Jennifer Hope interview with Kitty Cowell

After working with such a talented group on our last photoshoot I really wanted to catch up with the individuals that took part and see what they had been getting up, what they do in their life's and how they felt about working with Jennifer Hope Clothing!

Our first interview is with the amazingly talented Kitty Cowell! ENJOY!

           Hello our wonderful girl, that we have probably spoke with numerous 
           times already today!

What have you been up to since the photoshoot?

KC: Recording and writing in the studio :-) Working, getting papped for Elle Japan, The Guardian and Glamour style sections. I've been  blogging for The Unisex Mode. And I went home and see my friends in Wales and throw some shapes in Welsh Clwb.

If you may or may not know, Kitty along with her music career works with us managing our Topshop concession in Oxford Circus. How do you manage your time?

KC:I don't sleep haha. To be honest this job has really helped me manage my time much better. I get to go to recording sessions around work and at the weekends and if I don't have a session I get to see my friends at the weekends. Structure helps me focus!

We want to know a bit more about your music. When did you decide your wanted to pursue a music career?

KC:Wow I don't know when that decision happened to be honest I feel like music chose me. I just did it for fun and then people started to hear it and like it and then it took a more serious route with touring and radio play etc. I went to do fashion design at uni and then Radio 1 introducing picked me up and it all went from there!

From a musicality point of view - I rap with abit of electro and pop thrown into make up the songs. 

           If you could describe your music in three words, what would the be?

 KC:Rap, electro, pop.

Do you feel as though it is hard to break into the music industry at the moment with so many artists coming out of huge competitions like the X Factor and dominating the charts?

 KC: Yeah it is difficult but I almost feel like its helping me stand out from the crowd as I am literally the opposite to them!

If you could do a collaboration with any other musician who would it be? Dead or alive?

KC: Pharrell Williams!!!! 

We know you also have your own fashion blog, which we have been featured on many times I would like to add! How would you describe your style?

KC: I'm a tomboyish street wear girl with a barbie glittery girly edge! So basically two extremes! I love trainers and baggy guys tees but I love hello kitty, pink hair and colourful nails!

Do you have a favourite brand or shop you buy into?

KC: I love Jennifer Hope because I feel a part of it. Other brands would have to be Diamond Supply, Kr3w, Vans and Lazy Oaf. But there's lots more!

Who would be your fashion icon?

 KC: Gwen Stephani 

If you suddenly had to fly to Japan in the next 20 minutes, what items would be in your suitcase?

KC: My phone, my black and lime Nike Roshe runs, black shiny leggings, huf fuck it socks, a vintage baseball jersey and my black diamond supply tee. My iPhone charger. A lyrics note book. Make up. And hello kitty headphones! 

Considering your now working for us! How do you find it?

KC: I hate it it sucks balls.... Joke!! It's really awesome to be part of a company where I can see it grow and care about where it's going. Every other job I've had has just been a side job for money to help me do music but this is that plus enjoyment! 

Considering your also now modelling for us! How did you find working with us on the Tom Barnes shoot?

KC: OMG it was so fun :) Tom is a great photographer with brilliant banter. Everyone involved in the shoot was lovely and we had a great day. It's great when you get to go somewhere new for a days work and meet new people. 

If you could sum up the brand in 3 words, what would they be?

KC: Dye Hard Streetwear! ;-) 

Our last question for your wonderful self, what are your goals for the future?

KC: I want to make music everyday as a career. I want to record and create and perform day in day out. I want to model for brands and keep a strong involvement in brands alongside making music and I hope to have a long involvement in Jennifer Hope and see it grow and grow as a company. :)

If you want to catch up with more that Kitty is doing go over to her Facebook to check our her music and blog! https://www.facebook.com/kittycowell

Tom Barnes photoshoot featuring Kitty Cowell, El Wood and Juice Gee

Heres a little mix of some of the photos we did with Tom Barnes! Enjoy!

Jennifer Hope SS/AW Photoshoot with Tom Barnes

So a week or so back we got to work with the amazing Tom Barnes who shot our SS/AW Transitional collection. The day consisted of all of us heading over to Guildford for the day to play with balloons and smoke grenades in front of the camera, well the models did!

