WEEKS OF FASHION

From New York, London, Milan and Paris the hottest fashion pack have been travelling round the world following the next big thing! The shows that ran over the last 4 weeks have been full of the newest designers and trends that will have everyone talking till next season. It's just turned Autumn to us lot but some people live to pre-order straight from the catwalks and probably have cramp from tweeting #FW so much!

Here we have a quick recap of the shows and have pulled out the Summer trends we can expect to see in stores, billboards and glossy mags for the next season. We will keep going back to these too and also taking a look at what people were wearing to the shows. 

THE TRENDS:

- SCRAPBOOKING
There were a few shows that included some looks with a real home made feel. Looks that reminded us of that perfect feeling when you finish a full sketchbook and you have fabric samples hanging out, threads and scrap paper stuck to it.
We all love a good clashing print but these looks were like clashing prints, textures, colours and text all thrown together with some pva glue, Art Attack style and we love it!!

- SHINY WHITES
It's Summer so there for white is a colour of choice and you won't get away without seeing some fresh white looks in the shows. This season those white pieces were brought to life with interesting fabrics that were layered, structured, sheer, silky and technical and the tone definitely held it's own throughout all shows.

- SHRINK TO FIT
Denim is a great fabric for the Summer and this year the designers have decided to dress it all up all prim and proper like. There is no sign of a shredded pair of jeans, salvage or decoration this season (apart from Ashish), just clean lines and fitted denim. Denim is probably the best fabric ever so we are going to be pulling all of ours out again.

- SICKLY SWEET 
Sorry folks but it looks like the pastel colour palette is also going to be around for the next season. The amount of pastel, candyfloss looks that were included in numerous collections proved that it is stuck here like bubblegum.

ALL IMAGES FROM STYLE.COM

Keep up with Cow for more trends and street style from the shows.

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Happy Birthday Bestival!

One of the biggest and most anticipated Festivals of each year is BESTIVAL! The one where you have to travel a bit further and go on a boat to get there but you will have the most amazing time of your life. This one also has a dress code which means you can plan a mega outfit to compete with thousands of people for best dressed, bearing in mind the outfit/costume might not make it till the end of the weekend!

This year 5th - 8th September the Isle of Wight hosts the festival for the 10th time and will be not be holding back to celebrate their 10th Birthday! With an Under The Sea theme for all goers to really go for it.. Think nautical, anchors, mermaids, sailors, shipwrecks, Moby Dick, treasure islands, rum bars, beaches and much more.. This is probably one of our favourite themes for any fancy dress event!!

Here are some of the best looks from the previous years.. The Hungry Caterpillar is amazing!

With the line up this year including Elton John, Snoop Dogg, MIA, Wu-Tang Clan, The Flaming Lips, The Roots, The Walkmen, Simian Mobile Disco, Johnny Marr, Ghostpoet, John Cooper Clark, The 1975, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, Peace and Savages to name a few, without even going onto the DJ's,  there is certainly something for everyone!! 

We have put together a selection of pieces from our website that you could definitely wear, add to or layer up for your Bestival nautical themed look!! Order before it gets too late to deliver!

CLICK BELOW TO BUY:

Blue Striped Blouse - £18

Navy and White Polka Dot Dress - £24

Bright Blue Pleated Dress - £14

Slim Straps Navy Striped Sundress - £22

Navy Backpack - £30

Blue Sequinned Jacket - £16

Nautical Striped and Print Shorts - £15

Vintage Etro Patterned Trousers - £42

Red and White Stripy Espadrilles - £24

HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY BESTIVAL!!!

All images from Bestival Google Search and Bestival Website.

Red Bull Music Academy at Nottingham Carnival 2013

Now we all look for something to do over the weekend and with the sunshine brings us many exciting weekends! Nottingham are hosting another Caribbean Carnival on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August at The Forest Recreation Ground, a successful Festival which has been running since 1999.

This FREE WEEKEND is going to be a very colourful affair with cheerful costumes, parades galore, workshops to keep busy and stalls to browse and shop! Also an array of worldwide culinary delights as well as bands playing and a Fun fair.. We all know Notts hosts a very good Fun Fair and if you don't make it down to London for the Notting Hill Carnival, just keep it closer to home and invite all of your friends and family. 

It begins at 12pm - 10pm on both Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August. Make sure you

The Red Bull Music Academy is going to be there with a line up to keep you dancing the evening away with acts such as T.Williams, Congo Natty ft Congo Dubz, Nanci & Phoebe, Throwing Snow and many more... Here are a few pics from last year and for more info please check the Red Bull 

website.

We hope everyone can make it down if you are travelling from afar or maybe just a bus ride away, it will be a great weekend and we will be shining up some of our super sequins to get in the mood!

Not Short on Shorts!

As a vintage store we are the go-to for your summer shorts! Here at COW we try and up the game by offering many different styles with unique alterations to the original Levis. We want to know which style you LOVE! Our rework teams are constantly creating new styles but there are always our best sellers that you grrrls cant get enough of.

To say THANK YOU and get a little feedback at the same time, we are offering you a chance to WIN your FAVOURITE pair! 

All you have to do is comment on the image of your perfect pair on FACEBOOK! That's it!!

Here are the styles to choose from, head over
WE ARE COW FB PAGE to win!

