Anna Valentine
British fashion designer
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Anna Valentine is a British fashion designer based out of her atelier in Marylebone, London.[1]
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| Occupation | Fashion designer |
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Early life and education
Anna Valentine was born September 1963 in Bedford, Bedfordshire and was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Buckinghamshire.[citation needed]
Career
Valentine's early career was as a ballet dancer.[2]
In 1986 Valentine started designing clothes with her then business partner, Antonia Robinson, under the name Robinson Valentine, supported by the enterprise allowance scheme.[3] Since 2005 Valentine has operated under her own label, Anna Valentine.
In 2006 Valentine moved her atelier to Marylebone, arranged over four floors in a former grain store where she is able to have her showrooms, design team, seamstresses and artisans under one roof.[4][5][6]
Valentine “learned on the job, spending hours perfecting her technique, before setting up her own couture and ready-to-wear label. Working with a team of in-house designers, pattern cutters, fitters and seamstresses, she has achieved success over the past three decades, most notably designing the wedding outfit for the Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen Camilla.”[7]
Valentine’s designs are described as "timeless classic clothing with a modern twist".[2]
“The simplicity is deceptive…an effortless sophistication born of over 30 years of couture”[8]
Notable clients include Queen Camilla, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lesley Manville, Ruth Wilson, Gillian Anderson, Dame Judi Dench, Jodie Whittaker and Anne Robinson.
In December 2024 Anna Valentine was granted a royal warrant of appointment by Queen Camilla.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Philanthropy
Valentine has supported the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, Reach Leukaemia Appeal and Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres through charity fashion shows.[15]