Vivienne Tam

Vivienne Tam 譚燕玉
Tam at the 2011 Time 100 gala.
Born	Tam Yin Yok Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Residence	New York City
Education	Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Occupation	Fashion designer
Website	viviennetam.com

Vivienne Tam (simplified Chinese: 谭燕玉; traditional Chinese: 譚燕玉; pinyin: Tán Yànyù) is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. She attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Tam's fashion brand is named after her and is inspired by Chinese culture, design and modern fashion, and East-West fusion. The theme of her first collection was EAST WIND CODE. She authored China Chic, a book on Chinese style meeting Western style. She has worked with Hewlett Packard on a special Vivienne Tam range of designer netbook computers, such as a version of the HP Mini 1000 and the HP Mini 210. Tam also appeared on dressup site Stardoll where she has her own suite and brand name. She has also designed dresses for the characters in the Animax movie LaMB.

The designer debuted her collaboration with Chinese jewelry brand TSL at her Spring 2013 fashion show.

Vivienne Tam was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. Vivienne discovered her love of fashion at an early age. She was inspired by watching her mother making clothes for her family. By the age of 8, she was making her own outfits and dressing herself and her siblings, even for Chinese New Year. She attended a Roman Catholic school, where she learned English, even though she still spoke Chinese at home with her family. She then went to study fashion design in Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she received her degree.