Tamara Mellon Quotes - Page 2

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• My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.

  Tamara Mellon

  People, Inspire, Would Be

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• My mother and I never got along, not even when I was a child.

  Tamara Mellon

  Mother, Children

  "Jimmy Choo's Tamara Mellon" by Nancy Hass, www.elle.com. October 14, 2009.

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• If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

  Tamara Mellon

  Men, Would Be, Tough

  "Tamara Mellon's New York Life" by Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 12, 2010.

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• I don't believe in delivering four times a year and then also delivering things that are not season appropriate.

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  Believe, Years, Four

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.

  Tamara Mellon

  Wife, Trophies, Imagine

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• I have Vie Luxe candles in every room. In 2006 I spent the month of August in Sardinia, and the scent reminds me of the wonderful time we had.

  Tamara Mellon

  August, Scent, Rooms

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• I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again.

  Tamara Mellon

  Inspirational, Trying, Failing

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• I don't believe in doing collections anymore.

  Tamara Mellon

  Believe, Don't Believe, Collections

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I always said I was determined to own a truly global brand. I didn't buy Jimmy Choo just to have a couple of shoe shops in London, did I?

  Tamara Mellon

  Couple, Shoes, London

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• A magazine feature can reach hundreds of thousands of potential customers for a fashion brand. The way to reach a billion? Dress the actresses competing for attention at a highly televised event.

  Tamara Mellon

  Fashion, Actresses, Events

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• I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.

  Tamara Mellon

  Shoes, Knows

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2011.

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• Direct to consumer really gives you control of your business completely.

  Tamara Mellon

  Giving, Consumers, Direct

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I may not have the stereotypical head for business, but I have feet that were made for heels.

  Tamara Mellon

  Feet, May, Made

  "In step with what women want" by Oliver Marre, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2007.

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• I often get the question from people, "well how can you sell luxury at that price?" What I'm explaining to everyone is I'm still paying the same factory cost as I paid when they were $800. I pay the same as my competitors who are in the luxury space pay, I just don't mark them up as much because I haven't put them in a wholesale channel. I don't have to put that extra margin on them.

  Tamara Mellon

  Luxury, Space, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The city [ LA] is kind of going through an interesting transition; sort of renaissance time where there is so much going on here. I think it's really exciting to be here.

  Tamara Mellon

  Thinking, Cities, Interesting

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The next few years is really going to be focused on shoes.

  Tamara Mellon

  Years, Shoes, Next

  Source: www.elle.com

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• What I hate is leather leggings and an ankle boot. I hate the line.

  Tamara Mellon

  Hate, Ankles, Boots

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Everyone in my office wears it all winter, it's our uniform because it's the easiest thing to wear.

  Tamara Mellon

  Winter, Office, Uniforms

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I wear Sweet Revenge, the legging boots, a lot particularly in the winter.

  Tamara Mellon

  Sweet, Revenge, Winter

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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.

  Tamara Mellon

  Moving, Feelings, Together

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I went back to the factories that I worked with at Jimmy Choo because they don't work for Jimmy Choo exclusively.

  Tamara Mellon

  Factories, Jimmy Choo, Jimmy

  Source: www.elle.com

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• 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.

  Tamara Mellon

  Issues, Ready, Consumers

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Everything we're doing means there is a much bigger audience that we can reach.

  Tamara Mellon

  Mean, Doing Me, Bigger

  Source: www.elle.com

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• [My consumer] is a combination of people who would have shopped with me when I was at Jimmy Choo and then also because of price point, there is a broader audience now that we can reach.

  Tamara Mellon

  People, Combination, Consumers

  Source: www.elle.com

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• What we're doing is giving her new exciting fashion things every month.

  Tamara Mellon

  Fashion, Giving, Months

  Source: www.elle.com

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