Lucy Tammam Biography

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Lucy Tammam is a British fashion designer working with haute couture techniques and Fair trade practices. Known for her innovative flattering cuts as well as sustainable ethical supply chains. Tammam is the first British designer to have launched an ethical ready to wear bridal collection.

Personal life

Born in Poole, Dorset, Tammam grew up in the coastal town before moving to London in 2000 to study Fashion Design with Marketing at Central Saint Martins.

Fashion

Before graduating from Central Saint Martins Tammam started a fashion label called Tam & Rob, with an old school friend, Lucy Robinson. The label lasted 2 years.

Tammam started the Tammam fashion label in 2007. The wholesale collections were stocked in the UK, Australia, Japan and the USA. During this period the label showcased at London, Paris and New York Fashion weeks.

In 2009 the label launched the first ethical ready to wear bridal collection in the UK.

In 2012 Atelier Tammam opened in Bloomsbury, London. Among the offerings of the Tammam Atelier and label are bespoke laces and peace silks, including Eri silk.

Eleanor Tomlinson is one of the label's fans wearing Tammam to events such as the BAFTA TV awards, Esquire summer party and Empire awards. Tammam has also created gowns for Alicia Silverstone, Justine Glenton and been worn by a diverse celebrity following including BAFTA nominee Nat Luurtsema, Jenny Agutter, Olivia Williams.

Tammam has worked on and supplied pieces for films including Amanda Eliasch's The Gun, The Cake and The Butterfly and Gods Behaving Badly starring Alicia Silverstone.

Tammam label was cited as one of the labels in the running to create the wedding dress for Kate Middleton.

Tammam has worked for a range of couture and traditional design ateliers, most notably Catherine Walker of London and Claudio Cavalcanti in Rome.

Tammam has showcased on catwalks globally, including Berlin Fashion Week (Lavera), Istanbul (Fashion is Great Britain), New York and St Pancras International, as well as collaborative shows with other eco designers as part of the Conscious Designers Collective.

Tammam is an expert in Eco Cotton for the New Luxury expert initiative.

A graduate of School for Creative Startups, Tammam was invited to be a guest speaker on the challenges facing an eco trade at a social entrepreneurship and eco business event hosted by BITCH, How to be an Eco Warrior(ess).

Tammam starred in a short film on green-washing in the fashion industry, which was released during London Fashion Week SS15 and featured House of Tammam designs.

Business Accomplishments

• 2014 Finalist Sustainable City Awards, Sustainable Fashion category. Awarded by the Lord Mayor of the City of London in recognition of outstanding effort in working towards a sustainable future.
• 2014 Awarded a Certificate of Completion by the British Library Innovating for Growth programme
• 2013 On behalf of the Tammam label, Lucy Tammam received a Future 50 Award for demonstrating outstanding entrepreneurial flair and innovation in their pursuit to improve the economy, environment and society (awarded by Striding Out)
• 2013 First Designer Label to achieve Vegetarian Society certification
• 2012 Winner Archant's Local Business Accelerator Award
• 2009 Received a Rising Star Award presented by Greater London Enterprise on behalf of Central London Enterprise Consortium.