fun knitwear, gingerbread lattes and mittens on a string!

Follow Cow Sheffield and see more of Terri's style and what's going on over there:

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INSTAGRAM - @COWSHEFFIELD

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PLAY LOUD: FKA Twigs

She's caught our eye in the press with her super 90's hair do, decorative earrings and big red lips but after listening to more from FKA Twigs we decided she's not just a pretty face and works that look in with her angelic voice softly drizzled over a mix of electronic and R&B.

The 25 year old originally from Gloucestershire is residing in London but says "she likes to keep herself to herself". This might be how she can pull off an almost sinister sounding song backed up by noises of ticking clocks with bashing cymbals but also make it sound quite pop.
The up-coming star was recently shot for the cover of the Youthful Issue of i-D Magazine and she looks very comfortable as she is not even styled too heavily but just oozes cool!

We will definitely be keeping our eyes and ears out for what she's up to and await an album release! For now though we'll just sit back and chill out to a few of our favourites so far.

FKA TWIGS - ACHE

FKA TWIGS - WATER ME

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WE ARE COW ** STUDENT LOCK IN!!

It's that time of year again where we are opening our doors and inviting all of our lovely, loyal customers as well as a whole new bunch of fresh faced first year Students to our Student Lock in!
Some of you may have been before and maybe not but we can tell you that we know how to enjoy a good event.. 

This year each of our stores in Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham will be open on Wednesday 2nd October between 5-9pm offering 15% Discounts on *all of our One Off Vintage Clothing and Accessories, Free Drinks.. supplied by Pistonhead Lager, DJ's in store, Goody Bags, PhotoBooths and general fun times!

Check out and join your nearest store in celebrating this time of year where new friends are made and more beers are shared!!

MANCHESTER STORE EVENT

SHEFFIELD STORE EVENT

BIRMINGHAM STORE EVENT

NOTTINGHAM STORE EVENT

SEE YOU THERE!!

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FLASHBACK: Heartbreak High

We have been discussing this weeks Flashback and we have reeled through a lot of funny memories but decided to go with Heartbreak High. 

The Australian TV Series ran from 1994 -1999. The whole series followed the group made up of your usual crew of babes, hotties, hunks, the hippies, the alternative ones and we followed their day to day life of fun and frolics living near the Ozzie beach. Their home life, love lives, teenage struggles, dreams, happiness and sadness. It was griping and while we were sat at home in our probably rainy British homes it gave you a sense of excitement and fantasy and you couldn't wait to see what they did next.

It was such a good cast and almost everyone you knew had a favourite and looked up to and more than likely definitely fell in love with at least one of them.. Here were our favourite characters:

ANITA

RIVERS

MAI

DENNIS

KATERINA

RYAN

AND OF COURSE.. DRAZIC!!!

He had an eyebrow piercing, he rollerbladed, he lived in a warehouse. We're going to say it, we're still kind of pining for this guy.

Oh the good ol' days eh?!

Who was your favourite? 

BIG UP BLOG LOVE: Do As They Do!

We introduced a few of the bloggers that have been working with us a while ago and since then we have extended our hand of generosity over seas by working with some of the coolest and chicest bloggers from around the globe! Obviously we love our local Gals Claire from The Jazzpad, Ellie from Ellie's Favourite Things, Tasha from So On Trend, Kayla Hadlington and Ali from What's Alexandra Waring..

But now we have been in touch and introduced WE ARE COW to a few new gorgeous fashion bloggers who have been absolute babes and very kindly helped promote our website and our one off Vintage and Reworked items!! So far we have:

STYLE ME GRASIE - LOS ANGELES

Grasie is a super chic and glossy LA gal with a simple and classic look. Love her mix of designer and vintage and always looks like a total fox..

Zebra Print Trousers - We Are Cow

SnakeSkin Clutch - We Are Cow

Floral Playsuit - We Are Cow

Images from Instagram @Grasiemercedes

THUNDER AND THREADS - DUBLIN

Leanne works a lot of gothy, grunge styling and always topped off with the best accessories and red lips! We love her use of textures and layering in her styling..

Velvet Scrunchie - We Are Cow

DKNY Black Jumpsuit - We Are Cow

WONDERFUL YOU

Meg is just the cutest and wears pretty and girly so well! We love her passion for florals and her ravishing red hair...

Floral Skirt - We Are Cow

Snakeskin Bag - We Are Cow

Pink and Sequinned Jumper - We Are Cow

MINNIEMAC BLOG

Brooke's blog covers travel and fashion and can wear a mixture of styles and always look so good. Every post is a surprise and keeps us watching..

Reworked Ralph Lauren Shirt - We Are Cow

CARLA LANDY - FRANCE

Carla's youtube channel is full of ideas and interesting looks from brands all over the world. She rocks a classic cool tee and denim style but has little surprises up her sleeve too..

Both Denim Shorts - We Are Cow

Tie Dye Cropped Tee - We Are Cow

LE HAPPY BLOG - NEW YORK

Luanna is the ultimate NY cool kid with a mixture of boho, grunge, rock 'n' roll and general thrift and thrown together styling that we just can't enough of..

We always want to find new Fashion Bloggers and would love to be working with more.. If you have a style blog and enjoy featuring Vintage and styling up with one off pieces we'd love to hear from you!

Get in touch at COW@WEARECOW.COM

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Zoe Hancock Stylist X COW Collaboration

 They're back again.. Super cute Stylist Zoe Hancock and Photographer Helen Kirkbright with their newest published story featuring loads of We Are Cow. The story was Prom themed and the COW pieces fit in perfectly for the C-Heads magazine . 

                  

                

                  

C-Heads Magazine

Stylist - Zoe Hancock

Photography - Helen Kirkbright

Model - Carmen and Emma @Select 

STREET SMART: Street Style Around the North

Every day is a Fashion Show! We love Street Style blogs and between the all of our stores Instagram's we look to our staff and cool customers for inspiration so here is the beginning of our Summer style inspirations by you lot!!

 

                                       

                 

    

                  

Which look is your favourite?

Follow your local COW or others to see what going on in the city!

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@COWMANCHESTER

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