In this episode of Boss Files, the woman behind the famous shoes, Tamara Mellon, the co-founder

of Jimmy Chew, and now her namesake brand. Her rise looks glamorous from the outside, but

she opens up about feeling voiceless and powerless as she led the company. There were no

women on the board, and she says she discovered she was being paid less than men who worked for her.

Fast forward to the company she runs today, a mostly female staff and a female CEO who she calls life-changing.

Plus, why she says retail has been turned on its head and why she's taken her brand digital first.

Tamara Mellon, thank you for doing this.

Oh, happy to be here.

I've known your name and obviously your shoes and worn your shoes for years when you were Miss Jimmy Chu,

but your story is absolutely fascinating, so I'm glad you're here to share it with us.

You are, of course, the woman behind the famous Jimmy Chu shoes and now the famous

your own brand, your namesake brand shoes.

But you're also equally, if not more, passionate about equality for women.

So before we dive into your business background and your business story, let's just talk

about the recent op-ed you wrote on Equal Payday in Forbes.

One line that really struck me, you wrote, I can't think of a more important practice

than showing up for yourself.

What do you mean?

So what I mean by that is, you know, I never valued myself enough.

When I was, when I started out my career, I didn't trust myself enough.

I didn't value myself enough.

And that kind of resulted in, you know know not being paid what I should have

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