Tamara Ralph

Tamara Miguel Ralph (born 29 November 1981) is an Australian fashion designer who is the former Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo.^[1] She is the founder of her eponymous label, Tamara Ralph.

Tamara Ralph
[[File: {{{caption}}} |650px|alt= {{{caption}}} ]] Ralph in 2014
Born	Tamara Miguel Ralph (1981-11-29) 29 November 1981 (age 43) Sydney, Australia
Education	Caringbah High School Whitehouse Institute of Design
Occupation	Creative Director & Co-founder
Employer	Tamara Ralph
Website	tamararalph.com

Early life and education

Ralph was born on 29 November 1981 in the Sutherland Shire^[2] and is the fourth generation in her family to work in couture and fashion design.^[3] After graduating from the Whitehouse Institute of Design in Melbourne, Australia, Ralph moved to London in hopes of breaking into the fashion industry.^[4]

Career

In 2010, she founded a fashion house, Ralph & Russo with Michael Russo in Mayfair, London.^[5] The fashion house focused on the city's rich history of couture fashion houses.^[6] As a creative director, Ralph has designed high end clothing and accessories for celebrities including, Beyoncé,^[7] Rihanna,^[8] Angelina Jolie,^[9] Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Bella Hadid,^[10] and others.^[11] Ralph also designed the bespoke interior of Ralph & Russo boutiques.^[12]

Ralph collaborated with several other labels including Audemars Piguet,^[13][14] Disney,^[15] Linda Farrow,^[16] and others on different occasions. She has also designed Meghan Markle’s engagement dress for her marriage to Prince Harry.^[17]

She became the first female Creative Director from the UK in nearly 100 years deemed eligible to show during Paris Haute Couture week.^[18] She has been recognised by Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar for her achievements, together with her inclusion into fashion publications such as Fortune magazine's 40 under 40 list, the BOF 500 ^{[19][20][21][22]} and in 2016 was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Walpole British Luxury Awards.^[23][24] She often appears at charity events and helped with 2019–20 Australian bushfire charity event^[25] and ‘To India, With Love’.^[25]

In 2023, Ralph founded her eponymous luxury fashion brand, Tamara Ralph Couture. The inaugural collection was showcased at the AW23-24 Paris Haute Couture Week.^[26]

Personal life

Ralph was previously in a relationship with her business partner Michael Russo.^[27][28] Since 2020, Ralph has been in a relationship with British-Indian businessman Bhanu Choudhrie. They have one child together, who was born in 2021.^[29]