Tinsley Randolph Mortimer, American apparel designer. Named one of The Most Powerful Women in New York City, New York Post, 2008.
Background
Mortimer was born in South Carolina and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Her father is George Riley Mercer Junior., a wealthy real-estate investor, and her mother is Dale Mercer (née Tatum), an interior designer. Mortimer is reportedly a descendant of Thomas Jefferson (on her mother"s side) and relatives of Patrick Henry and James Madison (on her father"s side). She grew up with one sister, Dabney Mercer.
Education
Mortimer attended the Lawrenceville School, where she was a member of the Kirby House. She graduated from Columbia with a Bachelor in art history.
Career
Her paternal grandfather, George Riley Mercer Senior, founded Mercer Rug Cleansing in 1936. Mortimer has a line of handbags and clothing in Japan for Samantha Thavasa, for which she was featured in an advertising campaign. She also features prominently in Samantha Thavasa United States of America"s online promotional materials and in the company"s Madison Avenue store, which also carries her handbags.
She subsequently formed her own clothing line, Riccime by Tinsley Mortimer, which is available in select stores in Japan, including Isetan.
In 2008, Mortimer became involved in branding and design for a condominium development. She made a cameo appearance on the season two premiere episode of Gossip Girl, which aired September 1, 2008 on The CW. On March 10, 2010 her own reality television show created by Andrew Glassman and Mike Aho for The CW called High Society, where she stars along with other socialites such as Paul Johnson Calderon and Devorah Rose, first aired.
lieutenant documents the lives of her and her friends but cancelled after eight episodes. Mortimer wrote a book titled "Southern Charm", which follows Minty Davenport from South Carolina to New York where she is the victim of rumors.
lieutenant was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2013.
Mortimer also contributed a section to the best selling book entitled The Park Avenue Diet which outlined recommendations on how to perfect your conversation and social skills. The book was written by Manhattan diet doctor Stuart Fischer. She was featured in Vestal Magazine in the May 2012 issue, which included the cover and a featured editorial styled by Lo"renzo Hill-White and shot by fashion photographer Kevin Sinclair.
Achievements
Membership
She went to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, before transferring to Columbia University, where she was a member of Saint Anthony Hall.
Connections
Married Robert Livingston Mortimer, May 4, 2002 (separated).