Anya Hindmarch

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Anya Hindmarch
Maldon, Essex, England
Occupation(s)Founder & CEO, Anya Hindmarch
Board member ofBoard of Trade
Spouse
James Seymour
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(m. 1996)​
AwardsBrand of the Year, Accessory Designer
British Fashion Awards[1]
Anya Hindmarch Bespoke on Pont Street, Chelsea, 2022
Anya Hindmarch store, Sloane Street, London, 2022
Anya Hindmarch store, Sloane Street, London, 2022

Anya Susannah Hindmarch,

fashion accessories designer who founded an eponymous company, of which she is currently CEO. Hindmarch published her first book, If In Doubt Wash Your Hair in May 2021, a Sunday Times bestseller.[4]

Alongside running her accessories brand, Hindmarch holds several other roles – she is Emeritus trustee of both the Royal Academy of Arts[5] and the Design Museum [6] and a trustee of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.[7] In 2019, Anya Hindmarch became a Greenpeace Ambassador.[8] She was appointed a trustee of the Tate in 2022 [9] and is a non-executive director of Tate Enterprises Ltd.[10] In September 2023, Hindmarch was made an advisor to the Board of Trade.[11]

Early life

Hindmarch was born into an entrepreneurial family and attended New Hall School, an independent school in Chelmsford, Essex.[12] In 1986, she went to Florence to study Italian for a year.[13]

Career

Hindmarch launched her label in 1987, when she was 18, inspired by a drawstring leather

Harpers and Queen.[12][1][13]

She initially had bags manufactured in Italy, but when the factory started selling bags of her design directly to retailers,[16] she started having her own bags made in Hackney.[14] By 1992 her bags were sold at luxury stores in London, New York, Japan, France and Italy.[13]

In 1993 Hindmarch opened a small retail shop in Walton Street.[12][14] From the beginning, high quality materials and workmanship were central, representing a design philosophy which was, and remains "British, humorous and personalised."[1]

In 2001 Hindmarch launched her "Be A Bag" line, a service by which a bag is personalised with a customer's photograph, initially to support a breast cancer awareness group, but subsequently to benefit other charitable causes.[12]

In 2007 Hindmarch launched a limited-edition

"Oscars" goodie bags.[18]

In 2008, Hindmarch launched a limited edition handbag for US retailer Target.[19] In the same year, Hindmarch collaborated with Selfridges to design a collection of Christmas hampers.[20]

In 2009, her company opened a bespoke workshop at its Pont Street store in London. By that time, the company was headquartered in Battersea, in the converted stable block of a former brewery.[21]

In 2013, Anya Hindmarch opened its New York flagship store on Madison Avenue that sold both manufactured and bespoke bags.[22]

In 2021, Hindmarch launched the Village,[23] her brand’s retail development on London’s Pont Street in Chelsea, comprising four permanent stores, the brand’s ‘Anya Cafe’ and a space which hosts rotating concepts including the Ice Cream Project [24] during the summer and Anya’s Grotto at Christmastime.[25]

Business Details

In 2006 the company took on outside investors, and was valued at $38 million.[21] By 2009, she had 51 stores worldwide with an estimated sales of £20 million.[14]

In 2020, The Telegraph reported that Hindmarch had regained a joint ownership of the company after returning to lead a turnaround.[26]

Awards and Honours

Previous Appointments

Hindmarch was on the Promote London Board for the Mayor of London from 2009 until 2011,[35] a non-executive director from the British Fashion Council from 2010 until 2020,[42] was a UK trade ambassador from 2011 until 2016 [43] and a Birthday Honours Committee member from 2013 until 2019.

Personal life

In 1996 she married James Seymour, a widower with three children, and he joined the company soon after as its finance director.[14][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c Naughton, Philippe (20 February 2008). "People who steal ideas are creeps. My life in fashion: Anya Hindmarch". The Times. London. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  2. ^ "A Conversation with: Anya Hindmarch - 'The Future of Luxury: Sustainability and Retail'". YouTube. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Anya Hindmarch". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  4. ^ "If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair: A Manual for Life". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ^ "The Royal Academy Trust | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Trustees". Design Museum. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Who we are". The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Ocean Ambassadors". Greenpeace International. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Five New Trustees Appointed to Tate – Press Release". Tate. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  10. ^ "TATE ENTERPRISES LTD people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Government unveils new Board of Trade with UK's top CEOs". GOV.UK. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d "Anya Hindmarch MBE: Honorary Doctor of Arts, 2011". Anglia Ruskin University. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  13. ^ a b c Waite, Teresa L. (1 March 1992). "Style Makers; Anya Hindmarch, Handbag Designer". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Nikkhah, Roya (18 April 2009). "Anya Hindmarch: bag lady with a £20m empire". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016.
  15. ^ Moreton, Cole (3 February 2008). "Anya Hindmarch: Dave's got a brand new bag lady". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  16. ^ a b Justine Picardie for The Telegraph. 13 May 2012. Bags to riches: Anya Hindmarch interview
  17. ^ "UK – Magazine – It's in the bag, darling". BBC. 25 April 2007.
  18. ^ "I'm Not an Ethical Plastic Bag". treehugger.com. 28 April 2007. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  19. ^ Max Padilla for the Los Angeles Times. 8 Oct 2008. Anya Hindmarch brings a low-priced handbag collection to Target
  20. ^ Leisa Barnett for Vogue UK. 24 Sept. 2008 Happy Hampers
  21. ^ a b Kate Reardon for Vanity Fair. Sept. 2009 The Queen of Cozy Cool
  22. ^ Jill Sieracki for Gotham Magazine. 25 Nov, 2013 Anya Hindmarch's Cheeky-Chic Handbags
  23. ^ "Anya Hindmarch Launches Not One New Store, but an Entire Village". Forbes.
  24. ^ "Anya Hindmarch's answer to the heatwave? Baked Bean ice cream". 18 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Anya's Grotto | Things to do in London". 2 November 2022.
  26. ^ Uttley, Hannah (18 January 2020). "Anya Hindmarch bags half her fashion business back". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  27. ^ a b c "Glamour award". Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  28. ^ "British Fashion Award Winners 2007". 27 November 2007.
  29. ^ "LFW: Elle Style Awards". 13 February 2008.
  30. ^ Natasha Cowan for The Telegraph. 2 June 2009 Anya Hindmarch awarded MBE at Buckingham Palace
  31. ^ "Anya Hindmarch". 26 August 2011.
  32. ^ "British Fashion Council".
  33. ^ "Seasoned Travellers". 11 May 2010.
  34. ^ "Anya Hindmarch - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  35. ^ a b Moulds, Josephine (19 April 2012). "Handbag queen named businesswoman of the year". The Guardian. London.
  36. ^ "Anya Hindmarch - Accessory Designer of the Year - British Fashion Awards 2014". YouTube.
  37. ^ "And the Fashion Futures Award Winners Are". 22 May 2015.
  38. ^ "Elle Style Awards 2016: Winners List". 24 February 2016.
  39. ^ "Anya Hindmarch and Burberry among winners at Walpole British Luxury Awards". 15 November 2016.
  40. ^ "Graduation 2017: Our Honorary Graduands | University of Essex".
  41. ^ "Anya Hindmarch | BoF 500 | the People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry".
  42. ^ "British Fashion Council".
  43. ^ "The rise and rise of Anya Hindmarch". 17 November 2016.

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