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magazine. Mellon's battle with alcohol addiction is also well documented and she met her first husband, Matthew, at
Alcoholics Anonymous. They later divorced and she wrote a number of articles about the dramatic details of her marriage, referencing "snorting her way through alpine ranges of cocaine".
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in which she details her rise to success and her partnership with shoe designer Jimmy Choo. In an interview about the book with Vanity Fair, she spoke of the challenges of designing shoes for the Oscar Season. Several media publications reported on the discussion in her book about her drug-addiction
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of the bankruptcy code in
December 2015. The filing said that the company had assets of between $ 1 million and $ 10 million and also 100 to 199 creditors who were owed between $ 1 million and $ 10 million. Pursuant to the bankruptcy reorganisation plan, the American private equity firm NEA made a $
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January 2016, Mellon's former backers filed an objection to the restructuring plans under American bankruptcy protection laws, stating that the scheme would allow her, her fiancé, and a fund to gain control of the new company, leaving former financiers with no repayment. The objection had
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magazine in 2004, "I never wear from past seasons", adding that, each season, she sends 98 per cent of her wardrobe to a favorite resale store. In
January of that year, that amounted to 40 outfits, according to the article. In 2007, Mellon began a romantic relationship with actor
316:, where she was ranked as the 751st richest person in the UK, with an estimated wealth of £99 million. She was also ranked as the 64th richest woman in Britain. In 2013, she said that her eponymous luxury shoe brand would not buy from companies which had no female executives.
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on policies related to business needs. On 9 November 2010, she was named as a "global trade envoy for
Britain" by the British government, intended to have a "roving brief" to promote the country's fashion industry overseas.
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with the idea of launching a ready-to-wear shoe firm. As co-founder of the Jimmy Choo company, Mellon secured funding from her father for the creation of her business and she sourced material from factories in
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Justice also filed a formal objection. The judge hearing the matter denied all objections and the recapitalization plan was consummated in early 2016.
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announced the majority acquisition of Jimmy Choo Ltd. Mellon made an estimated £85 million from the eventual sales of her share of the company in 2011. In 2007, Mellon appeared on the
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model Ann Davies, who married 15th. January, 1965. Tamara married Mathew Mellon in 2000. Together, the two had a daughter, Araminta. In 2005, the couple divorced.
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