Tamara Mellon Quotes

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• I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.

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  Gossip, Care, Great Business

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• Its important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

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  Independence, Important, Needs

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• My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

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  Fear, Motto, Cross Country Motivational

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

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• It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.

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  Resilience, Passionate, Projects

  Source: www.elle.com

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• It doesn't matter what you are wearing-if you have good shoes and a good bag, you'll look right.

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  Shoes, Bags, Looks

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• The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable to believe that anyone is immune. The important thing is how you behave.

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  Hurt, Believe, People

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

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• I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

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  Thinking, Years, Luxury

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• I'm really hoping just to keep building on what we're doing. You have to build your core business first which is really important.

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  Important, Doing You, Firsts

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.

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  Mistake, Feelings, Intuition

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• The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.

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  Jobs, Reality, Years

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• When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.

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  Fashion, Careers, Want

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• In the past there were two things that motivated me then: independence, and passion about what I was doing. And those are still the things that motivate me now. I still have that passion for creating a product. And I will never be dependent on a man. I will never be dependent on a husband or a boyfriend or a father. That's one thing that's really important to me.

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  Husband, Father, Passion

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My daughter is my passion and my life.

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  Daughter, Mother, Passion

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

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• I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.

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  Father, Way, Wanted

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

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• I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.

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  Reality, Thinking, Two

  Interview with Camilla Johnson-Hill, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 22, 2010.

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• My business savvy it’s instinct. Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it’s a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it’s wrong.

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  Mistake, Feelings, Intuition

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.

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  Kindness, Humour, Impressed

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• A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.

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  Men, Watches, Littles

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• As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the global fashion arena.

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  Fashion, Arena, Ambassadors

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• You never know. Down the road you can do a lot of product categories. But I think you really have to build your core first and for people to know you and respect you for that.

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  Thinking, People, Firsts

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Men always look smart in a well-fitted, tailored suit. Conversely, they can be incredibly handsome in jeans combined with a cashmere jumper or a beaten-up leather jacket or even just a cotton T-shirt.

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  Smart, Men, Leather Jackets

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• The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.

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  Uggs, Want, Worn

  Interview with Camilla Johnson-Hill, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 22, 2010.

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• There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.

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  Men, Careers, Tough Person

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

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• People who are over-educated become risk-averse.

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  People, Risk, Educated

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

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  People, Inspire, Would Be

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