If you make a pit stop here on the regular, you’ll remember the precise moment we got engulfed by the history and symbolism of Sailor Jerry. It inspired a brand new collection of CarterGore pendants … wanna see?
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After losing her mother to cancer, Asya Ivashintsova-Melkumyan discovered 30,000 negatives in the attic - unearthing almost 40 years of memories and her mother's poetic, creative genius. It's a hell of a story, and one that's got us thinking quite a bit ...
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We're girl crushing HARD over the work of generation-millennial visionary Sarah Bahbah, seductively cinematic pieces and a explicitly virile exploration of pop culture, emotional freedom and the modern female voice.
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Last weekend, we packed up our gear and our the very best of our hella killer jewellery and headed to the smoke to pitch up at this year's Tattoo Collective.
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In the week of International Woman's Day ... get a good ol' gawp at some of our latest campaign imagery and the ultimate drive behind our brand - hells yeah ... the future is female.
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This very time last week, on a drizzley grey-ass day in Liverpool, the city was throbbing with its standard Monday shit. Us? Well, we were in a penthouse off of Duke Street, with a hella load of killer jewellery and a rag-tag team of utter brilliance. Wanna go behind the scenes? Yeah ya do ...
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Well, we’re gearing up for the big shoot tomorrow. Jewellery is prepped, props are procured, the styling wrack is looking LIT. Looks as though we’ve just got enough time left for a last little hit of inspiration before it all kicks off bright and early in the morning ... shall we talk STUPID?
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The first shoot we ever did was kinda momentous. But more than a year on, we’ve learnt a trick or two, CarterGore’s image has evolved, then settled, establishing itself amongst its myriad of influences and inspirations. Now, we don’t need a photoshoot to define the brand, but we do want the brand to define a photoshoot. Oh yeah, it’s high time we do this thing again.
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You know how we had that New Years list of stuff we were absolutely gonna do? And how ‘Retail’ fell pretty much slap bang at the top of that list? Well … we’re hitting it hard. We're joining forces with London based, globally renowned specialist boutique The Pommier and we couldn't be more effing excited.
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Ah, Valentines. Not only does it give us all the warm fuzzies, but plotting and planning for the Day Of Love is getting us through the cold bitch that is January. Sure, Hallmark and a clever bit of marketing may have corrupted it along the way, the big corporations may even have a little collar on it, but since its Roman origins (oh yeah, we know some stuff), it has always been and should always be about love.
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Ah, New Year. It’s kind of our favourite.
There’s a fresh wave of optimism just about everywhere you look, you know? And we can't help but get involved. Here's what's on our agenda for 2018 ... it's gonna be big'un.
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It’s not difficult to stumble across a tattoo artist whose work you like. Not these days. What is rare, is falling for an artist’s work because of their ethos. Their ethic. All the stuff that forms the creative infrastructure underneath the slick-as-hell grid, the inked celebrities and the thousands of online followers. Let us introduce you to Mowgli ...
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You know how they say a picture says a thousand words? Yeah, well, we're going HARD with that one this week. Didn't get a chance to come see us at our GHQ pop up over the weekend? Let us take you there ...
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Collaborations - when they’re done right, that is - are the lifeblood of thriving creative industries. But to get it right, you've gotta get the right brand to partner with. The right soul. Or it doesn't work. By teaming up with GHQ in Chester for our first ever CarterGore pop-up ... we're pretty sure we've nailed it.
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The restless, simmering grey-area of time between one big project launching and our next big project kicking off is precious space for the mind to wander and restore. Perfect for inspiration hunting. This week, we've been obsessing over dot-and-line work and thought we'd share a few of our fave artists.
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So, the big news of this week is GOLD. (Always believe in your soul. Sorry, couldn’t resist). Oh, yeah, we’ve gone there with a range of solid gold pieces across our collection which are now available to buy both online and with our new pals Wolf & Badger.
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We’re a firm believer that success works a little bit like karma. You put good stuff in, you get good stuff out … eventually. So, you might have noticed that our products got their 15 minutes in the spot light last weekend on the glitziest effing stage we could have hoped to have found ourselves on ... Hello Strictly!
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I guess we always knew that we were going to make the move towards Retail at some point in the first couple of years of CarterGore. Well ... this week we're making great big stomping steps towards that goal with our first Retailer. Hello Wolf & Badger ...
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A year after accidentally conceiving and launching a new British company in the hellish economic middle ground that is ‘in-the-midst Brexit’, we’ve looked back on the journey so far, and pulled out the biggest Lessons & Blessings our first year as CarterGore has had to teach us …
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October has us obsessing over this year's Day Of The Dead - in all its deeply rich, colourful vibrancy. So much so, that we're putting together a lil something special to celebrate it ...
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