Our Story

Here at Battle Born Clothing we aim to provide you with sassy, snarky, sweary, and empowering clothes and home decor items. As my dad always says, loud and proud. Sure it's about belching but my cousin & I - with whom I spent so much of my childhood - took it to heart and both grew up to be unapologetically loud, strong women. Battle Born is for my fellow unapologetic Queens who know who you are. Be loud, babes. Be proud, be sassy, and straighten that crown and rise like the badass you are. If loud isn't your thing, if you're more of a soft-spoken gentle Queen you are welcome here too. I may be loud but I definitely have a soft natured side too and I get it from my mama. And hey, wearing something that says what you wish you could say is the perfect way to be quietly loud 🤗

I've been dreaming of this business since I was a teen. Sketching clothes was one of my favorite things to do. I would go to the local superstore and head to the craft section and just sit and look at their pattern books and dream about making my own clothes. I was even able to take one home once because it was old & out of season and they were gonna trash it. I was ridiculously excited. But I didn't want to go to college at all and that was the only way I thought I could make this dream come true. And then when I changed my mind and did want to go, there were no nearby fashion programs and I wasn't willing to relocate. So I went the practical route and pursued a degree in Accounting.

This business stayed with me though. Over 20 years I have been sketching and dreaming and learning and trying to find a way to make it happen without going back to college. I found programs to take online and started learning Adobe Illustrator because I learned there was a way to be a freelance designer for other companies without needing college (Hands up if you also hate Creative Cloud 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️). I was excited but my heart knew it just wasn't Battle Born. It would be my ideas but for other people.

I am a dreamer, I get it from my dad. And after one of the worst years of my life last year with nearly losing him, I decided this year that fuck it, I'm doing this somehow. I started learning more about how it could be possible, and while my dream for Battle Born isn't only in graphics, I got into creating graphics to start. This is me getting my foot in the door to build Battle Born to what I want it to be. It will always have graphics but as time goes by I hope to start adding 100% original designed by me pieces of clothing as well. My style is best described as boho goth and rockabilly so if you love that as well, you're in the right place & I hope you follow me on this journey.

Battle Born got its name because of how much self-doubt I've had to battle. How much second guessing of myself I've had to fight through. How hard it is to blaze your own path in a direction society doesn't deem appropriate. How hard it can be to show who you truly are inside. Fighting the urge to people please. Fighting the urge to give up when something feels impossible. Battle Born is named for the internal war that rages between the various forms of you inside. The old you, the new you, the scared you, the angry you, the peace craving you. Navigating all of that alone is hard enough but when you add the pressure from society... it's exhausting. This business is Battle Born. I am Battle Born. You are Battle Born.