Tamay & Me are collaborating with Mountain Threads. After so many years of Tamay & Me working together on our jackets in Taphin Village we have teamed up with the wonderful Lucy Patterson from Mountain Threads - Textiles and Cultures of Northern Vietnam to work on a new collection. It is very exciting. We are pooling our knowledge, skills and resources to develop what we do and do more ! Lucy has been working in the mountains of North Vietnam for over 6 years gathering knowledge about the traditional cultures of Northern Vietnam. Working with many local connections and developing friendships, she has travelled the mountains collating fieldwork and extensive research, asking tonnes of questions about people and textiles, to...
Tamay and I met 10 years ago ... we have both stuck at it and can't really believe where we have got to now. This image is a drawing I did when the original idea to work together came about and it was this drawing that inspired our brand name 'Tamay & Me'
Welcome! This is where the Me part of Tamay & Me happens. Run by Me, Hannah, this is where the logistics happen, where the orders go out from and where the purses and bags are currently made. In the heart of Old Market, Bristol, Tamay & Me is based at the Bristol Textile Quarter, a hub for textile businesses to work alongside each other. It feels like home. I could say that since the beginning, 3 years ago, the UK side of Tamay & Me has been just Me, but it is not true. The Textile Quarter has enabled me to work alongside and collaborate with the most talented women who have shared both their wisdom and skills. Working with Naomi Wood to create beautiful photographic content has been a highlight,...
So for all these years I have been describing Tamay's cultural identity as Dzao because that is what she said she was, but it's time to use the true name which is Mien.
