Download Festival 2013!

This weekend hosts one of the heaviest Festivals of the year right in our back garden! Pretty much all of the East Midlands as well as visitors from all over the Country come together for one thing.. to rock. Hard.

Download Festival 2013 is here and with a line up including the likes of Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Queens Of The Stone Age, Motorhead, Alice in Chains and Bullet For My Valentine we are pretty sure to expect sweat, booze, blood and mud covered outfits by the end. This is not the kind of festival you're going to dress up for so we have made a selection from our website of our Download Festival pieces that we don't mind having to wash, leave or throw away after. 

Click links to shop: Left to Right:

Black and White Levi's Flannel Shirt - £12

Led Zeppelin T-Shirt - £16

NYE Poison Tour T-Shirt - £14

Denim Levi's Rework Shirt - £25

 USA Eagle T-Shirt - £18

D.A.R.E T-Shirt - £25

Daytona Bike Week T-Shirt - £15

Red Checked Shirt - £16

We recommend your bag includes at least 2 band t-shirts, a few pairs of pants and some wet wipes. Have fun though and make sure you tag us if you're wearing anything from COW!

Image from Google Image Search
(Download Festival)

Get The Look - Chelsea Leyland

Fashion Party goer, Celebrity DJ and all round 'IT' girl Chelsea Leyland is our Get The Look inspiration this week. Surrounded by our other favourite celebs and best friends with Alice Dellal you can't really go wrong at acquiring a cool style. We love how Chelsea's look is predominantly effortless cool with loose fitting vintage tees, hot pants and leather jackets but when she attends premiers and parties she also looks comfortable in a girly dress or trouser suit. So she can pretty much pull anything off..

Here are some of our favourite pieces from the website that we think would easily fit into Chelsea Leyland's wardrobe from COW Vintage.  

Shop the Look from the links below:

Cream Lace Blouse - £20

Levi's Denim Jacket - £45

Original 1989 Rolling Stones T-Shirt - £32

Leather Shorts - £32

Blue Floral Dress - £18

Tassel Fruit Vest - £14

Keep up to date with the exciting life of Chelsea Leyland on Twitter!

All Images from Google Search

Meet The Team! Roxanne Hudson

At COW we don't ask our staff to wear certain things, there is no uniform and people can pretty much do as they please where style is concerned. Thankfully we have a good bunch of people who love COW Vintage because they can take pieces from different eras to create their own style.

Today we talk to Roxy, our almost brand new Supervisor at our Nottingham store.. She shows us though her wardrobe and let's us know what she couldn't live without!

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

Roxanne Hudson - Supervisor at Cow Nottingham

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

That's a hard one because my style and taste changes from day to day depending on my mood but I guess one word that will always fit would be grunge. I love grunging up girly things.

WHERE DO YOU FIND MOST OF YOUR CLOTHES?

I always find the best stuff in those shops you see around town that sell (and you will laugh) what I call 'stripper clothes'. I always get great stuff like mesh and netted tops at the cheapest pirices. Other than that H&M, COW and other vintage shops mostly.

WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR INSPIRATION?

My inspiration comes from street style. I love it when I spot people in the street wearing something I love. My biggest idol inspiration is a blogger named Luanna Perez. 

YOU HAVE GAINED A LOT OF FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS.. WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SO INTERESTED IN YOUR OUTFITS?

I'm not actually sure, I used to feel silly posting my outfits but people on instagram are so complimentary. I think it's just I wear what I like and don't really follow trends, it makes it more fun seeing something different maybe? I'm really not sure though.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO ON YOUR DAYS OFF?

Usually al my days off involve me travelling to different cities either getting tattooed or going to my favourite gigs, like on the 5th June I am going to London to see my ultimate favourite band City and Colour. I am super excited about that!

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THIS SUMMER TO UPDATE OUR WARDROBES?

Dungarees!! Who doesn't love dungarees? 

CHOOSE 3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT FROM YOUR WARDROBE?

