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The high-stakes pursuit of the perfect shoe. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo is the behind-the-scenes story of one of fashion’s most glittering empires. It begins with Tamara Mellon, a London society girl with an obsession for shoes, who convinced master couture shoemaker Jimmy Choo to lend his name to a bold new venture — and turned a small London workshop into a global luxury phenomenon.
Lauren Goldstein Crowe traces the brand’s meteoric rise: the red-carpet moments, the celebrity clients, and the boardroom battles as private equity moved in and the founders’ alliance fractured. Part fashion chronicle, part business saga, the book reveals how a name became a symbol of glamour — and what that glamour cost the people who built it.
Described as Sex and the City meets Barbarians at the Gate: essential reading for fashion lovers, business readers, and anyone fascinated by how luxury is made, marketed, and fought over.
The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe by Lauren Goldstein Crowe (Bloomsbury, 2009) is the behind-the-scenes story of one of fashion’s most glittering empires. It begins with Tamara Mellon, a London society girl with an obsession for shoes, who convinced master couture shoemaker Jimmy Choo to lend his name to a bold new venture — and turned a small London workshop into a global luxury phenomenon.
Crowe traces the brand’s meteoric rise: the red-carpet moments, the celebrity clients, and the boardroom battles as private equity moved in and the founders’ alliance fractured. Part fashion chronicle, part business saga, the book reveals how a name became a symbol of glamour — and what that glamour cost the people who built it.
Described as Sex and the City meets Barbarians at the Gate, this is essential reading for fashion lovers, business readers, and anyone fascinated by how luxury is made, marketed, and fought over. A smart, entertaining account of ambition, creativity, and the high-stakes pursuit of the perfect shoe.
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