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Tamara Mellon

Coral Gables, FL – December 9, 2014 – Neiman Marcus Coral Gables and Stephen Brunelle, Vice President and General Manager, welcomed designer Tamara Mellon as she presented her Resort 2015 Collection on Tuesday afternoon. Tamara Mellon is a luxury lifestyle brand offering a full range of apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories. Mellon launched her brand in November 2013 and was born out of a simple philosophy that we are living in a world where women want to buy now, wear now. Mellon puts the needs of the modern  woman first by offering versatile, seasonless fashion. Over 50 of Miami’s fashion set came to meet Mellon, along with hosts Criselda Breene, Melinda Gonzalez, Lisa Heiden and Ines Rivero. Julia Ford Carther, Ocean Drive Magazine’s Assistant Editor, sat down with Mellon for an intimate fashion chat. Mellon dished on her Art Basel style, dressing the Miami woman, and her inspiration, as models presented her Resort 2015 Collection.

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Tamara Mellon

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Tamara Mellon & Stephen Brunelle

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Alexandra Dickinson, Tamara Mellon, & Brittany Butler

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Alexandra Dickinson, Julia Ford Carther, Tamara Mellon, & Brittany Butler

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Criselda Breene, Lisa Heiden, Tamara Mellon, Stephen Brunelle, Melinda Gonzalez, & Ines Rivero

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Alexandra Dickinson

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Alexandra Dickinson

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Brittany Butler

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Alexandra Dickinson

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Brittany Butler

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Brittany Butler

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Brittany Butler, Tamara Mellon, & Julia Ford Carther

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Alexandra Dickinson & Brittany Butler 

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Athina de Marturet & Tamara Mellon

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Athina de Marturet, Iran Issa Khan, & Leslie Wolfson

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Athina de Marturet

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Tamara Mellon & Julia Ford Carther

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Alexandra Dickinson, Tamara Mellon, & Julia Ford Carther

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Alexandra Dickinson

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Tamara Mellon & Julia Ford Carther

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Tamara Mellon, Julia Ford Carther, & Alexandra Dickinson

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Julia Ford Carther & Tamara Mellon

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Tamara Mello & Katharine Rubino

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Tamara Mellon & Iran Issa Khan

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Sharron Lannan & Tamara Mellon

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Iran Issa Khan & Katharine Rubino

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Criselda Breene & Athina de Marturet

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Criselda Breene, Stephen Brunelle, & Julia Ford Carther

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Fernanda Domit & Elyze Held

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Fernanda Domit & Iran Issa Khan

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Julia Ford Carther, Melinda Gonzalez, & Katharine Rubino

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Lisa Cortes & Michelle Areces

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Yelany de Varona, Carol Perez, Tamara Mellon & Emily La Roche

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Julia Ford Carther, Criselda Breene, Ines Rivero, & Athina de Marturet

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Sarah Arison, Lisa Heiden, Tamara Mellon, & Athina de Marturet

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Ines Rivero, Criselda Breene, Tamara Mellon, Lisa Heiden, Lisa Cortes, & Michelle Areces