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For years, Ann has been content to be the planet around which her starry friends and relations orbit. Now, having designed a line of rock star-inspired jewellery (which she heals with Reiki before selling), she fancies a bit of the limelight for herself. Her range received enormous publicity before it was even launched after Kate Moss spotted Ann wearing one of her bracelets at a party and persuaded Sir Philip Green to buy it for her.
'It was this one,' says Ann in her surprisingly aristocratic-sounding drawl, hoicking up what looks like a giant watch in black onyx and chunky gold, the hands set permanently to a diamond-studded 12. 'It's called The Midnight Hour after the Wilson Pickett song,' she explains. 'It's always set to midnight so you never have to leave the party. And if you're in LA, then you wear it the other way up and that's the time you have to get up to go jogging…'
Then there's Starry, Starry Night (inspired by Don McLean's ode to Vincent Van Gogh ), a bracelet of giant gold stars set with lapis lazuli and inlaid with a diamond crescent moon, and a whole range of identity bracelets in everything from wood to solid gold, studded with precious stones. Also tinkling on her wrist are a set of fine gold bangles with enormous coloured topazes, aquamarines and sapphires, like ripe fruit. It's jewellery with attitude. 'Now and again the jewellers try to make things a little smaller or prettier,' she says, delighted by my admiration, 'but I have a sharp eye. I'm a control freak about the design.'


