Holland Cooper Stores and Fashion Shows

I have been busy over the last week traveling around the country visiting our Holland Cooper stockists all of which are thriving !

Tillets in Lincoln have got there summer styling just right - with light colours incorporating our soft tweeds this shop is a must see... based next to the see in Lincoln it boasts the perfect location.

Tillets are the first store who are about to receive our new Summer Pudding Pink, the perfect staple in your wardrobe for Summer 2011 -

We were proud to open the Uppingham annual fashion show on Sunday and are about to launch our exclusive hoodies designed especially for the school. The show was a huge success and with Holland Cooper clothing 21 models it was a knock out performance from all the models.

Fresh colours teamed with clean cut polo's and frilly ra ra's were to be seen on the runway as Holland Cooper presented there Spring/ Summer range.

The photo's of this show will be up on our blog shortly so watch this space !!!

If you would like Holland Cooper to attend a fashion show please contact us at sales@hollandcooper.com

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Badminton - 2011 The Launch !

The Holland Cooper headquarters have been a hive of activity over the last 3 weeks -

We made launched our exciting new 2011 collection at Badminton Horse Trials in true HC style.
Our luxury stand wowed Holland Cooper fans and onlookers alike. The new images raised eyebrows and the exclusive collection of new jackets sold out!

To top things off, Laura Collett who we are proud to sponsor came 8th at her first Badminton - what a success.

Laura looked stunning for both trot ups and was the talk of the show in our Purple Prince Of Wales Jacket and matching Tally Ho - To get Laura's style take a look at our new jackets ...

Cross Country was attacked with similar style in our limited edition HC cross country top.

All in all the show was a great success, the heat made our new summer skirts extremely popular paired with our fitted polo shirts -

This is a must have as a staple within your wardrobe for Summer 2011...

For the men our Morrison Sporting jackets were the most popular itm paired with Chino's and a shirt ... effortless British style

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Holland Cooper 2011 photo shoot - Pushing the boundaries for British Fashion

Well what an exciting last week we have had - the HC Headquarters have been flat out with our brand new 2011 photoshoot. This consisted of one day at a studio and one day on location for the lifestyle shots.

The models this year were more gorgeous than ever and the over all look has been the most exciting tweed campaign to date.

The preparation behind a photoshoot is huge. Organising the outfit sequence and what each model is to wear, which accessories to pair with it and creating the scenes for each shot takes weeks of planning.

The culmination resulted in a mixture of both lifestyle and studio shots creating the look for 2011.

Holland Cooper were lucky enough to have fabulous co branding this year to complete our chic clothing including 'Leggets' ostrich shooting accessories, The Fine English Company with amazing furniture and other luxury products, Tyrrell's Crisps and Verve Cliquot . We were also lucky enough to have 6 pedigree wiemaraners dogs for our lifestyle shoot.

We had various scenes laid out to incorporate the different clothing lines we are now running for 2011 including, Polo Men and Women ,Men's Heritage Rugby, Shooting, Racing, Hunting and a purely glamorous lifestyle.

We had fabulous makeup artists and hair stylists for both days to make sure the models were looking perfect at all times.

All the new images will be on the website shortly so keep checking !!! xxx

Holland Cooper fronting the British movement, the Royal wedding and visit Britain all in one week!!

It has been a jammed packed week with the organisation of the exclusive Holland Cooper photo shoot in full swing. Holland Cooper is being supporting by some of the worlds most exclusive luxury brands to compliment Holland Cooper's flare and style including Verve Cliquot, Le Chameau, Legget's Ostrich, The Fine English Company, Love From Australia and more . It is going to be the most exciting campaign to date revolutionising British Tweed and the way it is viewed. With the new faces of 2011 being unveiled next week the suspense is killing everyone - not long to wait now and you won't be disappointed! Expect English Eccentric, Urban Chic and stunning models in sexed up tweed.

The shoot is going to be undeniably lavish with different types of pedigree dogs, horses and super cars coming from all over the UK.

