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Briana Atkins at Bangalow Farmers Market
Briana Atkins was only two weeks old when her parents decided to leave Brisbane for a tree change, buying a farm in Northern NSW.
One of four children, Briana loved the outdoors and the freedom of life growing up in the country, but it didn’t mean she wasn’t lured away by the bright lights of the big city. In fact, she found herself a long way from the family farm – in London working for a high-end men’s fashion label.
‘My brother was living in London and working for a luxury menswear brand and he organised a job for me,’ says Briana. ‘It was a lot of fun, and then the manager moved to RM Williams (in London) and I went with him. I already knew the brand well and I was like their little Australian ambassador. It was great.’