Weekend away

Mr Anusha and I squeezed in a long-weekend away, visiting my mother in Italy. With views like this, it's easy to see why she's so relaxed out there...

Autumn at Anusha

As promised, we've introduced the first part of Anusha's much-anticipated autumn collection this week. Here’s a taster of what’s in store:









There are lots more clothes, accessories, jewellery and gifts to follow in the next few weeks.

Keeping in contact

On Wednesday Anusha's photographer, Louise, sent me through contact sheets from the first autumn photo shoot. I've finally whittled things down to my favourite choices, ready for her to tidy up and crop the final shots.

Updating a totally new collection takes a long time (photography, choosing pictures, writing copy and uploading images), so we've decided to sort it in batches this season. We're photographing gifts and accessories in a couple of weeks, followed by a final model shoot with clothes and jewellery towards the end of August.

We turn things round pretty quickly, so lots will be online in the next week or so, with the full autumn collection available by the end of August...

Final reductions!

There are final reductions in the Anusha summer sale, which means it's a great time to shop for big savings.

Don't forget that it's first come, first served, so get those fingers
clicking now!

Catch up

It's been a busy few weeks - sale time is always hectic at Anusha, plus we had a stand at the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup polo finals at Midhurst in Surrey last weekend, finished the first part of our autumn/winter photo shoot on Tuesday and Wednesday (I'll post a few taster images as soon as I can), and Mr Anusha and I went to a fab wedding in London on Saturday.

I'm back off to London to Pure trade show this coming Sunday, where I'll be placing final orders for Christmas and checking out what's in store for spring/summer 09.

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...