Emerging Fervour

I just had to do a follow up from last week, where I introduced Anita Quansah London and her amazing accessories. Anita designs jewellery, headpieces, fashion and textiles – you name it! She’s certainly a busy lady but we love how you can hear her passion for the craft in the answers below. Enjoy!

Tell us a bit about how it all started. Why fashion, when did you realise you wanted to become a designer?

I love fashion and all things beautiful. I guess this passion for design and creativity stems from my early childhood, watching my grandmother a seamstress teaching and making the most beautiful clothes from very interesting and embroidered textiles. Her Passion for creativity, her energy and her determination is what drove me to start experimenting at a very young age. I guess also being brought up around women and watching their different styles evolve also had an impact on me. Also after years of selling my Luxury handmade couture fabrics to renowned fashion designers, I wanted to create a fashion line that people could not only learn about the intricate techniques used and see the true value of it, but also fall in love and own a piece of  true wearable art. Then in 2004 Anita Quansah London the fashion line was launched. Since then, the line has proven very successful, sold out in the Laden Showroom London which was the first ever boutique that stocked the line, then from then, I went on to sell on Asos online which too was very successful And now I am designing a range of neckpieces to accompany the fashion line.