Wonderful Wolves

Our new Autumn/ Winter collection will soon be available to buy, but we can’t wait to give you a preview of some of our upcoming styles. This season we are featuring some striking winter wolves amongst some of our more cutesy creatures, for those of you who would love to wear an illustrated animal with some serious bite.
 Our ‘howling wolf vest’ features an impressive wolf sitting and howling, whilst wearing some retro headphones (because it’s never good to be without some of your favourite tunes). Printed on a relaxed fit grey marl long vest, this top is an ideal layering piece for adding a splash of interest to your cold weather clothing. Team with autumnal tone jeans and a cosy cardigan for some effortless Brat and Suzie styling.



Second up, we have our ‘dream wolf tee’ that shows a powerful wolf portrait, surrounded by a large dream catcher. With coloured feather detailing, this tee is great for combining with any of the fantastic feather accessories that have proved a long-lasting trend on the high street. On a loose fit white tee, this lovely wolf can be styled in any way you like – but we love it best with contrasting print leggings and your favourite jacket.

Watch out for these wolves, available soon online and at selected Brat and Suzie stockists.

Written by Sophie Seymour

Social Media

As I've used the past few weeks to avidly job hunt, I've spent an awful lot of time online.  The plus side of this is that I've had plenty of opportunities to enjoy my favourite social media platforms and have even joined a new one (just to to add to my list of sites to update.)  To make it nice and easy, I use 'sophieseesmore' as my username whenever possible.    

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Blogging About Badgers

  I've been blogging for one of my favourite brands again - this time about our poor old badgers, who deserve a bit of attention at the moment...

The Brilliant Badger

The humble badger might initially seem like an unlikely style motif for the mainstream fashion scene, yet the nocturnal black and white creature is currently enjoying some much needed love and attention. The badger has been thrust into the limelight thanks to the overwhelming publicity centred on the proposed badger cull, which was protested against by Queen guitarist Brian May, who is also the vice-president of the RSPCA.

The Government planned to kill thousands of badgers in West Gloucestershire and Somerset, by shooting the critters in attempts to control bovine tuberculosis. Brian May not only led over two thousand people in Westminster to oppose the cull, but also launched one of the most successful online petitions of all time. The e-petition gained over 100,000 signatures, as support and awareness grew, all in hopes of the possibly ineffective cull being replaced by a simple, humane vaccination.

It is rare that wildlife gains such an impressive amount of media attention - the now in-vogue badger has even trended several times on Twitter. All the publicity has not been for nothing, as the anti cull group named Team Badger have recently stated that 70% of the farmers who would have originally taken part in the cull, have objected to this taking place. Hopefully this means that the badgers are now safe, and will only have to tolerate a quick injection as an alternative to losing their lives.

Here at Brat & Suzie we are, of course, complete animal lovers and so decided to pay homage to the bold badgers by including them in our upcoming Autumn/ Winter collection. Featured on a lovely chunky knit peach jumper, the contrasting monochrome badger stands out beautifully. Style the new sweater with other bright colours (as in our latest look book) or let the badger take centre stage by teaming with classic black skinnies and complementary black and white accessories. Make sure to keep a look out for when our beloved new badger apparel becomes available online, as this cosy jumper is sure to be a favourite for anyone who supported the protests to save such an important part of our quintessential British wildlife.      

Written by Sophie Seymour. 

"The Good Old Days" - A Feature for Semple Magazine

After many months of blogging for Maggie Semple, it came the time for the creation of the next issue of their magazine, Semple.  I was asked to write two features for the publication and produced a longer piece about marketing within the music industry, as well as this short article comparing old fashioned and modern dating.  To download and read the magazine as a whole, please click here.        

Crazy About Cornwall

As those who are familiar with my blog will know, I am a huge fan of both instant and disposable cameras - there is something about slightly gritty looking photographs which is irresistibly nostalgic, and I just can't get enough.

I've recently returned from Borneo, where I didn't take my Instax camera as I was worried about how the film would hold up in the heat.  I did however, take a trusty disposable for days on the beach when I didn't want to get sand in my DSLR.  Having recently gone and two cameras worth of photos developed, I can now upload a handful of my images from a trip to Cornwall that I took with my boyfriend before we knew about our holiday abroad, and so thought that we were UK bound for the summer. 

We stayed in Bude at the Atlantic Surf Pods,  which I can't recommend enough and hope to return to one day.  This was my first time to Cornwall, and I can see why people just keep going back there!