Tamara Ralph | |
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Ralph in 2014 | |
| Born | Tamara Miguel Ralph 29 November 1981 Sydney, Australia |
| Education | Caringbah High School Whitehouse Institute of Design |
| Occupation | Creative Director & Co-founder |
| Employer | Tamara Ralph |
| Website | tamararalph |
Tamara Miguel Ralph (born 29 November 1981) is an Australian fashion designer who is the former Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo. [1] She is the founder of her eponymous label, Tamara Ralph.
Ralph was born on 29 November 1981 in the Sutherland Shire [2] and is the fourth generation in her family to work in couture and fashion design. [3] After graduating from the Whitehouse Institute of Design in Melbourne, Australia, Ralph moved to London in hopes of breaking into the fashion industry. [4]
In 2010, she founded a fashion house, Ralph & Russo with Michael Russo in Mayfair, London. [5] The fashion house focused on the city's rich history of couture fashion houses. [6] As a creative director, Ralph has designed high end clothing and accessories for celebrities including, Beyoncé, [7] Rihanna, [8] Angelina Jolie, [9] Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Bella Hadid, [10] and others. [11] Ralph also designed the bespoke interior of Ralph & Russo boutiques. [12]
Ralph collaborated with several other labels including Audemars Piguet, [13] [14] Disney, [15] Linda Farrow, [16] and others on different occasions. She has also designed Meghan Markle’s engagement dress for her marriage to Prince Harry. [17]
She became the first female Creative Director from the UK in nearly 100 years deemed eligible to show during Paris Haute Couture week. [18] She has been recognised by Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar for her achievements, together with her inclusion into fashion publications such as Fortune magazine's 40 under 40 list, the BOF 500 [19] [20] [21] [22] and in 2016 was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Walpole British Luxury Awards. [23] [24] She often appears at charity events and helped with 2019–20 Australian bushfire charity event [25] and ‘To India, With Love’. [25]
In 2023, Ralph founded her eponymous luxury fashion brand, Tamara Ralph Couture. The inaugural collection was showcased at the AW23-24 Paris Haute Couture Week. [26]
Ralph was previously in a relationship with her business partner Michael Russo. [27] [28] Since 2020, Ralph has been in a relationship with British-Indian businessman Bhanu Choudhrie. They have one child together, who was born in 2021. [29]
