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Pat Kerr Tigrett
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Memphis Philanthropist paramount Chairman/CEO, Case Kerr Inc.
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Long romantic summers in London, elegant dinner parties and a private royal collection with pieces from Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe— these are the elements that weave themselves into all young girls’ dreams. But for Savannah, Tennessee native Pat Kerr Tigrett, these seemingly fantastical dreams have materialized in remarkable ways. A local bridal couturier and serious collector of royal memorabilia, Tigrett has lived a life that she describes as her own Cinderella story. That story becomes only richer this summer as she celebrates her part in the Kensington Palace “Fashion Rules” exhibit in London.Tigrett has come a long way from days spent playing with acres of fabric provided by her mother. Unaware at the time, she now credits her mother as having placed her in the right places to cultivate her design skills. From private art classes four days a week to pageants and road trips to Memphis for modeling opportunities, Tigrett grew up in the world of design and fashion. “I never really wanted to look like anyone else,” she says. “I would stay at my aunt’s house. We would cut out fabric freehand, and I would have a new outfit for school the next day. That’s how I learned.” Under the hand of strong female leads, Tigrett was introduced to
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Here, There, and Everywhere with Pat Kerr Tigrett
You know how it is with old friends. Even if you haven’t seen each other for years, or even decades, when you finally see each other again, you can just pick up where you left off.
That’s exactly what happened when Pat Kerr Tigrett and I spent quality time together again for the first time in nearly three decades. The last major article Memphis magazine published about Pat was in May 1989, when we featured her and her husband John’s spectacular new Waterford Plaza penthouse on the cover. Earlier, I had written a cover story (September 1983) when Pat was merely three years into her couture fashion business and basking in the glow of her first spectacularly successful New York fashion show at the Plaza Hotel.
More than 30 years of jam-packed activity have gone by since. Perhaps we at Memphis didn’t feel the need to rehash events that were exhaustively covered by myriad other news outlets, both local and national. Perhaps we felt we sort of were staying in touch, because she has been a perennial fixture in our annual “Who’s Who in Memphis.” But then again, perhaps, we’ve been simply missing the boat. By way of making amends, I traveled again last month to her Waterford Plaza penthouse, where this whi