Archive for the ‘Special Occasions’ Category

Nicole Kidman Wears Brora For New Movie

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

scottish cashmere

You may have heard that the dashingly handsome Colin Firth and equally lovely Nicole Kidman are up in Perthshire right now, the heart of tweed wearing country, filming World War II drama The Railway Man.

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Well, guess what? Nicole is floating elegantly around in plenty of Brora; perfectly appropriate for a Scottish based movie we think.

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 Liberty Full Circle Jersey Skirt £98

The Aussie beauty looks like a completely different woman in her Mary Quant-like brunette bob; we’re kind of liking this striking transformation Nic.

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 Cashmere Gauzy Cardigan £249

You can see both Nicole and Brora…with Colin of course, in cinemas next year. See how many of our pieces you can spot.

womenswear Brora clothing

               Cotton Textured Cardigan NOW £69

We can’t wait!

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Colour Me In Cashmere

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Scottish cashmere

Due to popular demand we’ve brought back our style & colour consultations to help customers to find their perfect pieces from our new collection. Let us take you through the style stories to find the perfect colours for you.

personal stylist

Lorna Wiltshire, independent British stylist and personal shopper, has also returned with us and been on-hand to teach customers about how to wear colour with confidence and taking them through which emerging summer trends are best suited to them.

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The previous consultations have been such a success and we’re delighted at the response from those of you on Twitter.

The last consultation is tomorrow at the Guildford shop:

 

Guildford- Thursday 17th May

3 Chapel Street, GU1 3UH
Shop Manager: Annie Braybrook
Telephone: 01483 449 210

 

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Brora & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Cake

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

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We know what you’re thinking and the answer is yes! It does taste as good as it looks…actually better!

It should come as no surprise to you that this fabulous visual marvel was the creation of our talented design team for the birthdays of fellow designers Alex and Gillian. The rainbow cake was humongous, so much so that it was shared over head office.

baking Victoria Sponge Cake

The girls took pictures of the process throughout and here the cake mix looked more like a child’s paint tin than that of a Victoria sponge cake fusion.

Most of us weren’t sure whether we were supposed to eat it or tweet pictures of it, treating the cake like art for the masses. Somehow it seemed so wrong just to shovel down such skill on a plate…but of course we did.

desserts

If you want to try your hand at making a multi-coloured cake of your own take a look at the website which the girls used as a guideline, click here.

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Behind the Scenes Video – Summer 12 collection

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The wait is almost over, the new summer collection will be available in shops, online and at your door next week!

Brora TV have put together a short behind the scenes video of the Nostalgia and Retro photo shoot that took place at two different locations in one day; Camber Sands in East Sussex and Dungeness in Kent.

Modelling our Nostalgia collection is Chantelle Pidgley, our sales advisor at the Sloane Square flagship store in central London.

modelling new season clothing

Victoria took her out of the shop and in front of husband Johnnie’s lens, where she fashioned the new Nostalgia summer pieces like a true professional. Despite this being one of Chantelle’s first modelling assignments she was able to brave the wuthering winds and look beautiful at the same time. If these shots are anything to go by we’re positive Chantelle will have a great modelling career ahead of her.

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To request a summer catalogue simply click here, and don’t forget to take a look at our website next week when the summer collection launches.

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Brora Easter Egg Hunt Is Back!

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The time has come again, a time where parent and child work together for the good of mum’s wardrobe.

Brora Bunnt

For those of you who are new to the Brora Easter egg hunts, ours substitutes scrumptious chocolate for sumptuous cashmere; a well worthy trade we feel that spares the hips from any ‘excess baggage’.

children hunting for chocolate

Why bother with the regular Easter egg hunts that put child against child in a mad and hectic rush, for then you have to take home your hyper-active child who is suffering from a sugar-rush having scoffed down an inadvisable number of eggs.

Easter at Brora cashmere company

Besides with the weather turning disastrously colder and wetter, snow in some places, who wants to be outdoors anyway? All you have to do is find the hidden Brora eggs on the website product pages and add them to your basket. Pick up 5 eggs for 5% and 10 eggs for a 10% discount.

Brora Egg Hunt

The Easter egg hunt ends at midnight on Monday so make sure the kids are ready!

Begin the egg hunt now

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