Friday, 3 June 2011

The Great English Fashion Designer - Anya Hindmarch

By Eric James


Born in Essex to a self-made guy, she was first educated at New Hall School, a Roman Catholic convent within Chelmsford.Aged Sixteen Hindmarch had been given a certain old Gucci ladies handbag by her mom. At that point she is planning to attend in a College, but the bag made her really feel so good, instead of going to University at the aged 18 she proceeded to go to Florence to learn Italian.

Noticing that a drawstring leather duffel bag was all the rage amongst fashionable ladies, Hindmarch lent $1,000 to import some bags to England. After sending it to style journal Harpers and Queen through an introduction done by a friend, as a effect of their particular article she sold Five hundred.

After learning to make her personal bags in Hackney, motivated by Margaret Thatcher Hindmarch opened up a small but successful shop in Walton Street, London aged Nineteen, with her early items based heavily on Italian design concepts. Almost all her items she states are structured on the good quality of workmanship, and signify a style viewpoint which is: British, humorous and bespoke. Her designs are also influenced by her love of classical architecture, which she advances as a hobby with into architectural reclamation.

The Hindmarch business, now based in Battersea with her partner as Finance Director, runs to some Sixty branded shops in Seventeen countries. Her items are also stored in major retail stores including: Corso Como in Milan; Colette in Paris; isetan in Tokyo, Japan; and Saks, Scoop in the United States, and Adora in the Philippines. Her designs are popular with both film stars and celebrities, including: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Madonna, Claudia Schiffer, Margaret Thatcher and Reese Witherspoon.

Hindmarch is a layout advisor to British Airways, and has designed their very covetable Very first Class amenity kits to much acclaim for Seven years. Hindmarch designed the present bags presented to visitors at Vanity Fair's Oscar party in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

To honor the tenth anniversary, the Bespoke Ebury was introduced in 2003. Designed in order to be the ultimate luxury accessory, it was made from the finest leather, and included a secret information in the giver's very own handwriting, with the particular recipients name can be embossed in the interior.

In 2008, Hindmarch introduced a reasonably limited edition bag for Us retailer Target. Readily available at 1600 Targeted stores, offered from October Twelve to December 26, 2008. In the similar year, Hindmarch collaborated with Selfridges to layout a selection of Xmas hampers.




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