Tamara Mellon
Tamara Mellon , OBE , née Yeardye (born July 7, 1967 in London ) is a British fashion entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of the internationally known shoe fashion company Jimmy Choo , which she ran from 1996 to 2011, and has been running her own fashion brand Tamara Mellon since 2013 .
Life
Tamara Mellon was born in London to Tom Yeardye, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Vidal Sassoon hair salons, and Ann (Davis) Yeardye, a former model for Chanel . The family moved to Los Angeles in 1976. Mellon received her education in Berkshire , Beverly Hills and Switzerland .
In the 1980s, Mellon began her professional career, initially at the US women's magazine Mirabella (Phyllis Walters Public Relations) and in 1990 as an accessory editor at Vogue in London. It was there that Mellon recognized the potential for developing a high-quality series of designer accessories, primarily shoes and bags, and in 1995 approached Jimmy Choo , a shoemaker for custom-made shoes.
With £ 150,000 jump-start funding from her father, Mellon co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with Choo in 1996 . The then new shoe brand quickly became very successful and is now sold in various individual boutiques and upscale department stores. In 1996 the first store opened on Motcomb Street in London. In 1998, a boutique opened in New York City. Choo left the company in 2001. In 2004 the company was valued at over £ 100 million; In 2007 it was £ 185 million. In 2007 Mellon appeared on the Sunday Times Rich List , where she was ranked 751 of the 1000 richest Britons with a fortune of £ 99 million. From 2007 to 2011 she was also employed by the American fashion brand Halston . In 2008 Mellon was named to Revlon 's board of directors . In spring 2010, Mellon was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to the British economy . In 2010 it was rumored that Mellon would sell her stake in the company (around one fifth) for £ 100 million. In May 2011 Jimmy Choo was sold to the Austrian Labelux Group for £ 525.5 million. Mellon received £ 85 million. In November 2011 she left the Jimmy Choo company. In 2012 she published the book Jimmy Choo XV and in 2013 the work In my shoes: a memoir .
In mid-2013 Mellon launched her own fashion brand Tamara Mellon based in Manhattan. The company, which sold shoes and apparel through retail stores, registered Chapter 11 in 2015 . At the end of 2016, Mellon announced the relaunch of their brand with a shoe collection that is being sold directly through their website.
Private life
In May 2000 she married Matthew Taylor Mellon II, a member of the Mellon Dynasty and nephew of James Mellon , at Blenheim Palace . The couple, divorced in 2005, have a daughter. In early 2015, Mellon announced her engagement to American entrepreneur Michael Ovitz . Since then she has lived in Ovitz's Los Angeles home.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daily Mail.com of August 9, 2010: Tamara Mellon prepares to sell her Jimmy Choo label - in a deal which will net her a cool £ 100m
- ↑ Jimmy Choo Founder Tamara Mellon On Going Bankrupt And Starting Over forbes.com, October 26, 2016
- ↑ BBC News, June 27, 2007
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mellon, Tamara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yeardye, Tamara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entrepreneur, president and co-founder of the Jimmy Choo shoe company |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |