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Jazz Shaper: Anya Hindmarch

Anya Hindmarch

Anya Hindmarch founded her business in London in 1987. It has since become a global brand known for luxury accessories, innovative sustainability projects and playful retail concepts.

Posted on 29 August 2026

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The brand spans five collections: its seasonal mainline; personalised Anya Hindmarch Bespoke designs; the organisation-inspired Labelled range; the playful home and lifestyle collection ANYA LIFE; and Anya Hindmarch Food. In 2023, it also launched a sell-out knitwear collaboration with Uniqlo. 

In 2021, Anya opened The Village in Chelsea, a collection of stores centred around the Anya Café. It has hosted experiences including The Ice Cream Project, Anya’s Grotto and a partnership with the Women’s Institute. 

Anya’s sustainability initiatives include ‘I’m Not A Plastic Bag’, ‘I Am A Plastic Bag’, The Universal Bag and the biodegradable Return to Nature collection, reflecting her belief in ‘progress, not perfection’. 

Anya is a trustee of Tate and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, and an Emeritus Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum. She was made a Dame in 2024 for services to fashion and business, following a CBE in 2017. She is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair. 

Highlights

I think it’s kind to share the bad bits as well as the good bits.

That sort of help is actually almost more important than access to finance.

Someone junior could come up with an idea — it could be a brilliant idea.

I think you can be a better creative if you are organised.

I can’t take myself too seriously… life’s too short, right?

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