Tamara Mellon's 2013 memoir about co-founding and building Jimmy Choo — covering her difficult childhood, the building of the brand, and the contentious relationship with the Choo family that ultimately led to her departure.
Provides a frank account of the tensions in a co-founded luxury brand — between the craftsman/artisan founder (Jimmy Choo) and the entrepreneur/business builder (Tamara Mellon) — and how the two different orientations both made the company and eventually tore it apart.
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