Sophia Cook for HUNGER Magazine X TITS UP 5 year celebration
Meet Sophia Cook : mum, creative, storyteller, photographer - and founder of #soonerOrLater and #showyoursundaybest.
Creative directed and styled by Kim Howells for HUNGER magazine, this special Mother’s Day shoot celebrates just a handful of ‘London’s most major creative mums’. Photographed by Bella Howard, the shoot also marks five years of Kim's community support network: TITS UP - for mums navigating the early years of motherhood.
Sophia wears our NEWTON VELVET DRESS — available to RENT HERE
We first met Sophia Cook and her family when they took part in the KITTY JOSEPH - 'CHROMANTICS' fashion show at Greenwich Peninsula back in 2021 (also Styled by Kim Howells). It was a multigenerational celebration of joy, togetherness and colour just as we all emerged out of a long period of lockdown. We've long followed Sophia for her joyful, intelligent and uplifting storytelling, celebrating mid-life, motherhood, style and featuring Sophia's beautiful photography.
Be sure to check out Sophia’s “Sooner or Later” irl events series, aimed at gently shifting connections made online to even more fulfilling offline get togethers.
In Sophia’s words: “Sooner or Later is the space I’m creating for people of any gender navigating life and change, often on an unconventional timeline. It was born from my own experience of becoming a mum and changing careers at 40, learning to drive in my 40s, and continuing to figure it out as I go. We’re often sold the idea that midlife should be a time of certainty but for many of us, it’s the start of reinvention. This series invites others to explore that idea together." Follow Sophia below for news around her new podcast and Sooner Or Later events series…
Tits Up (@tits_up_) is a platform founded by Kim Howells to support mums in their first year of motherhood, following her own difficult birth experience five years ago — as she puts it, when it all ‘went tits up’. Through monthly brunches, retreats and events (plus a podcast), Tits Up has become a brilliantly supportive space for early motherhood.
Kim wears jumper and leg warmer by POSTER GIRL, trousers and jacket by AHLUWALIA and hat and bag by JUDY BLAME TRUST. Indigo wears outfit by HIPPO PARADE and hat by EMMA BREWIN.
Alongside Tits Up, Kim Howells is a fashion stylist and creative director, and the founder of KEEP IT MOVIN. Former Fashion Director at HUNGER magazine, she works across editorial, commercial and runway projects collaborating with photographers including Rankin, stylists such as Nicola Formichetti, and consulting for designers and brands (including Kitty Joseph).
Her client list includes Fendi, Dior, Westfield, ghd and The Body Shop, and her celebrity styling credits include Nathalie Emmanuel, Alicia Vikander, Liv Tyler, Dakota Fanning, Little Mix and Iris Apfel. Her work has been featured in British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Dazed, V magazine and Sorbet.
Credits
- Photographer: Bella Howard (@bybellazine)
- Creative direction & styling: Kim Howells (@kim_howells)
- Assistant: Lara Jones (@laraj246)
- Hair: Ronke Olaibi (@ronke.olaibi) + assistant Chloe (@_hairwithchlo)
- Makeup: Yin Lee (@yinleemakeup)
- Bella assistant: Charlotte Steele (ch4rl_fashion)
- Styling assistants: Frederica Hall (@fredericahall), Nicoleta Anghel (@nico_nk1910), Nicoleta Anghel (@nico_nk1910), Génesis Lovera (@gpluslitter), Kellie Lopez (@funkik)
- With thanks: Rankin Archive / HUNGER (@hungermagazine)