Chandelier earrings

Statement jewellery is big news for autumn/winter 2008. The catwalks were awash with chandelier earrings, and it seems like you’re ahead of the pack, as our delicate shell disc and sparkling hematite glass version has been selling fast this summer.

After many years sans earrings (I think it was the monstrosities I wore in the ’80s that put me off!), I’ve rekindled my love affair with shoulder-skimming earrings.

A trip down memory lane

I was sorting out my Anusha images yesterday, which took longer than expected as I started looking through pictures from my first photo shoot in 2004.

My website designer had recommended a stylist who had worked on numerous glossy magazines, and she organised the photographer, models and location for the shoot in Hastings. I was very hands-off and completely green about how many photos could be shot in a day - after an unrealistically short two-day shoot I still had half my products left to photograph.

I now use a different photographer, do my own styling and stick to doing shoots in the Bath area. Some of you will remember a few of these pictures from previous photo shoots...

Festival fun

I spent yesterday nursing a sore head after going up to Hyde Park on Saturday for a hen do at the O2 Wireless Festival (what a clever idea for a hen do!). A jolly time was had by all - and the sun shined ALL day!

Facebook

Anusha's Facebook page has just been set up. There's still lots to add, but it would be lovely if you stopped by to say hello!

Summer sales starts today!

If you've got your holiday coming up, or you need to update your wardrobe with some essential summer items from Anusha, then now's the perfect time. Our summer sale starts today!

There are discounts across the site, plus up to 60% off lots of goodies in our archive sale.

As always, stock is limited, so if you don’t buy now, you know you'll be kicking yourself when it's sold out!

Sublime

I love this photo of Lily Cole wearing Stella McCartney on a staircase in India. Taken by Tim Walker for Vogue, it's one of many amazing (and often surreal) images in an exhibition of Walker's work on at the Design Museum until 28th September.

The Cotswold way

I've just come back from a two-day walking trip with friends. We chose the pretty Cotswold town of Painswick as our base, which was perfect for discovering some truly beautiful English countryside - wild meadows, crystal-clear streams, shady woods and honey-coloured villages. Classic Laurie Lee country.

After the first day's walk, we had a much-needed drink at Cotswolds88 Hotel, spending an hour or so in the garden, enjoying the amazing view across the valley as the sun went down.



Owned by hotelier Marchella De Angelis (former rock chick and founding member of Shoreditch's Loungelover), Cotswolds88's quirky, ultra-modern interior isn't exactly my taste, but it certainly has impact, and works well in the grand spaces of the stunning Palladian house.




It’s been tipped to become the latest country house hotel for the London 'it-crowd' (whatever that is), but we were the only people rattling around on the Sunday night we visited. Even more surprisingly (and annoying because we were going to ask to have a snoop around a couple of the bedrooms), the hotel had a closed sign on the door when we went back for tea the next day.

Perhaps they saw us coming...