the woman behind the work-I Am Tamara Mitchell
Style as therapy. Identity in real time.
"I'm not waiting until I'm polished. I'm not waiting until I'm further along. I'm not waiting until I stop being afraid."
"I lost my job and felt relief. That scared me more than losing it — because it meant the life I'd been holding onto was never really mine."
my story -I've been fat my whole life. Felt ugly and unworthy for most of it. I watched every season of Project Runway while designers sighed about dressing a body like mine — and I still fell in love with style anyway. Not because fashion made room for me. But because I loved it before it deserved my love.
I've always felt like an outsider looking in — in friend groups, in my family, in rooms I technically belonged to. And so I settled. For relationships that didn't see me. For friendships that turned out to be one-sided. For a version of myself that kept everyone else comfortable while I quietly starved for something real.
she said it best —
As a single mom of 2, editing my drawers and closet with Tamara was long overdue and we'll worth it!! She helped me to organized my clothes into a keeps, donate and toss pile. Even though I was stressed about the entire process Tamara kept me laughing, dancing and focused on my goal. Thanks Bestie!!! I'm ready for part 2!! Styling 😍🌟
-Jasmine, 39
"I gave good hugs to everyone except myself. I poured into everything and everyone — and forgot to build a life that had room for me in it."
And then I lost my job. And felt relief.
Not because I was lazy. Not because I didn't care. But because some part of me had been quietly suffocating in a life that was never really mine to begin with. I had been performing stability while starving for something real.
But here's what scared me more than losing the job: What if I finally had the space to build something — and I still didn't finish it? Because that's been my pattern. I see the vision. I feel the fire. I start — and then somewhere between the beginning and the breakthrough, I disappear on myself.
I'm building in public this time. Not because I have it figured out. But because I need the woman who's been "fine" for so long she forgot what excited her — to see someone do it anyway.
I help women who've been shrunk — by life, by roles, by their own inner voice — come home to themselves. Starting with how they get dressed.
I've been the outsider
my whole life.
Maybe you have too.
You’ve read her story -Now let’s write yours.
The Full Fit is a 2-hour 1:1 experience where someone finally sits across from you, sees all of you, and reflects back exactly who you are. Your identity. Your body. Your story. All of it — finally claimed.