Talliah Rose’s founder, Briony Gorton, 26, converted £100 into £100,000 in six months with her clothes line has met her target of making £1 million in a year and is now opening her first store.

she believes that anyone can start a business from their bedroom, even if they don’t have a lot of money.

Briony Gorton acquired her first four-bedroom property, worth at £400,000, at the age of 24, thanks to her thriving company, as well as a number of Range Rovers – and even two Minis for her mother.

She started her company when she was 20 years old, and she credits the pandemic for boosting sales.

Speaking to Fabulous, Briony said: “Online through the pandemic absolutely blew up, I’m sure it did for a lot of online businesses. It was a blessing in disguise for us.”

She has now completed around 80,000 orders and hopes to increase sales with the launch of her new shop in Burnley’s city centre.

She said: “With this store and online we are aiming for £2million a year.

“We’ve seen quite a lot of big stores closing down on the high street and that to me that’s not screaming that the high street is dead, that’s screaming to me it’s time for some of the big brands to be going, and some new ideas to be coming in.”

Briony Gorton had only £100 to start her business, which she had earned while working weekends at Pandora.

She spent the money on a Swarovski-studded bikini, which she modelled for her 4,000 Instagram followers.

When her first sale came in the next day, the fashionista was blown away, and she went on to sell 60 of the design as demand grew.

She was a student at Manchester Metropolitan University studying Fashion Buying and Merchandising at the time, but she dropped out to start her own fashion firm instead.

She explained: “I was in my third year, I just thought we are spending £9,000 to be taught how to work for another company and that isn’t what I wanted to do, I wanted to do it myself.

“I dropped out of uni, I never graduated, everyone thought I was a bit crazy, but here I am six years later.

“I have no investors, I’ve not come from a rich background.

“I’ve never taken out a bank loan, I’ve got nothing on credit.

“Everything you see on this business is generated from £100. I think people find it hard to believe.

“I want people to understand this came from a normal person with an idea.”

Briony Gorton used to release a new design every week, but now she releases 20 each week and has expanded into wholesale designs.

Her objective was to make £1 million by the time she was 25 years old, which she has now accomplished.

Briony Gorton, who also works as an influencer, said: “I’m so busy I don’t really celebrate too much of the things that have happened.

“It’s only when I sit back and talk about it, that I think oh goodness that is quite a lot that I’ve done, I’ve never really let it sink it.

“It feels amazing to have created something from nothing and be able to help my family.

“I still love watching the sales come through, nothing will ever change.”

Talliah Rose has improved not only Briony’s life but also her business partner Tina’s, 54, by allowing her to pay off her mortgage.

Briony’s father Mick worked as the warehouse manager for the company two years ago, so it’s a family thing.

Briony Gorton said: “I’ve kept it very much in the family, so it is lovely.

“It started in my mum’s house, in my mum’s kitchen, we converted her loft into a store room, which obviously you can imagine was still not huge.

“We tried to keep it there as long as possible so we had no overheads to pay.

“Then we had to move into a small warehouse at the beginning of the pandemic.

“We were only there for not even a year and we had to move out into the big warehouse and we will probably move again within the next couple of years if it carries on the way it is.”

She credits being on top of social media with helping her business expand, and the stunning brunette models all of her own outfits.

The entrepreneur revealed: “We post three times a day which is absolutely vital because we are constantly interacting with our followers – more followers, more money – it really does like that, more sales.

“I am my target audience, my age, so it works well for me.”

Briony Gorton currently employs six people in her warehouse, which processes up to 100 orders per day, and she plans to launch her store later this month with eight or nine employees.

She said: “In my opinion River Island is a little expensive for your college and uni students. “They don’t have £45 to spend on a pair of jeans, whereas we will sit in the middle at about £30 or £28.”

She admits to treating herself now and then, most recently purchasing a Range Rover Sport, but she claims to have kept grounded over the years.

She said: “I’m happy to keep growing this brand. I don’t need to be going to lavish holidays every other minute.

“I need to be here where the business is happening.

“When I’m 30 I want to maybe go into the property and have this running by itself. The next few years are vital.”

One of her long-term ambitions is to build her own dream home, possibly with her 26-year-old Bath City player lover Joe Raynes.

Briony Gorton said: “Joe is absolutely amazing, I couldn’t wish for a better partner. His work ethic is the same as mine.

“He’s self employed himself, he owns a gym down in Bath which is hugely successful.

“He’s a semi-professional footballer for Bath, so that’s one of the reasons he couldn’t come up here as he has football.

“He’s so supportive, he’s up here helping with the shop when he can. He can’t wait for it to open.

“There is no point me building the dream home up here when I may end up down in Bath.

“So that is something we are going to do together next year or the following year.”

While she is now focused on her new Burnley store, Briony stated that the eventual goal is to expand in city centres across the country.

She said: “I do want to be bigger online but stores are important to me as well.

“I want to have a number of stores across the country and maybe even start branching out abroad, you never know.”

She also hopes to inspire people, regardless of their background, to pursue their own entrepreneurial objectives.

Briony Gorton said: “Anyone can do anything they put their mind to.

“There is no limit to success. I’m from a working class family in a three-bed, semi-detached house.

“I set a business up with £100 and look where it is now.

“People think you can’t set up your own business without a huge investment but it is wrong.

“When I was seven or eight years old I would go to car boot sales with my grandparents and would learn how to negotiate and barter as a child.

“It was always in me to buy and sell.

“I always loved the adrenaline rush for buying and selling, whether it’s something from 50p or £5000.

“It’s a buzz that you’ll never experience unless you are into that kind of thing.”

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