THE CUT OFF

THE BOYF

THE TIE DYE

THE POCKET SWAPPER

THE STUD 

THE SHINY ONES

These 6 styles are continuously being stocked up in store and we love to see how you choose to wear them and alter them with your own look!

To see our full range of shorts available click to our shorts section HERE!

GOOD LUCK X

Happy Holidays

It's Summer, all exams and deadlines have passed, you're remembering how it feels to relax not having to revise, rush and hand in every day and this means you probably have a whole 6 weeks off with nothing but mega fun planned!

You may even be going away to let loose with friends or chilling by a pool with your families, either way we want to make sure you keep your cool in some of our newest Summer Holiday outfits!

We have put together a selection of our favourite looks that ooze summer, fun and happiness for all including everything you will need to keep up with the newest trends while creating your own style!!

Click to Shop the Look:

Mens Blue and Peach Tie Dye Shirt - £28

Pink Windsurf Vest - £18

Red Cropped Beach Bum Tee - £15

Denim Levis' Cut Offs - £30

Orange Tie Front Cropped Tee - £14

Turquoise Floral Playsuit - £25

Yellow and Black Tribal Print Skirt - £14

Blue Patterned Mini Skirt - £16

If you are going away or even if you're not but you need some of this in your life then come and find your happy holiday pieces at COW!

Huge Delivery from the USA!!!

With a huge delivery from the States this week all of our stores are stocked up with the ultimate Summer products that we are sure will get everyone's attention.

From sportswear, summer dresses, playsuits, swimwear, bodysuits, t-shirts, sweatshirts, basketball vests, varsity jackets, printed shorts and blazers and pretty pretty much everything you need for a full, fun wardrobe!!

Here are a few of our favourite pieces and there are hundreds more in your nearest store!

Click the links below to shop:

Red Printed Pleat Skirt - £15

Dead Air Snake Cropped T-Shirt - £14

Pink Tie Dye Ralph Lauren Shirt - £25

Orange High Waisted Shorts - £14

Red Tassel Vest - £9

Pink Dip Dye Floral Dress - £18

Furla Brown Leather Bucket Bag - £54

Orange Woven Bag - £18

Floral Dress with Pockets - £22

Courtesy of Cow Sheffield For Her...

Courtesy of Cow Birmingham For Him...

Mens and Womenswear in all stores and as you might be able to tell, we are particularly excited about this delivery. Let us know what you find!

COW X Kayla Hadlington...

We are lucky enough to be working with a few really great Fashion Bloggers from all over the Country and Europe at the moment but we now have one of those said bloggers working with us in our Birmingham store! The lovely, fashionable, outfit post princess Kayla Hadlington is a new member of our team and by the looks of things she is loving her new role, which we may have turned into official COW model for all of the new, exciting pieces that go out onto the shop floor everyday!!

We already followed her Blog and Tumblr and we love to see how much COW Kayla already owned so it is great to see the ways she styles up all of the pieces to suit her own style! Hopefully she is enjoying the role as much as we are enjoying having her!

Here are some of our favourite looks so far but keep posted on her posts here...

 

 

Festival - Ways To Wear

With out first ever Cow Vintage Festival creeping up on us tomorrow we have pulled out two of our favourite summer pieces and teamed them with some extras that you may agree we can't live without over the festival season..

Floral Dresses

Denim Jackets

Navajo Jackets

Backpacks

Tie Dye Rework Dresses

Camouflage Jackets

T-Shirts

Denim Shorts

Backpacks

Belts

Boots

Make sure you don't miss out on our very first Cow Vintage Festival in all stores tomorrow.. 

Saturday 1st June! We are offering everyone 10% all day! DJ's and Bands! Free Summer Drinks! Free Gifts when you spend over £50! A wonderful selection of one off Vintage clothing for all you Ladies and Gents! 

We look forward to seeing you there!

COW X

What's Going On..? Manchester Day Parade

If you haven't had enough fun after our COW Vintage Festival on Saturday 1st June and you are still looking for more.. Check out the official Manchester Day Parade on Sunday 2nd June. Last year's parade was a success and thousands of Mancs and visitors took to the streets to share the fun and follow their huge decorated floats with friends and families! The Parade has a theme and this year the theme is 'Wish You Were Here' which gives you the chance to dress up, bring along props and use your imagination on how to get involved in such an exciting carnival atmosphere.

The Parade starts at 2pm from Deansgate and circles through the whole city until 4pm! If you are interested check out more of their information on the website here.

We will be popping out and going to see what's going on so hopefully see you around there!

Florals For Spring..? Groundbreaking.

We know there is nothing new about getting your florals out for the summer, but there is something in that feeling you get when you dust off your floral dresses, blouses and shorts as soon as the sun starts shining again. And since we have been living under the rain clouds for so many months now, I'd say we all deserve that feeling!!!

We have put together our favourite florals and are planning our new outfits to put a spring in our step. Here's what we chose from our website and much more available!

CLICK TO LINKS BELOW TO BUY

From Left to Right:

Pink and Green Daisy Pussybow Blouse - £14

Yellow and Cream Vintage 60s Shift Dress - £32

Black and Purple Floral Pumps - £22

Green and Pink Floral Pencil Skirt - SOLD

Orange Vintage Dress - £35

Red and Yellow Shorts - £12

Model - Hannah in our Sheffield store.

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