For native New Yorker Tammy Tam, style doesn’t just earn her a living – it is a major part of her life, and it has been from a very young age. The precious free time of her teenage years was spent learning about clothing design and construction hands-on, becoming a one-person fashion factory: sketching designs and drafting patterns, scouring the garment district for the perfect fabrics, trims, and flourishes, and putting in hours under her mother’s guidance at the sewing machine. In order to fund her passion, young Tammy worked at a local vintage clothing store, where she not only developed her styling skills using the store mannequins and window displays as her canvas, but also learned about sartorial history and was introduced to the ins and outs of clothing retail, wholesale, consignment, and the business of fashion. This self-taught, independent, and self-reliant devotion to the artistic, material, and commercial aspects of clothing, born of an incurable enthusiasm, has formed the deep and solid foundation of Tammy’s life and career in fashion and style, starting with her formal college education in Fashion Merchandising and Product Development.

Ever since those early days Tammy’s love of fashion has remained constant while the depth and breadth of her knowledge and skill has increased through study and experience, adding further professional polish to her already well-trained eye for style. For over a decade Tammy has worked in diverse areas for some of the industry’s leading companies and designers, including Aeropostale, Brooks Brothers, Banana Republic, Ralph Lauren, and upstart menswear designer Simon Spurr-from retail buying to fabric research and development.

After years of industry experience, Tammy has struck out on her own, launching her personal style consultancy business and bringing her expertise in perfectly balancing fit, color, aesthetics, occasion, subtlety, elegance, and quality to the wardrobes of men and women in the New York area as well as around the country (recently in Miami and Chicago,) and abroad (Milan,) providing a highly-personalized service that updates and enhances the lifestyle and image of her clients.