Vivienne Tam

January 5, 2024
Fashion Designer

Quick Facts

Vivienne Tam
Full Name Vivienne Tam
Occupation Fashion Designer
Date Of Birth Nov 28, 1957(1957-11-28)
Age 67
Birthplace Guangzhou
Country China
Birth City Guangdong
Horoscope Scorpio

Vivienne Tam Biography

Name Vivienne Tam
Birthday Nov 28
Birth Year 1957
Place Of Birth Guangzhou
Home Town Guangdong
Birth Country China
Birth Sign Scorpio

Vivienne Tam is one of the most popular and richest Fashion Designer who was born on November 28, 1957 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Famous for establishing in the East Wind Code fashion collection as well as a subsequent named fashion line that was created by a Chinese-born designer, she merged western and eastern styles of clothing in her most popular designs. In the early years during her time in the industry, she set up boutiques in a variety of major cities such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and New York.

Canadian-born musician Canadian-born singer Alanis Morissette and American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt both purchased clothing designed by Tam. and American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt both purchased clothes made by Tam. Tam.

In 1995, she teamed up with artist Zhang Hongtu for her collection “MAO.” This collection, including clothing with humorous images of Mao on T-shirts and jackets showing him with pigtails, or cross eyed with a bee on his nose. In the Asian American community this created some controversy as they felt it was in poor taste, since many had died under his power. She even had difficulty finding a manufacturer in Hong Kong that would take the job, and even several minor protests by her store. Despite the controversy in the launching of this collection, some of the pieces became permanent artworks in the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and even in the museum of NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

In 1996, she expanded her clothing empire and created a shoe line for Candie’s, and the year after she opened her first store in NYC, then a branch in LA, Tokyo, and Kobe, Japan.

An ancestor from Guangzhou, China, she moved to Hong Kong in her early childhood. She later relocated into New York City.

Vivienne Tam Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Fashion Designer
House Living in own house.

Vivienne Tam is one of the richest Fashion Designer from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vivienne Tam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a fashion student both in London as well as through the Polytechnic Fashion School in Hong Kong.

She worked together with Hewlett Packard engineers to design an exclusive computer line.

After finishing her degree she relocated and settled down in New York City to launch her business. Her company, East Wind Code, was established in March

  1. (East Wind Code means “good luck and prosperity” in Chinese) Her clothes were being made in Hong Kong, however she had a work space on West 38th Street, NYC. After a decade, she ended up changing the name of her business to “Vivienne Tam” before her first runway show at New York Fashion Week.

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Who is Vivienne Tam Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Vivienne Ranked on the list of most popular Fashion Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Vivienne Tam celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.

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