The designer poses with an Ugo Rondinone artwork. Vionnet dress, $2,650. vionnet.com. Eddie Borgo bracelet, $300. eddieborgo.com. Bulgari necklace, $4,050. bulgari.com. Tamara Mellon shoes, $795. tamaramellon.com. FASHION EDITOR: Sam Broekema
Iwas just standing there, and he walked up to me,” fashion entrepreneur Tamara Mellon recalls of her first encounter with Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz, in 2011. “We were at a business conference in Aspen, and he said, ‘Are you Tamara Mellon?’ I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘I would like to take you for a private drink.’” Ovitz’s bold strategy worked. “I thought, Wow, that’s direct! But he was the only guy there without a potbelly and old-man pants on—he was wearing nice jeans, looked pretty fit, and had nice teeth. So we went out.”
Four years, many more private…
