Anna Spiro

Interior designer, 44

Awardrobe where you can guarantee the clothes and accessories will be as chic as the interior furnishings … welcome to the wardrobe of interior designer Anna Spiro where vintage Bottega, family diamonds and new season Loewe mix with $12 canvas sneakers to create the ultimate high-low wardrobe. Favouring quirky colours, prints and designers, Anna fuses a classic fashion base with unique statement pieces to create her daily “uniform”. They say fashion styling and interior decorating operate on the same principles and clearly Anna has both categories nailed.

How would you describe your personal style? A classic base with a quirky twist.

Who are your style icons? I am inspired by people who embrace their own unique style. I really like the style of Marta Ferri, Maria de la Orden and Lucinda Chambers.

What’s the oldest thing in your wardrobe? A Bottega Veneta woollen knit with gold thread embroidery that belonged to my mother in the ’80s.

What are your favourite brands? Loewe, Lee Mathews, Cecile, Rosie Assoulin.

What is the most surprising thing in (or about) your wardrobe? My wardrobe is such a mix of high and low pieces. I have vintage pieces and new and then expensive pieces and bargain finds. I think that really sums up my whole fashion and style ethos – mixing things up to create my own style.

Top three wardrobe must haves? A navy, cashmere, fitted knit top. A long skirt. A trench coat.

What is the most sentimental item in your wardrobe? My art deco three diamond ring that belonged to my great aunt who was a fashion designer in the 1940s which was then handed down to my aunt and then handed down to me.

What would you buy if money was no object? I’d get a couture gown custom made by Dior.

Summer or winter fashion? Both.

Denim or dresses? Dresses.

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