Tabitha Simmons is a
British
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fashion designer
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,
stylist
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, and magazine editor.
Biography
Simmons was born and raised in rural
Cambridgeshire
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.
[ She attended ]Kingston University
, mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress"
, established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute
, type = Public
, endowment = £2.3 m (2015)
, ...
, where she studied film and set design.[ While at university, Simmons worked as a fashion model.][
After a short career in modelling, Simmons began working as a stylist.][ She worked for ]Jefferson Hack
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at ''Dazed''.[ She moved to New York City and signed a styling contract with ]Calvin Klein
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and Dolce & Gabbana
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.[ She also styled runway shoes for ]Alexander McQueen
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.[
Simmons is a contributing editor at '']Vogue
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''. She partnered with Swarovski
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on a jewellery line and designed a clothing line for Equipment
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.
In 2009, Simmons launched her own shoe company.[ She was awarded the Emerging Talent Prize ]British Fashion Awards
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in 2011.[ In 2015, she won a ]CFDA Award
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for Accessories Designer of the Year. In 2017, she won a '' Glamour Award'' for Best Accessories Designer. In 2019, she was nominated for another CFDA Award.
Simmons was married to British photographer Craig McDean
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Life
McDean originally trained and worked as a car mechanic before studying photography at Mid Cheshire College (OND ...
and has two sons, Dylan and Elliot McDean. The family lived in a 5-story Queen Anne Revival townhouse in Chelsea, Manhattan
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.[ She and McDean divorced in 2013.][
She began dating Robert Livingston "Topper" Mortimer, the son of ]John Jay Mortimer
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He was one of six children born to Stanley Grafton Mortimer, Sr. (1890–1947) and Kathleen Hunt Tilford (1890–1970 ...
, in 2014 after they met in The Hamptons
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.[ On 29 January 2018 Simmons gave birth to a daughter, Violet Elizabeth Mortimer. She and Mortimer were married in an Episcopal service at the Church of the Resurrection on 9 June 2018.] A reception was held at The Brook
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It was founded in 1903 by a group of prominent men who belonged to other New York City private clubs, such as the Knickerbocker Club and the Union Club. followed by an after party at Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant Dorrian's Red Hand, also known simply as Dorrian's, is a famed Irish-American bar located at 1616 Second Avenue at East 84th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York.
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.[ Wedding guests included ]Tory Burch
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, Dasha Zhukova
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, Hamish Bowles
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, Katie Grand
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, Karen Elson
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Elson was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and attended North Chadderton School as a child. She has a fraternal twin sister, filmma ...
, Lily Aldridge
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, Lauren Santo Domingo
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, Alejandro Santo Domingo
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, Lady Charlotte Wellesley
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, Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Minnie Mortimer
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Born on Manhattan's Upper East side, Mortimer is the daughter of Senga Clark Mucci Davis and financier John Jay Mortimer, and the granddaught ...
, Georgina Chapman
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, Liv Tyler
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, and Sienna Miller
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.[ Her husband had previously been married to socialite and reality television personality ]Tinsley Mortimer
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References
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Living people
Alumni of Kingston University
English company founders
English fashion designers
English female models
English magazine editors
Fashion stylists
Mortimer family of New York
People from Cambridgeshire
Vogue (magazine) people
British women fashion designers
Year of birth missing (living people)