Tamara Mellon is a Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer women’s luxury footwear brand led by Tamara Mellon and Jill Layfield. The company designs and sells shoes made in Italian factories and offers a complimentary two-year cobbler service after purchase. In 2019 the brand expanded into handbags and sneakers and opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Los Angeles at Palisades Village. Tamara Mellon raised $50M in a Series C round, bringing total capital raised to date to $87M. The company plans to use the funding for manufacturing innovation, retail expansion, continued brand investment, and to grow its team from 40 to 60 employees by the end of 2019. Tamara Mellon is a direct-to-consumer women's luxury footwear brand selling Italian-made shoes and offering a complimentary cobbler service for two years after purchase. The company positions itself by cutting out the traditional 6x retail markup to offer high-quality shoes at better prices. Co-founded by Tamara Mellon with Jill Layfield as CEO, the brand operated with 18 employees prior to the Series B. The company plans to use the new funding to expand product assortment and hire additional employees. Financially, Tamara Mellon has raised $37M in total capital following the Series B. The business focuses on direct sales to consumers and premium manufacturing partnerships in Italy.

Total raised

$74M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Jun 2019