Jade Holland Cooper
Born
Jade Abigail Cooper

December 1986[1]
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
EducationIpswich High School for Girls
Alma materRoyal Agricultural College (dropped out)
OccupationFashion designer
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children2

Jade Abigail Holland Cooper (born 1986) is a British fashion designer.[2][3][4]

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]

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]

Personal life

In August 2018, she married Julian Dunkerton, co-founder of Superdry.[10]

They have two children, Saphaïa Isabella Dunkerton, born November 2020, and Jamie Dunkerton, born December 2022.[11]

In 2021, she was one of the guests at Lady Kitty Spencer's wedding.[12]

References

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. 1 2 3 Kelly, Liam (27 May 2018). "How I made it: Jade Holland Cooper, founder of Holland Cooper". Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Fashion entrepreneur Jade Holland Cooper on her Scottish influences". scotsman.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jade Holland Cooper on building a £10 million fashion brand". The Week Portfolio. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 Jarvis, Katie. "Interview with Jade Holland Cooper, founder and designer of Holland Cooper Clothing". cotswoldlife.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Bright young thing: Jade Holland Cooper". suffolkmag.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Chambers, Sarah. "'A lovely little bit of Suffolk with this huge heritage': historic farm up for sale". eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Gaw, Matt. "Stowmarket: Do you know which Suffolk Tory preserved the dog end of Winston Churchill's cigar?". eadt.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "RUPERT BIRCHENALL COOPER - Death - East Anglian Daily Times Announcements - Family Notices 24". www.familynotices24.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Savage, Michael (18 August 2018). "Julian Dunkerton: the man who gave £1m to the People's Vote campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Krayem-Wood, Sam. "In pictures: Jade Holland Cooper and Julian Dunkerton celebrate birth of baby girl". Stroud News & Journal. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "The 8 most stylish guests at Lady Kitty Spencer's wedding". Telegraph.

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