Dungarees, my Aggy Strap Dr Martens boots and it isn't really my wardrobe but a lipstick. I always carry at least 3 colours with me, it can completely change your outfit.

AND FINALLY... WHAT IS IT YOU LIKE ABOUT COW?

Can EVERYTHING be my answer? Great place to work, beautiful one off pieces to get your hands on and all at such good prices too!

Wow, Thanks for that Rox!!

Go straight to  WWW.WEARECOW.COM to start creating your own looks!!

If you want to keep up to date with Roxanne's style updates feel free to follow her instagram:

@trollcityrox

COW VINTAGE Spring/ Summer Campaign '13

Here at COW we have been super busy trying to jazz up our website, blogs, facebooks, instagrams, in stores and everything else visual. To do this we grabbed some babes, a load of clothes, shoes and accessories and went to an area in Salford in the freezing cold to take some photos of stuff we like!! I believe that's what they call in the fashion industry.. a "campaign".

Anyway here we have our selection of images you can expect to see knocking around online and maybe in stores.

     

 

 

    

       

      

A Massive Thank You to everyone involved.

Photography: Richard Manning

Stylist: Helen McGuckin

Hair and Make- Up : Laura Gibb

Models: 

Natalie Smith

Katie Cooper

Joseph Brotherton

Jonjo Swann

Redd Hutchinson 

Deap Vally - Get The Look

We are looking forward to the Dot To Dot Festival and getting excited about watching some of our favourite bands. One of those is the American babe duo Deap Vally!

Their gritty take on blues/ minimalist/ rock keeps us more than interested but they also aren't half bad lookin' and today we are trying to capture that carefree style!

        Shop the looks -Clockwise from Bottom Left to Top Right

Black Strappy Bra Top - £18

Stars and Stripes Blouse - £17

Black Leather Shorts - £30

Brown Ankle Boots - £42

Harley Davidson Denim Waistcoat - £55

Black Tasselled Leather Jacket - £52

Studded Frayed Denim Shorts - £22

Cream Lace Top - £22

Brown leather "E" Belt - £14

ALL IMAGES FROM GOOGLE SEARCH. 

23 George Street Collaboration

You may have seen and even bought some of the jewellery and accessories that we have in our stores and wondered where we get those from. The supplier for our jewellery and accessories in our stores is the wonderful 23 George Street, an independent Jewellery Boutique based in Nottingham.
Walking into the wonderful store, which you can find at 23 George Street, Nottingham, is like walking into a treasure chest full of affordable quirky pieces of costume jewellery.  Expect to find a vast selection of items from rock style skull rings, religious symbols, punky spikes, twee pendants to kitsch bunny earrings. The store holds a few collections pleasing all of your on-trend needs, the pieces are easy to wear, eye catching and surprisingly very reasonably priced!

All images from Instagram/23GeorgeStreet

We asked the Store Owner and Buyer Jessica Matthews a few questions about how it all began and how the collaboration with COW came about.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COLLABORATING WITH COW?

I have been working with Cow for just over 8 months now. I approached the Cow Nottingham store to see if they were interested in my collections and they were happy to stock my pieces in store which led to supplying for the other stores in Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield.

HOW DO YOU SOURCE YOUR COLLECTIONS?

I do a lot of travelling and collect pieces we find and also use an overseas supplier to keep on top of demand.

WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR INSPIRATION WHEN CHOOSING PIECES FOR YOUR COLLECTIONS?

I visit trade shows such as Bread and Butter in Berlin to find out the next big thing that my customers will want. I also keep an eye on future trends and blogs.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT COW?

I love the interior and vibe of the stores, especially the new store that opened up in Nottingham. It is exciting to see what is going on in there. I think COW are going in a new direction rather than just being a regular vintage store and it is great to be involved.

WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT FOR 2013?

I am excited about the summer! There are new styles coming out, new trends and you tend to see more jewellery on show in the summer with people wearing lighter garments and dressing up simple garments.   

We have 23 George Street Jewellery and Accessories available in our Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester stores now.