Brora (retailer)

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Brora is a Scottish luxury fashion brand, best known for its cashmere garments.

Brora was founded in March 1993 by Victoria Stapleton, who is the owner and creative director.{{cite news |title=Brora cashmere to open St Andrews store on 25th anniversary |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/news/brora-cashmere-open-st-andrews-11958726 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Insider |date=2018}} After her family became involved with Hunters of Brora, a 100-year-old tweed mill in Brora, north east Scotland, she established a retail business, focused on cashmere and tweed.{{cite news |title=Meet Victoria Stapleton of Brora |url=https://www.frombritainwithlove.com/meet-the-maker-victoria-stapleton-founder-of-brora-scottish-cashmere/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=Frombritainwithlove |date=12 April 2012}}

As of 2018, the brand had 14 stores in the UK and one on Madison Avenue in New York City. The clothes "are very often made here in the UK." All of the cashmere is produced in a mill in the Scottish borders.

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