Our photographer is flying in from New York for the high profile shoot and is sure to cause quite a stir.

On top of this some of the worlds most influential press and bloggers have come over to the UK to soak up everything British in time for the Royal wedding. Supported by 'Visit Britain' they have been exposed to some of the most exciting and exclusive restaurants, hotels, country sports and fashion labels the UK has to offer.

Holland Cooper was lucky enough to be chosen as the brand to represent British design and we were treated to an opulent VIP box at the 02 arena with a lavish spread for supper while I was interviewed by some of the most exciting people in the fashion blogging/press world to learn more about the brand. The following day we were invited to the 'Verta' hotel at the Battersea Helli Pad for the most fabulous breakfast and yet more interviews and Holland Cooper action. All were thrilled with there Holland Cooper goody bags!

The last few days has given Holland Cooper international fashion coverage ... watch this space!

Cheltenham Festival 2011 and Best dressed Stand!

What an exciting week it has been at the Cheltenham festival – Holland Cooper took the festival by storm winning best dressed stand for 2011 with a large cash prize, write up and photograph in the newspaper

We drove up from the Holland Cooper headquarters in Suffolk on the Sunday to be ready in plenty of time for set up – with a new member of the team starting and two stands to set up it was going to be hectic! The drive was straight forward and we had a nice hotel waiting for us at the other end, so we had a good night sleep ready for the antics on Monday.

Monday graced us with the sun, which was a godsend as setting up in the rain is less than desirable! The set up took longer than usual as I had to go and set up a stand at the RAC and Gareth was showing Nick ( a new member to the team) the ins and outs of setting the fabulous HC stand up. Six hours later the stand was up and I had completed a successful afternoon selling at the RAC.

Thankfully we were booked into another hotel so after a yummy Indian supper we made our way there to have an early night ready for the busy day ahead.

This was our first Festival as we normally show at the November meeting and so we were unsure what to expect – I were thrilled when hundreds of people started to pour through the doors into the race course. It was clear this is the biggest most prestigious meeting of the year. With clients coming from all over the world we had customers buying Holland Cooper from as far away as Australia. At midday we were presented with ‘best Dressed stand for 2011’ with a large cash prize and picture and write up in the newspaper. I was thrilled, it really makes all the hard work and effort in presenting the stand worth while.

Holland Coopers Twist on tweed went down a storm with our new 'Sporting Jacket's' selling out on the first day! We met some very exciting new contacts (you will have to watch this space) ..

Later on in the week we were also awarded best dressed at Cheltenham – quite a feet to win both of these in one show!! It just shows Holland Coopers style and flare cannot be copied or simulated – we are the orginal brand to take the ‘twee out of tweed.’

Overall it was a brilliant show well done to the HC Team xxx

Moving House and Studio facelift

Holland Cooper has had a very busy few days, I am moving house and the studio is being re decorated - complete ciaos!! The Business is still running like clockwork amongst boxes and decorators!! The exciting new studio will be able to accommodate more people allowing the HC Team to expand.
Orders are coming in thick and fast for Cheltenham with suits being made as we speak. I am excited for our next show, it feels like ages since I have been to a retail show when in reality it has only been three months. So much has happened in this time it feels like an age!
We are calling into Cirencester on our way through to do an exclusive sale and the RAC, something I like to do as it is close to my heart after being there for 2 years!
I always miss the student life when I go back there , I had some great memories and was lucky enough to have my fabulous horse up with me allowing me to ride and compete regularly, something I don't have time to do anymore. The students will be lucky enough to enjoy nearly 50% of everything including trackies, hoodies, polo's, caps, gilets, skirts and more!
We have had an exciting offer to supply the hoodies for the young conservative party, a great opportunity for us and great publicity for Holland Cooper.
The Sandhurst Ball Charity hoodies went down a storm and sold out within minutes, the design we created looked fabulous! Good Work Team!

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'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