The lawsuit between Tamara Mellon and her mother has finally come to an end, after a legal battle that has been ongoing since 2008. The iconic shoe guru and founder of Jimmy Choo received £6 million from 70-year-old Ann Yeardye, a former Chanel model, after the two camps came to a settlement last week. The pair clashed after Mellon, who has made a staggering £100 million from her footwear empire, sold the shoe label to an investment group; but an accounting error meant some shares were mistakenly transferred to a family account run by Mrs Yeardye. Yeardye allegedly refused to return them, calling the claims that a mistake had been made 'erroneous' and launching a counter complaint against her daughter for fraud and breach of contract. Mellon admits the pair have never had a particularly amicable relationship, telling a US magazine, 'My mother and I never got along, not even when I was a child. She wanted to be me, I think, which seems terribly sad.' The lawsuit in the Royal Court of Justice in
