Anabela Chan is a London-based

jewelry designer Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. This is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopo ...

. Born in

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into 3 generations of film directors and cinematographers, Anabela grew up in London and Paris. She first graduated from UCL with a BSc in Architecture. She worked with Architect Lord Richard Rogers before designing prints and embroidery for

Alexander McQueen Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion ...

and All Saints. She then returned to school and received her Master of Arts in Jewellery Design from the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

. During her honeymoon in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

she visited a mine and was shocked to see the working conditions. After that experience, she started to use laboratory grown synthesized and simulated gemstones. Anabela uses a range of sustainable materials such as recycled aluminium from soda cans in her jewellery. Anabela finds her inspirations from her extensive travels to the exotic and the orient; collecting gems and treasures along the way from local markets, nature and the intriguing people she meets. Through an alchemy of precious, natural and man-made materials Anabela combines elegant sculptural forms with dream-like romanticism and thought provoking narratives. Chan's jewelry designs were worn by

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at the premiere of the movie '' A Star is Born'' in 2018 and by

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at the 2019 Met Gala. Her work has also been worn by Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway,

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, Halle Berry, Zendaya, Emma Watson and Mariah Carey. Beyoncé wore Anabela Chan Jewels in her 'Black Is King' Anabela was named by ''

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'' UK as "The Jewelry Designer you need to know now" and has awards from Vogue Talents and The British Goldsmiths' Crafts and Designs Council. Anabela Chan is awarded as Walpole's British Luxury Brand of Tomorrow in 2020, and The 50 Most Influential People in British Luxury in 2022. She opened her first stand alone boutique in London Piccadilly’s Ham Yard Hotel in 2014, with a new Flagship at the iconic 35B Sloane Street in August 2020. In 2021, Anabela became a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art.

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