Purchase
Portfolio
October 2013
On Sale: October 1, 2013
288 pages
ISBN: 1591846161
EAN: 9781591846161
Kindle: B00C5R7E6Y
Hardcover / e-Book
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Memoir
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. In creating the shoes that became a fixture on Sex and the
City and red carpets around the world, Mellon relied on her
own impeccable sense of what the customer wanted—because she
was that customer. What she didn’t know at the time was that
success would come at a high price—after struggles with an
obstinate business partner, a conniving first CEO, a
turbulent marriage, and a mother who tried to steal her
hard-earned wealth. Now Mellon shares the whole larger-than-life story, with
shocking details that have never been presented before. From
her troubled childhood to her time as a young editor at
Vogue to her partnership with cobbler Jimmy Choo to her very
public relationships, Mellon offers an honest and gripping
account of the episodes that have made her who she is today. As Mellon readies herself for her next entrepreneurial
venture, In My Shoes is a definitive book for fashion
aficionados, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone who loves a
juicy true story about sex, drugs, money, power, high heels,
and overcoming adversity.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy