Independent Clothing Brands UK

INDEPENDENT CLOTHING BRANDS:

MOTEL ROCKS

Motel is a leading women’s fashion label for the youth market. Established in 1999, the brand was created to bring vintage inspired affordable clothing to the UK fashion scene. Carving a niche in the market for retro inspired product andregular turnover of new styles, Motel became a brand leader in the fast fashion arena. Synonymous with creating print-led, form fitting silhouettes, Motel is a trend-leader in fashion with edgy attitude. 

In 2010 Motel won the Drapers award for short order brand of the year, re-affirming Motel as the must-have label for independent retailers trading in the contemporary womenswear sectors. The brand is also available through leading high-street and online retailers including ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Nasty Gal, MissKL and Topshop.com including a concession in the flagship Topshop Oxford Circus store.

Our home is at Motelrocks.com where new Motel lines are available on a weekly basis and sit alongside hand-selected third party labels that have the same brand fit as Motel. The site currently stocks US footwear brand Jeffrey Campbell, leading British brand Dr. Martens and accessory line Zatchels.
Motel generates widespread media coverage week on week and counts a global following of high-profile celebrity, bloggers and industry influencers as fans of the brand.

Born from a love of vintage fashion, Motel is the must-have label for girls who want unique, edgy and eclectic additions to their wardrobe that are guaranteed to make an impact! Established in the late 90’s, Motel was created after the brand founders set out on a road trip of freedom, discovery and fun across the west coast of America. Inspired by the indie vintage shops and various thrift stores dotted along the Californian coastline, the Motel designers set about bringing these looks to the British consumer and carved a unique niche in the marketplace. Fifteen years later and Motel is now a leading Brit fashion label renowned for offering unique prints, form fitting silhouettes and trend-setting styles that are loved by fashionistas, style icons and celebrities across the globe.

Motelrocks.com, is dedicated to bringing the hottest new trends and most coveted styles to the site each and every week. Alongside the latest Motel pieces, you’ll find a range of hand-picked accessory and beauty brands that are the perfect addition to any Motel outfit. With exclusive product offerings, trend advice and sneak peeks behind the scenes of the Motel world too, Motelrocks.com is the online destination for fashion that is sure to shake up your style

HYPE

HYPE. began in Summer of 2011, when the UK weather, for once, was good! Two friends, both on summer breaks from University, decided they wanted to spend their holiday doing something more than just kicking back and relaxing. With an understanding of retail and business from previous jobs and a fascination with independent clothing companies, creating a brand was high on the cards. After a week of late nights, copious amounts of Monster Energy and the odd bottle of rum; these two friends had created the beginning of HYPE.

They set to work on the foundations of the company, quickly and efficiently building a powerful string of social networks with nothing more than word of mouth. HYPE. launched its first designs; a lighter inscribed with the statement: ‘Get Your Own Fucking Lighter’ and a range of ‘alternative’ designs; a modified Einstein, Monroe and Elvis on separate t-shirts.
With the initial idea of investing £200 each into the first range, the lads were shocked, when after entering a competition with just minutes to spare they won 100 free t-shirts to be printed. This was thanks to the help of their current following, by choosing their design to win an online merchandise competition. This happened twice more… With three designs printed and fully stocked and a unique lighter design bought with the initial investment, the boys were on a roll. The drop was announced for a Sunday at 8 PM and was well anticipated by their following. By midnight all t-shirts were sold out. They couldn't believe it. With a response so rapid and overwhelming; the lads spent day and night sending out orders, restocking products, responding to their online following and creating new designs.

The HYPE. had begun.

Fast forward 3 months and HYPE. has moved out of the bedroom and taken up premises in Leicester, to house the expansion of the fresh, growing company. Now whilst able to look over production closely, house more products, create an office space for friends to come and help, they knew they were on the right track. With their Autumn/Winter '11 collection primed, photographed and laid out on a brand new website, the next drop hit bigger and better. A successful first night made sure the following month was filled with promise; a key stockist 'FootAsylum' came on board, the A/W '11 collection sold fast and they took the chance to exhibit at festivals around the UK.

With the first few months a distant, but close, memory; these two friends continue to push the boundaries and venture ever higher. HYPE. is now stocked in Independent stores across the UK, Europe and further internationally!

RAT & BOA

Rat & Boa is for the lovers, daredevils, women of the night, believers and free spirits.

Rat and Boa was established in the North East of England and we think it is great that such a talented brand has been created on our home turf. The clothes and jewellery created by the northern brand is out of this world and is the perfect way to add some colour and staple pieces to your wardrobe. The founders of the brand, Stephanie Cara Bennett and Valentina Muntoni wanted to sell affordable, imaginative and slightly daring pieces that encouraged individuality and expression.

Rat and Boa have become insanely popular over the past year having reached almost 7,000 fans on Facebook. Having admitted they are finding it difficult to keep up with popular demands for their goods, even after increasing their stock levels, they are still managing to get new stock on the site at least once a month. With such high anticipation, it has proven difficult for us to grab some pieces before they have sold out.

ROCK N ROSE

ROCK ‘N ROSE is a British vintage-inspired jewellery brand. Combining on trend style and unsurpassed quality, Rock ‘N Rose has quickly gained a following amongst celebrities, trendsetters and retailers worldwide.

Sisters Jess Lathan and Emily Jane Lathan are the creative force behind Rock ‘N Rose. Inspired by the years they missed, romance and a good cup of tea, the young designers gave birth to a brand based on all things pretty, fun and vintage.

Rock ‘N Rose was officially established in the North East in 2007. Today, the girls spend their time visiting vintage shops and working out of their Yarm studio - where they design, source and rework by hand with a small team of amazing girls.Popular amongst the celebrity set for its quirky vintage jewellery and festival headwear, the line has progressed into exclusive vintage pieces and headwear.

Rock ‘N Rose is one of the most exciting and vibrant up-and-coming jewellery brands - named as Pixie Lott’s favourite jewellery brand in Summer 2011, awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 at the Best New Business Awards and Young Entrepreneur 2011 at the WIN Awards.

WE ARE COW

Cow is an affordable vintage clothing and accessories retailer, selling handpicked items that are sourced from around the world. We are currently situated in four Cities, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, and Nottingham, with each store offering a different shopping experience but all with the best vintage available!
We Are Cow is the online version of our Cow Vintage stores and we offer the same range of one-off vintage products as well as handmade and altered Rework from our own Rework Team. We would like to show you how online vintage shopping is less daunting than it may seem, with our most fashion forward and trend led peices on each page. Here we can offer you the chance to see how you can stay on trend as well as create your own individual style. We Are Cow look at next season catwalks, street style, celebrities and our own customers to keep up to date with the items you will want to be wearing.