In My Shoes: 'Pure Danielle Steel, with added MBA. Wonderfully bling' Sunday Times - Hardcover

Mellon, Tamara

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9780670923632: In My Shoes: 'Pure Danielle Steel, with added MBA. Wonderfully bling' Sunday Times

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ISBN 10: 067092363X ISBN 13: 9780670923632

Publisher: Portfolio, 2013

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"When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: "Don't let the accountants run your business." Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years, the struggle between "financial" and "creative" would become one of the central themes as Mellon's business savvy, creative eye, and flair for design built Jimmy Choo into a premier name in the competitive fashion industry. Over time, Mellon grew Jimmy Choo into a billion dollar brand. She became the British prime minister's trade envoy and was honored by the Queen with the Order of the British Empire--yet it's her personal glamour that keeps her an object of global media fascination. Vogue photographed her wedding. Vanity Fair covered her divorce and the criminal trial that followed. Harper's Bazaar toured her London town house and her New York mansion, right down to the closets. And the Wall Street Journal hinted at the real red meat: the three private equity deals, the relentless battle between "the suits" and "the creatives," and Mellon's triumph against a brutally hostile takeover attempt. But despite her eventual fame and fortune, Mellon didn't have an easy road to success. Her seemingly glamorous beginnings in the mansions of London and Beverly Hills were marked by a tumultuous and broken family life, battles with anxiety and depression, and a stint in rehab. Determined not to end up unemployed, penniless, and living in her parents' basement under the control of her alcoholic mother, Mellon honed her natural business sense and invested in what she knew best--fashion"--

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About the Author:

Tamara Mellon OBE is the cofounder and the former CEO and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo, which she led for fifteen years. Since selling her share of the company, she has focused on creating a new eponymous lifestyle brand. She divides her time between London and New York. William Patrick has cowritten numerous memoirs, including Sidney Poitier's number-one bestseller The Measure of a Man.

Review:

Wonderfully bling. Fans of Sex and the City will love this memoir - perfect for grown-up fashionistas. A dose of riches-to-rags-to-riches reality Sunday Times Brilliant memoir of the genius who created the world's sexiest shoes Mail on Sunday A glorious, compelling story. Mellon is a practitioner of radical honesty Times Magazine Mesmerising. A juicy and honest memoir from one of the most successful self-made British businesswoman of her generation. Financial Times Part memoir, part MBA masterclass, this is an impressively erudite and candid autobiography. Reads like a Danielle Steel novel, only way more incredible - and glamorous Glamour UK For every bit of juicy backstabbing gossip, there is a handy morsel of MBA-lite to wash it down. A voyeuristic joy from start to finish Harper's Bazaar UK Compulsively candid, rip-roaringly readable autobiography Telegraph Weekend A lesson about an alchemist who won applause by being prepared to fashion a brand out of a stylish product and female chutzpah The Economist Compelling. A fascinating journey Hello! A roller-coaster of a read ... fascinating Management Today It's a testament to Tamara's fighting spirit, and astonishing ability to retain a sense of humour, that the book reads more like an epic adventure than a maudlin Greek tragedy Red The tell-all memoir takes us behind the glitzy ad campaigns and Vogue spreads...[and] chronicles how Mellon fought to keep hold of the brand she created Metro

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