Brora, the cashmere made in Scotland

Good evening, everyone. 

Tonight I would like to share with you an outstanding brand which I found this month. If you want to buy a nice tartan plaid or a cashmere scarf made in Scotland, Brora is the brand for you. 

Brora is a luxury cashmere brand founded in 1993 by Victoria Stapleton. The name of the brand is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland where a 100-year old tweed mill is based. 

The company produces high quality products for women, men, children & babies. They are passionate about the "made in Britain" label and to support the British Industry. All their cashmere clothing is made in Scotland in the mills which have been established over 200 years ago and have been employing local Scottish families for generations. 

What I really find attractive about this brand is their concern about being an ethical company. Moreover they produce clothes in the traditional way. Their concept is buy less and make sure that what you buy is very special. Thus they continue to produce the cashmere in Scotland with the highest quality possible. Their cashmere is ethically sourced from the native goat of the Mongolian plateaux. Every season, the best fibre is carefully selected and brought to Scotland. 

You can have a look at this animation created by art students to see the chain production of the Brora clothes, such a nice video.  

During this year, I went to the Brora’s shop in Edinburgh. The shop is really pleasant and bright. It was a really great experience. Employees were welcoming and I just wanted to try on all of the cashmere scarves.

My favourite is the cashmere Tweed Chartouche with woven Scottish cashmere. I love this revisited tartan with bright colours, perfect for this season in Scotland! 

 

As I just love the turtle-necks, this one is my favourite. It will be perfectly worn with the tartan cashmere scarf for every day. It’s a classic piece of cloth that you will keep for years in your dressing room. It exists in 6 different colours, looks so comfortable and easy to wear! 

I have also found this beautiful Cashmere Baby Blanket, produced with woven Scottish cashmere. 

This luxurious blanket can be used for decorating your home, placed on a bed or a sofa. 

I hope this article inspires you to buy and support clothes made in Scotland!

For the Instagramers, you can follow the brand here. It’s a great Instagram account with such a nice pictures of the products, their inspiration and the different shops in UK. 

Tartan & co

Fashion & Tartan

Hello everyone!

Today I want to share with you my favourite new discoveries. We see Tartan patterns almost everywhere, fashion designers use them increasingly in their fashion collection and this year we saw a lot of Tartan patterns during the fashion week. 

So, in this article you will see where you can buy nice clothes or accessories with Tartan pattern. They are all super affordable and easy for you to all buy yourselves! 

Tartan is not so hard to wear, you can wear it in a very classic way but you can also wear it in an original way and mix the different patterns!
The first one is a classic outfit, the Tartan shirt. You can find a lot of Tartan shirt on Topshop or Asos website. 

This shirt is from Topshop, cheap and on sale! The shirt is really easy to wear with a denim jacket or like on the picture, you can wear it with a skirt. I really like this one, the colours are so cool.

Next one are creepers with Tartan pattern. These creeper shoes are just perfect, wearing with a dungaree or with a black dress, it can be so nice. These shoes from Asos are really cheap, only £20.

Now the Tartan dress! You can find a lot of dress at New Look. These one is really classic and elegant. There is a lot of different way to wear a Tartan dress. For a look less strict you can mix it with sneakers!

To finish, the total look! It can be so chic, you just need to find the good way to wear it. This Tartan suit is from Asos. If you want to try the Tartan total look, you should begin with one unique pattern and ad accessories to your look like a hat or a leather bag. For the experts you can mix different patterns!