*Tamara Mellon is famed for Beyond the Beyond readers as the victim of one of the weirdest computer-intrusion scandals we ever covered. So it's pleasant to see our Tamara soldiering on three years later, high heels, Botox and all. Goes to show that having bent spooks rampage through your PC isn't always the end of the world.
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"International businesswoman, self-made multimillionaire, (((well, sorta))) single mother, glamourpuss and until recently Christian Slater's squeeze, Tamara Mellon, 42, is the sort of woman for whom the phrase 'having it all' was invented.
"Thirteen years ago, she invested £150,000 in a tiny shoe business owned by Malaysian designer Jimmy Choo. It was sold 11 years later for £185 million, and Tamara's own fortune is now estimated to be worth in excess of £100 million.
"She's an investor in the recently revived 1970s fashion label Halston, and a director of Revlon, but Tamara still isn't kicking off her heels and resting on her laurels. On the contrary, she's busier than ever, having just launched a limited-edition collection of shoes and handbags, Project PEP. A quarter of the net sales from this collection will be donated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation to support the Simelela Rape Centre in Cape Town, which aims to administer victims with Post-HIV Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), which can prevent HIV if it's given within 72 hours of exposure.
"'As it's women who buy my shoes, it seems right that the money goes to a charity that specifically helps women,' she explains. Meanwhile, shoe fans with more style than cash are already gearing themselves up for an almighty scrum tomorrow, when Jimmy Choo launches a capsule collection at H&M, with shoes starting at £65, and clothes and men's accessories available, too.
"Somehow, Tamara manages to maintain a personal life despite her multifarious business interests and constant travelling (she now lives in New York but travels to London weekly). Since her 2005 divorce from Matthew Mellon, scion of the American banking family and father of her daughter Araminta, seven, she has been seen on the arms of a brat pack of A-listers, including George Clooney, Flavio Briatore, the aforementioned Christian Slater and latterly British actor Sean Maguire.
"So how does she fit it all in?
1. Accessorise for success...
