'Quintessentially British made Tweed ' Taking the Twee out of Tweed'

All Holland Cooper tweed garments are made in Britain, and all their tweed sourced from Scotland. It is this kind of promotion of British industry that is getting Holland Cooper noticed. In a world where primary industry hops from one country to the next depending on the cheapest possible labour, it is truly refreshing how Jade Holland Cooper, the founder and managing director of Holland Cooper, pursues the road not taken by many and supports British manufacturing. Jade started the company back in 2007, with the goal to bring London to the countryside, and bring heritage Scottish tweed ‘kicking and screaming’ into the 21^st Century.

In the current economic climate it is difficult for most companies, especially for those who choose to defy the modern convention of heading east for primary industry; but Holland Cooper have managed to grow year on year, producing their new collection which is being described as ‘urban country chic’. It is this success that boasts them to be a part of the new British frontier; bringing back the heritage of British industry, and fighting off the recession on the home front.

In a time when Britain is a country of service industry, where everything is bought in from other countries and very little is exported, it is companies like Holland Cooper that will break the cycle and make Britain great once more; and it is us as consumers that must comply. We must support the new ‘British Movement’ and buy British, buy Holland Cooper! xxxxxxxx

Scottish Tweed and stolen Phones!

It has been a manic last few days. I decided to go and see my gorgeous boyfriend for the weekend who lives in Scotland and to go and research some new and exciting fabrics. The journey did not go quite as planned and I had my phone stolen on the way up! Nightmare is an understatement - no phone, no emails - complete disconnection!!! Vodafone did manage to provide me with a temporary brick that did not even have predictive text, better than nothing I guess! I decided it would be a good idea to break my new Christian Louboutin's in on Saturday night, what I hadn't bargained on was walking over ten minutes up hill to the nightclub (not advisable in 8 " heels) AGONY but I still love them!
On the upside I spotted four people on the journey up in the fabulous HC Head Cuffs good work Holland Cooper Fans!
I traveled to the infamous Scottish Mills and found some fabulous new fabrics and can see our new designs are coming through looking better than ever - all very exciting! We spent the day in Edinburgh on Friday and I wore the new 'Holland Cooper Cape' which is yet to be released, it coursed quite a stir combined with white jeans and pony skin Louboutin boots for a glam look!
We watched a fast moving Rugby game on Saturday where I donned the 'HC Ski Gillet' with matching scarf ...it was so amazingly warm!!
Remember Holland Cooper is still doing the amazing offer - buy one 'HC Ski Verbier Gillet' and get a free 'White Limited edition Ski Verbier hoody' worth £55 GET YOURS NOW!!!!!!I would have frozen to death in Scotland without mine!!
We had a fabulous lunch in Edinburgh before the long trip down.
The studio has been buzzing with clothes traveling in and out of the studio for press days and shoots ... all very glamorous!!!!

xx

Press, buyers and mayhem

The studio has been flat out over the last few days. I have had a series of important meeting with prospective buyers for the wholesale collection and have been researching new and exciting materials.
I have been in contact with alot of press this week so look out for exciting articles within Horse and Hound, The British Dressage magazine and large spread with The Field and Rural life.
I have found some time for ridingmy wonderful Horse Magic within this hectic scedual, thank god the days are getting lighter and the whether has been slightly kinder!
I am very excitied to be sponsoring Laura Collett again this year who will be riding two horses at Badminton - and where we will be unvieling our new 2011 collection... v exciting! After winning the trot up at Burghley last year with the beautiful Prince of Wales Jacket in Baby Blue and the matching Side Saddle Skirt we hope to do the same again at Badminton!
The production planning is taking up alot of my time at the moment having to juggle so many orders to make sure we keep to our promt delivery dates and get ready for the Cheltenham festival- this involves long hours in front of the computer!!!
Our new sports wear labels came in today which look fabulous - you will be able to see these in our new collection.
WWB buyers magazine used our unique and trendy Lavender sporting Jacket as the Autumn/Winter must have for 2011 - this goes out to all the international buyers over fashion week - what a result!

Our front cover debut on the Cotswold style with our Prince Of Wales Jacket in Bright Pink and our 'Urban Chic' scarves is the perfect introduction to the Cheltenham Festival - get your outfit now !!

Keep checking the HC website and remeber to send in any photo's of yourself and friends wearing Holland Cooper to get a chance to be seen on the website xx

BUSY DAY IN A TRUCKER CAP

Things just seem to be getting busier here a HC Headquarters! busy with the new line and managing all the press coverage we're getting at the moment! Feet haven't seemed to touch the ground over the past month!.... But just wanted to post and say how much i'm loving the new Holland Cooper Trucker Cap, have been siting at my desk in one all day!

The New Collection

At the studio we have been busy putting together the new 2011 Holland Cooper collection. Sampling is done, tweeds are picked, and complementing suede's and leathers have been chosen! A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure this is our best collection yet; and continues our mission of combining tweed and high fashion. Our complete collection will officially be launched at Badminton on the 21st of April 2011, both at the show and on our website.

However until then we have a sneak peak of whats to come in the 'New In' section of our website for both men and women, which can be found and ordered here.

We also have a few promotions at the moment for you to take advantage of, a special offer which can see you dressed in the latest Women's HC Apres Ski Gilet, or Men's Apres Ski Gilet with a free matching HC Ski Hoodie, just put both in your shopping basket and enter promotional code VSGGZF1. Or take advantage of our offer on men's and women's trackies and enter promo code HCTSHP1 to get your second pair of trackies half price.

After England's defiant win over France at the weekend we have put together an offer so you can celebrate the 6 nations in style. For a limited time only get 20% off men's HC Long Sleeve Rugby's and HC Rugby Roundneck.

....NOW BACK TO WORK!

J XXX

Piece of the Week

If I wasn’t already excited enough about the new s/s collection when the sun shines all day I can almost feel the summer upon us. The sun has certainly lifted everyone spirits and it almost blocks out the sound of the racing embroidery room whizzing out the new ski collection. I’m hoping to escape to the slopes of Saint Foy for a few days next month, so at the very least I can wear the collection in its entirety. Today however I’m sporting a beautiful Lavender HC gilet which brightened my walk in the winter sun with the dogs this morning. That is the thing I love most about our gilets they carry you through every situation. I haven’t taken mine off all day it has kept me warm and stylish from my morning walk through my meetings and working on the new collection. That is why the Holland Cooper Gilet has been nominated as piece of the week.

J xx

Let the cutting commence....

Today I will be offline as the production team and I begin hand cutting the new collection. This is an exciting part of the process where I first begin to see my designs transformed from all the sketches and pinned swatches into a finished garment. The designing is by no means over as I’m sure I will be making alterations and change as we go but that is all part of the fun of creating a Holland Cooper collection.

Off to work we go….. J xx