Anna Jewsbury
{{short description|English fashion designer}}
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| birth_name = Anna Maria Jewsbury
| birth_date = 1986
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| years_active = 2013–present
| spouse = Hassan Damluji
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| website = {{URL|https://completedworks.com/}}
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Anna Maria Jewsbury (born 1986) is an English fashion designer and artistic director of London-based accessories brand, Completedworks.{{Cite web|last=Farrell|first=Aimee|date=2019-07-12|title=The green wedding guide|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7209b99e-77ce-11e9-b0ec-7dff87b9a4a2|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Financial Times}}{{Cite news|last=Florsheim|first=Lane|date=2020-11-30|title=Are Headbands the New Handbags?|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/headbands-style-guide-how-to-wear-headband-11606744996|access-date=2020-12-10|issn=0099-9660}}
Early life and education
Jewsbury was born to an English father, a chemistry lecturer, and a Filipino mother, who worked in marketing and television, and grew up in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire with her older brother Mark. Jewsbury attended the same school as sculptor Barbara Hepworth, cited as an influence on her work. She went on to study Mathematics and Philosophy{{Cite news |last=Finnigan |first=Kate |date=2023-06-21 |title=The secret lives of jewellers’ workbenches |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1fc0cf7e-c4dd-4548-a269-9c5a5857486b |access-date=2023-10-31}} at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, beginning her studies in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-02/10063_corpus_christi_college_sundial_issue_21_web-2-spreads.pdf|title=Sundial|work=Corpus Christi College, Oxford|date=February 2025|accessdate=6 June 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-08 |title=The Interior Life Of: Completedworks' Artistic Director Anna Jewsbury |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a44125991/interior-life-anna-jewsbury/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=ELLE |first=Katie|last=O'Malley|language=en-GB}}
Career
Jewsbury founded her brand Completedworks in 2013{{Cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Osman|date=2017-06-21|title=How Statement Earrings Became Generation Selfie's Favourite Trend|work=Business of Fashion|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/statement-earrings-trend}} with her older brother Mark Jewsbury, a former journalist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/watches-and-jewellery/name-to-know-completed-works-are-scaling-the-contemporary-jewellery-category-one-marble-masterpiece-at-a-time|title=Name to know: Completed Works are scaling the contemporary jewellery category one marble masterpiece at a time|work=Wallpaper|author=Kateina|date=26 September 2022|accessdate=6 June 2025}} Completedworks is sold through retailers like Dover Street Market and Bergdorf Goodman,{{Cite news |date=2023-02-16 |title=The Sculptor Crafting Works From Naturally Felled Wood |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/t-magazine/vince-skelly-wood-sculpture.html |access-date=2023-07-08 |issn=0362-4331}} as well as via its own showroom in Marylebone, London.{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Hikmat |date=2023-04-26 |title=Completedworks Transforms London Pub Into an Avant-garde Salon |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/real-estate/completedworks-transforms-london-pub-into-avant-garde-salon-1235630755/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} During lockdown the brand’s Scrunch earrings, which resemble the silky hair ties popular in the 1990s, became a bestseller, appearing on the ears of models Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Adwoa Aboah, and actor Jodie Comer.
Personal life
Jewsbury lives in a converted pub in London.{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Anna|date=2020-03-19|title=Spring florals with an oh-so stylist twist|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/wildlife-nature/article/spring-florals-with-an-oh-so-stylish-twist-fpmcfvlls|access-date=2020-11-22}}{{Cite news|last=Moss|first=Jack|date=2020-09-24|title=Completedworks, the Cult Jewellery Brand Now Designing for Men|work=Another Magazine|url=https://www.anothermag.com/another-man/12823/completedworks-new-mens-jewellery-collection-interview-anna-jewsbury-london|access-date=2020-11-22}} She is married to author and development expert Hassan Damluji,{{Cite news|last=Israel|first=Katrina|date=2016-12-08|title=By appointment only: the most exclusive jewellery salons in London|work=Evening Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/the-most-exclusive-jewellery-salons-in-london-a3414911.html|access-date=2020-11-22}} who also studied at Corpus Christi, Oxford. The couple have three children.{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Aimee |date=2022-11-01 |title=Completedworks Jeweller Anna Jewsbury On Making A Characterful London Pub Her Home |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/anna-jewsbury-london-home |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}
Awards
- BFC / Vogue Designer Fashion Fund nominee (2022){{Cite web |date=2022-05-04 |title=Richard Quinn Is The 2022 Winner Of The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/gallery/bfc-fashion-fund-2022 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}
- British Fashion Council Fashion Trust (2022){{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Tianwei |date=2022-05-04 |title=BFC Reveals Recipients of Support Schemes for 2022 |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/bfc-recipients-support-schemes-1235173261/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
- BFC / Vogue Designer Fashion Fund nominee (2023){{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-23 |title=Introducing The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2023 Shortlist |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/bfc-vogue-designer-fashion-fund-2023-shortlist |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}