Jade Holland Cooper
British fashion designer (born 1986)
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Jade Abigail Holland Cooper (born December 1986) is a British fashion designer.[2][3][4]
Jade Holland Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jade Abigail Cooper December 1986[1] (age 39) Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Education | Ipswich High School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Her father, Oliver Cooper, is a farmer in Suffolk, and her mother, Miranda (née Holland), worked in London and Paris as a designer, making clothes for Elton John, amongst others.[4][2][5] She was born on the family farm, Manor Farm, in Elmsett, near Hadleigh.[6][7]
Oliver Cooper grew up on Great Bricett Hall Farm, including the grade I listed farmhouse Great Bricett Hall in the village of Great Bricett, Suffolk.[7] It was home to his father Rupert Cooper, who died in October 2017, aged 96.[8][9] The estate, including 415 acres of land, was listed for sale in June 2018 at £4.65 million.[7]
She was educated at Ipswich High School for Girls, then studied international equine and agriculture management at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, but dropped out to start a career in fashion.[4][2]
Career
In 2008, she founded the fashion label Holland Cooper.[6] Holland Cooper launched her label by personally selling tweed garments from a horse trailer at equestrian and country events, travelling to more than 30 shows per year.[10]
She started by having an outworker employed by her mother make 30 tweed miniskirts, with leather and suede additions, which she found in her mother's old design studio in a farm outbuilding, and sold them all from a stall at Badminton Horse Trials.[5]
Holland Cooper has since grown into a fashion house with an annual turnover of around £60 million and year-on-year growth of 50 percent.[11] The brand offers more than 2,000 products and operates a 70,000-square-foot headquarters in the Cotswolds.
Holland Cooper operates two retail shops: one at Bicester Village and a flagship store at Dunkerton Park, a retail complex in Cheltenham co-owned by her husband, Julian Dunkerton.[12] The company is the official fashion partner of the Cheltenham Festival.[13] Holland Cooper was also named to Drapers' 30 Under 30 list in 2014.[14]
Public image
Holland Cooper's designs have been worn by Catherine, Princess of Wales, at public engagements.[15]
Personal life
In August 2018, she married Julian Dunkerton, co-founder of Superdry.[16] The couple live in the Cotswolds in a Grade I-listed 16th-century manor, reported to be valued at £50 million.[17]
They have two children, born November 2020 and December 2022.[18]
In 2021, she was one of the guests at Lady Kitty Spencer's wedding.[19]
