Tamara Mellon
Tamara Mellon
Tamara Mellon, OBEis the former chief creative officer and co-founder of Jimmy Choo, a luxury brand of shoes, handbags and accessories. She stepped down from the brand in November 2011 after its acquisition by Labelux...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth7 July 1967
Tamara Mellon quotes about
not-ready direct jimmy
I tried to put direct to consumer through a wholesales channel - the industry was just not ready to adapt and change. The other issue I had was with Jimmy Choo.
old-lady
It felt like strappy sandals were looking really old lady-ish; really dated and not cool.
moving-forward feelings together
I had to put the company through a reorg, raise a new round of financing, and sort of press the restart button. But my feeling was that I wasn't going to be bullied. I wasn't going to let them take me down. I had to pull myself together and move forward.
jimmy
I went back to the factories that I worked with at Jimmy Choo because they don't work for Jimmy Choo exclusively.
resilience passionate
It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.
kindness humour impressed
I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.