Vivienne Tam
580 Eight Avenue 17th Floor | (212) 840-6470
Vivienne Tam (simplified Chinese: 谭燕玉; traditional Chinese: 譚燕玉; pinyin: Tán Yànyù) is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. She attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Tam's fashion brand is named after her and is inspired by Chinese culture, design and modern fashion, and East-West fusion. The theme of her first collection was EAST WIND CODE. She authored China Chic, a book on Chinese style meeting Western style. She has worked with Hewlett Packard on a special Vivienne Tam range of designer netbook computers, such as a version of the HP Mini 1000 and the HP Mini 210. Tam also appeared on dressup site Stardoll where she has her own suite and brand name. She has also designed dresses for the characters in the Animax movie LaMB. The designer debuted her collaboration with Chinese jewelry brand TSL at her Spring 2013 fashion show.[1]