Jimmy Choo Ltd

Jimmy Choo Ltd is a British company selling luxury shoes. The company was founded in 1996 by "Vogue" accessories editor Tamara Mellon and couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo. In April 2001, Equinox Luxury Holdings Ltd bought up Jimmy Choo's 50% ownership of the ready to wear business.

History

Jimmy Choo himself has concentrated his work on the exclusive Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd. This is available, by appointment only, at Connaught Street off Oxford Street in London. The Jimmy Choo London line, also known as Jimmy Choo ready-to-wear or simply, Jimmy Choo, is now under the purview of Tamara Mellon and Sandra Choi. Choi, who was an apprentice under Choo, is the Creative Director at the company. She is the niece of Choo's wife Rebecca. The ready-to-wear line has expanded to include accessories such as handbags.

The Jimmy Choo International flagship store is in Connaught Street in London.

In the United States Jimmy Choo boutiques are found in Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, New York, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, Orlando, London, Palm Beach, and More Stores are scheduled to open.

In 2009 his nephew Simon Choo-Deren currently residing in Rotterdam and London, will take over his position as the company's assistant head designer as announced at a board meeting in 2006 Fact|date=August 2008.

Notes

*In High School Musical 2, in the song Fabulous, Sharpay(Ashley Tisdale) will mention Jimmy Choo flip-flops to Ryan(Lucas Grabeel).
*The singer Shontelle mentions Jimmy Choo footwear in her song "T-Shirt (song)". The following line where it mentions Jimmy Choo footwear can be found in the chorus "...Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choo's..."
*The singer Hilary Duff mentions Jimmy Choo footwear in her song "Dignity (song)" in her first verse of the song. The verse says "You got the hottest shoes.. You got those Jimmy Choos"
*Country music artist Kellie Pickler mentions Jimmy Choo footwear in her song "Going Out in Style".

* Jimmy Choo makes flip flops, and sells them for very high prices. His shoes are made by hand, which means he does a lot of work.

External links

* [http://www.jimmychoo.com Official Website]