I don't think Tom Barnes need much of an introduction considering he has worked with some the most influential bands and clothing's brand of today. However I always know I need to go to Tom if I'm going to get perfection. The best thing about working with Tom is that you know its going to be a funny day as well as the pictures are always going to look exactly how I want them. I would be surprised if you haven't already seen his work but heres the link just incase:

http://tombarnesphoto.com/

Our good friend Honor Bailey who did the make up for our previous shoot with Tom worked with us again as I knew she would get the more everyday look I was going for. I really wanted some girls that would represent the brand so that you can identify with them, rather than putting some 7ft size 0 models  that you can't really see how the clothes are going to look on yourselves. Honor is a extremely good at her job creating the look I wanted but she also never minds helping me out with the shoot, making her throw balloons around etc haha.

We got the fabulous El Wood to model for us, who I think everyone fell in love with throughout the day. She pictures so perfectly in all the proofs I got back however this means it was extremely hard to choose which ones I wanted! It was a pleasure working with El because she is just such a natural at what she does, as soon as she steps in front of the camera you just sit back and relax!

I also got the amazing Juice Gee to model for us. I love Jess as she is the cutest, coolest girl I know, she brought a massive selection of trainers for us to work with to the shoot which really complimented the outfits. If you haven't heard of Juice Gee/ Jess she is the founder of 'Small Feet Big Kicks', the website sells nice trainers for those with smaller feet, as they say "Why should you have to have big feet to get a nice pair of shoes?" Check it out here if you haven't already:

http://shop.smallfeetbigkicks.com/

My wonderful London concession manager, blogger, talented musician and all the rest modelled for us, Kitty Cowell. She has the most amazing pastel pink hair at the moment which looked super cute with all our pastel tie dye pieces. Kitty is a big part in the company and has supported us from wearing our clothes at her performance at the 2012 Olympics to today working bloody hard for us in the big Topshop London flagship store. I don't really know how this girl does it as she still is working extremely hard on her music career when she is not working with us, but we definitely love you for all your hard work. She is a face of us in London at the moment so she just needed to be in this photoshoot as well as being a babe!

While all the photoshoot was going on our fantastic friend Daniel Waverley Gray was filming away on his camera so he could put a nice promo video together for the shoot. The result turned out amazing! We are so pleased with it that we will definitely be working with Daniel for more of our lookbook videos. Check out the promo that he did for us here:

https://vimeo.com/danielwaverleyfilm/jennifer-hope-promo

You can see what we got up to on the in the video above, luckily Daniel didn't film us all stuffing our faces with Nandos at the end of the day! We are extremely excited to show you the pictures soon!

I've added some images I took on my phone just to give you a little taster.

Jennifer Hope Launches on OH MY LOVE London

You can now pick up Jennifer Hope on the amazing online store for the brand OH MY LOVE London! The site have a extremely strong range with a lot of our best sellers and items which are perfect for summer and this festival season! Make sure you go check out our range on the site as well as the amazing other brands they have now including HYPE, Art Disco, Regal Rose and Sick Girl.

Don't forget to check out OH MY LOVEs own collection on the store which features some gorgeous galaxy print dresses to skater dresses to long printed maxis. The brand is also available from Topshop London, Topshop Bristol, Topshop Leicester as well as numerous other stores.

Jennifer Hope Festival Fashion

Yes its the time of year for one of the best events in Bristol! St Paul's Carnival! We had so many girls reppin Jennifer Hope at Bristols event 'Love Saves the Day' that shows Jennifer Hope really is designed for festival fashion. If you fancy getting in the colourful carnival spirit BS8 on Park Street and Topshop in Cabot Circus have loads of tie dye treats and summer crop tops for you!

Kitty Cowell

Since opening our concession within Topshop stores we have had some amazing people working for us which includes the fabulous and extremely talented Kitty Cowell!

The girl has endless talents from managing the concession within Topshops flagship store, to creating new exciting music and also keeping her own fashion blog, The Unisex Mode. Theres not much point me waffling on about what she does its probably best if you go visit her blog and check out her music pages which I have linked below. Kitty has done many shoots rocking our garments too which always look amazing with her ever-changing hair colours!

Music: http://kittycowell.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kittycowell
Blog: http://theunisexmode.tumblr.com

Little Mix in Jennifer Hope

Considering Little Mix have just made history hitting number 4 in the US Billboard charts in the first week with their album DNA beating the Spice Girls who got to number 6 back in 1997 its pretty amazing to be having them represent Jennifer Hope.

The stunning Jesy Nelson wore our black logo vest with our mint green leggings to her Little Mixers event in London back in May and then represented our logo vest on Good Morning America in early June while they were on their promotional tour of America.

We are extremely excited about this and so happy such a powerful girl band of our time is presenting our brand. We love the girls style and believe they are an extremely good role model for our brand.