Tamara Mellon
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Tamara Mellon, OBE (née Tamara Yeardye; born 7 July 1967), is a British fashion entrepreneur who was co-founder of luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo and later the eponymous luxury footwear brand Tamara Mellon.
Mellon founded her namesake brand in 2016 with co-founder and CEO Jill Layfield and CDO Tania Spinelli.
Early life
Mellon was born in London on July 7, 1967. Ann (Davis) Yeardye, a former Chanel model, and Tom Yeardye, one of three siblings, and a stunt double for Rock Hudson.
The family moved to Beverly Hills, California, next door to Nancy Sinatra, in 1976. She alternated summers between California and the United Kingdom. She attended two independent girls' schools in Berkshire—Marist School and Heathfield St Mary's School, before moving to Switzerland for finishing school at the now defunct Institut Alpin Videmanette.
Matthew Mellon, an American businessman and a member of the influential Mellon family, gave her her current surname.
Personal life
Mellon married Mathew Mellon in 2000. Araminta, the two children's daughter, was born together. The couple divorced in 2005.
Mellon told Vogue magazine in 2004, "I never wear [clothing] from previous seasons," she said, adding that, each season, she delivers 98 percent of her wardrobe to a new resale store. According to the story, 40 outfits were sold in January of this year.
Mellon began a romantic relationship with actor Christian Slater in 2007 that ended two years later.
Mellon's book 'In My Shoes,' in which she chronicles her rise to fame and her friendship with shoe designer Jimmy Choo, was published in 2013. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she discussed the challenges of designing shoes for the Oscar Season. Several mainstream media outlets covered the book's discussion about her heroin use, specifically her heroin use. Her subsequent news coverage centered on her stint in recovery, party life, and being booted from Vogue Magazine. Mellon's battle with heroin use is also chronicled, and she and her first husband, Matthew, were among Alcoholics Anonymous's most popular members. They later divorced and wrote a series of articles about their marriage, with one of them referring to "snorting her way across alpine ranges of cocaine."
In a magazine interview with HELLO in 2015, she revealed her commitment to Michael Ovitz. Since being confirmed, Ovitz is now legally married to his first wife, Judy Reich, but it has been denied. She referred to the situation as "complicated" in a 2016 The Sunday Times article.
Career
Mellon began her work at Phyllis Walters Public Relations, Mirabella, and in 1991, she was employed as an accessories editor and assistant to Sarajane Hoare of British Vogue.
Mellon approached bespoke shoe manufacturer Mr Jimmy Choo with the prospect of establishing a ready-to-wear shoe company. Mellon, the co-founder of the Jimmy Choo firm, obtained support from her father for the establishment of her company, and she sourced factories in Italy. In addition,, she opened an Italian office to handle manufacturing, quality control, and shipping. Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bergdorf Goodman were among the company's over 100 retail clients by 2001. The collections accounted for more than half of the factories' production.
The first Jimmy Choo store on Motcombe Street in London was followed by stores in New York, Las Vegas, and Beverly Hills. The company joined Equinox Luxury Holdings Ltd in April 2001. Acquiring Mr Choo's share of the ready-to-wear market, Equinox's Chief Executive, Robert Bensoussan, became CEO of Jimmy Choo Ltd, which also included handbag and small leather goods collections.
With the company's worth at £101 million in November 2004, Hicks Muse announced the majority purchase of Jimmy Choo Ltd. Mellon's total income in 2011 was expected to exceed £85 million.
Mellon was ranked as the 751st richest person in the United Kingdom in 2007 and had estimated wealth of £99 million. She was also ranked as the 64th richest woman in the United Kingdom, according to a survey published.
In 2013, she said that her eponymous luxury shoe brand would not buy from businesses that did not have female executives.
In December 2015, Mellon's shoes and clothing brand applied for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code. According to the filing, the company had assets between $1 million and $10 million, as well as between 100 and 199 creditors who owed between $1 million and $10 million. The American private equity company NEA invested $10 million into Mellon's operations as part of the bankruptcy reorganization scheme.
Mellon's former backers lodged an objection to the reorganization initiative under American bankruptcy law, arguing that the initiative would cause her, her fiancé, and a fund to take over the operation, leaving former financiers with no compensation. The complaint contained allegations of mismanagement and abuse of the company, including a life coach on the payroll and a $10,000 investment in New York for tickets to The Met Gala in New York. A formal challenge was also lodged by the US Department of Justice. All objections were dismissed, and the resuming of the trial was begun in early 2016.
Mellon was suing Jimmy Choo Ltd in September 2016, claiming that the firm had forbidden her from using luxurious shoemakers in Florence, Italy, to produce her own line.