PARIS-BASED Rose Anne Cu-unjieng de Pampelonne is set to be the next big Philippine fashion star.

Her bejeweled accessories or “cuddly ornamentation” as she likes to call them, were recently featured in In Style (modeled by pop superstar Rihanna) and Elle. This month, they get prominent exposure in Vogue (Rachel Weisz on the cover) in the magazine’s jewelry report.

It was also in that same magazine that she was featured about two years ago as one of Paris’ “secret addresses” for her embellished clothing designs, which are made in Nepal. She is again cast in the spotlight as her accessories are making a big dent in the creative and crowded world of international fashion.

Rose Anne’s passion for creativity and sense of style has always been innate. She has taken lessons in painting in Florence and design in Paris. A good friend prodded her to open an interior design company upon seeing her work on the apartment she was then living in.

Today, she is an accomplished interior designer with a coveted clientele all over the world. Her home has been featured in countless magazines and this column reported the coverage of her own home in Elle Décor (US) last April.

Her jump to fashion, and now jewelry, has progressed naturally. She says it all started with embroidery that did not work on the clothes she designed. She kept them and made them into necklaces.

When asked how growing up in the Philippines has influenced her work, she answered, “What I appreciate about having been born in the Philippines is the Filipino sense of flexibility and diplomacy (good manners over brutal frankness) as they help cushion the rough bumps along the way.”

Rose Anne has been married for 20 years to the investment banker, Baron Bruno de Pampelonne; they live together with their three handsome sons Dominic, Ludovic and Alexis.