Tatiana Katherine Hambro (born 15 October 1989) is an English writer and fashion editor. She worked at British Vogue before joining Moda Operandi as editorial director.

Tatiana Hambro
Born15 October 1989
London, England
EducationCheltenham Ladies' College
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
Occupation(s)Fashion writer and editor
SpouseWalter Graham Arader IV
RelativesCharles Hambro, Baron Hambro (grandfather)
Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro (great-grandfather)
Lady Lettice Cotterell (great-grandmother)

Early life and family edit

Hambro was born on 15 October 1989 in Westminster, London to The Honourable Charles Edward Hambro and Nicole J. Nicholas.[1][2] She is a granddaughter of Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro, a banker who served as the senior honorary treasurer of the Conservative Party, and a great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro.[3] She is of Danish, German Jewish, and Greek ancestry, and is a descendant of Baron Carl Joachim Hambro, a Danish banker who founded the Hambros Bank and was ennobled by Frederick VII of Denmark in 1851.[4][5] Hambro is also a great-granddaughter of Lady Lettice Cotterell, a member of the Bright Young Things and the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp.[6] Her family claims royal descent from George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle and Robert the Bruce.[4]

She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, a private boarding school for girls in Cheltenham.[7] Hambro went on to study literature at the University of Leeds.[7]

Career edit

Hambro worked as a fashion writer for British Vogue.[8][9] She left British Vogue to join the editorial team at Moda Operandi, an online luxury fashion retailer, becoming their senior fashion writer.[10][11] Shortly after, she was promoted to editorial director[6][8][12] As director, she oversees editorial features, trunk show reviews, and other content.[8] In 2019 she was the curator of the Council of Fashion Designers of America's December editor guide.[8]

Personal life edit

She married Walter Graham Arader IV, an American art dealer and son of Walter Graham Arader III, at her family's home in the Cotswolds in 2019.[5][13] Hambro wore a dress custom designed by Barbara Tfank and the Lygon family tiara, a diamond tiara from the Victorian era that belongs to her grandmother's family.[5] The religious ceremony took place at St. Peter's Church, an 11th-century Norman church in Dumbleton, nearby the Hambro family estate.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  2. ^ "Family Tree - The Cobbold Family History Trust". family-tree.cobboldfht.com.
  3. ^ Rhodes, Michael (9 October 2019). "Peerage News: Arader/Hambro marriage".
  4. ^ a b "Lord Hambro". The Telegraph. 9 November 2002.
  5. ^ a b c d Macon, Alexandra (7 November 2019). "The Bride Wore a Victorian Tiara for Her Fairytale Wedding in the Cotswolds". Vogue.
  6. ^ a b c Kim, Leena (20 February 2020). "Inside the Dreamiest English Countryside Wedding". Town & Country.
  7. ^ a b "Tatiana Hambro, Moda Operandi". Into The Gloss. 9 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d "CFDA". cfda.com.
  9. ^ "Tatiana Hambro". Bustle.
  10. ^ "Tatiana Hambro | YOLKE Girl | YOLKE". www.yolke.co.uk.
  11. ^ "NYFW Day in the Life: Moda Operandi's Tatiana Hambro | Tory Daily". www.toryburch.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Moda Operandi's Tatiana Hambro Arader Is Still Dreaming About This Bag". Repeller. 28 April 2020.
  13. ^ "This Fashion Editor Had The Coolest Wedding To Hit The English Countryside". Guest of a Guest.