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Marin Independent Journal April 11, 2020 “Mill Valley Fashion Designer Gives Back” J'Amy Tarr earned her MFA in Fashion Design and Textile Design from Academy of Art University, providing jackets for hardworking women during the pandemic. https://www.marinij.com/2020/04/11/mill-valley-fashiondesigner-gives-back/

Mill Valley fashion designer gives back J’Amy Tarr offers jackets to women working hard during pandemic By COLLEEN BIDWILL | cbidwill@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal

April 11, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Photo by KG-Photography

Mill Valley fashion designer J’Amy Tarr started her brand in 2011.

Fashion designer J’Amy Tarr has seen her fair share of women wear her designs over the years, from a dress Beyoncé wore that she had a hand in designing to the everyday woman who until recently walked into her Mill Valley design studio. The Mill Valley native’s desire to give back in these pandemic times led her to create “50 Jackets for 50 Strong Women,” her program to gift a jacket to 50 nominated women working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic — not just health care workers, but also grocery, delivery and postal workers — in the United States. She is accepting


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