Reviews for The Towering World of Jimmy Choo:

“With The Towering World of Jimmy Choo, Ms. Crowe, a business journalist who has covered the fashion industry for Time magazine in London, and co-author Sagra Maceira de Rosen, a managing director for investment firm Reig Capital Group, do an efficient job of describing the company's dizzying rise from the days when it was a hole-in-the-wall operation custom-making shoes for an elite clientele that included Diana, Princess of Wales…the authors also present the colorful personalities and bitter squabbles -- some quite domestic -- that marked the rise of Jimmy Choo.”—Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Wall Street Journal, Read full review.

Opinion piece about The Towering World of Jimmy Choo on the NewYorkPost.com.

"As the world economy continues to reel, one burning question prompted by journalist Crowe and financial analyst De Rosen’s riveting history of the ups and downs—and ups again—of the Jimmy Choo brand: Will there continue to be a market for high-end luxury goods? The answer is a toss-up among today’s pundits. Then again, so is the response to the question posed first by the authors: Does Jimmy Choo represent a new business model for luxury brands—or was it simply in the right place at the right time? There i something Sex and the City–like about Jimmy Choo’s rise to fashionista prominence: it’s the tale of many machinations, many different owners (three in less than one decade), and clashes of outsized personalities, including Jimmy Choo (yes, he exists!), the Malaysian shoemaking talent; Tamara Mellon, the celebrity president (and her parents); Matthew Mellon, her former husband and an American banking scion-cumparty guy; and Robert Bensoussan, farsighted CEO and entrepreneur—among dozens of other celebrities and characters. A fascinating, well-written chronology that draws a chillingly accurate behind-the-scenes portrait of a contemporary fashion brand."— Barbara Jacobs, Booklist, starred review

"Both authors work in the fashion business, Crowe as a journalist and Maceira de Rosen as an industry analyst. Their expertise shows in the wealth of information they provide and the anecdotes they pass on."— Library Journal, Read full review.

"The Personalities behind the brand – notably company president Tamara Mellon – are fascinating" —More

“The finer points of Tamara’s manipulations do not escape the authors of this book, Lauren Goldstein Crowe, a former fashion business journalist for Time, and Sagra Maceira de Rosen, an investor in the luxury sector.” —Camilla Long, Times (UK) Read full review.