Joe Mimran Biography
Joe Mimran is a Canadian entrepreneur and fashion designer best known for creating the Club Monaco and Joe Fresh brands. He was also a Dragons’ Den television series investor.
How old is Joe Mimran? – Age
He is 70 years old as of 2 December 2022. He was born in 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco.
Joe Mimran Family – Education
Mimran was born to Jewish parents, Eli and Esther Mimran. Joe and his brother Saul emigrated to Canada in 1957 and resided in Forest Hill, Toronto. Joseph’s mother, Esther Mimran, was a couturier in Morocco who taught him to design at a young age. Esther outfitted her family in tailored outfits inspired by Hollywood’s leading men. Mimran founded a modest art gallery at the age of 18 while pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and fine art at York University. He graduated from the University of Windsor with a B.Com. degree in 1975. He eventually acquired his CPA. He worked as an accountant after graduating.
Is Joe Mimran married? -Wife – Children
Mimran and his ex-wife, interior designer Sharon Mimran, have three children. Mimran married Kimberley Newport, a Club Monaco merchandiser, in 2000. Jacqueline Mimran, the couple’s daughter, was born in 2001.
Joe Mimran Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $200 million.
Joe Mimran Clothing
Mimran began investing in new firms after leaving Club Monaco. Joseph Mimran & Associates, his design consulting firm, reopened. Mimran founded Pink Tartan in 2002, with his wife Kimberley Newport-Mimran as the primary designer. The women’s ready-to-wear collection is available at luxury department shops such as Holt Renfrew and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as at their own flagship store in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood.
In 2006, he collaborated on a clothing design named Tevrow + Chase with buddy Paul Sinclaire (formerly of Club Monaco and Vogue). In 2002, Mimran started developing the President’s Choice Home line for Loblaw Companies Limited.
The Weston family, who owns Loblaw, also commissioned him to create a private label collection for another of their companies, Holt Renfrew. Loblaw hired Mimran to consult on all non-food, general items sold in its stores in 2010. Loblaw Companies Limited now has Joseph Mimran & Associates in charge of all apparel, home, and entertainment design. Joseph Mimran & Associates now employs 200 people across three locations in Toronto’s Liberty Village.
Joe Mimran House
Mimran achieved “there” in his 4,500-square-foot Forest Hill home by keeping the fixtures simple and enabling his enormous collection of contemporary art and antique curiosities to shine. The end effect is a residence that exudes originality and flair while remaining tastefully restrained—just like the man himself.
Joe Mimran Club Monaco
Mimran had a new company idea by the mid-1980s and was ready to take the lead on design. He decided to make one because he couldn’t find a plain, white cotton shirt. Club Monaco was created by the newly formed Monaco Group as a range of minimalist necessities. Mimran was in charge of this new brand, while Saul concentrated on the Alfred Sung business.
Mimran chose to create his own shop after The Bay and Eaton’s department shops both passed on the collection, partially because they did not comprehend the basic, unisex style. Club Monaco chose a location on Queen Street West in Toronto, where it offered everything from jackets to underwear in a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) shop. A teaser campaign preceded the store’s opening, and there was a line on opening day in September 1985.
The company went public in 1986, then back private in 1989, with Dylex as a partner. In 1995, a flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City opened, which is still in operation today. During the 1990s recession, the business slowed its expansion and shifted its color pallet to neutrals such as black and white. The cost-cutting idea resulted in a startling rebirth of the label.
Caban, a lifestyle store based on the clean Club Monaco aesthetic, was founded by Mimran in 1999. The company became public again in 1996. Club Monaco had 125 locations in Canada, the United States, Japan, and South Korea by 1999. The Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. bought Club Monaco and Caban the same year. Mimran continued on as president and CEO to see the company through the changeover, but then left to work on other initiatives.
Joe Mimran Associates
Mimran began investing in new firms after leaving Club Monaco. Joseph Mimran & Associates, his design consulting firm, reopened. Mimran founded Pink Tartan in 2002, with his wife Kimberley Newport-Mimran as the primary designer. The women’s ready-to-wear collection is available at luxury department shops such as Holt Renfrew and Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as at their own flagship store in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood.
In 2006, he collaborated on a clothing design named Tevrow + Chase with buddy Paul Sinclaire (formerly of Club Monaco and Vogue). In 2002, Mimran started developing the President’s Choice Home line for Loblaw Companies Limited. The Weston family, who own Loblaw, also commissioned him to create a private label collection for another of their companies, Holt Renfrew.
Loblaw hired Mimran to consult on all non-food, general items sold in its stores in 2010. Loblaw Companies Limited now has Joseph Mimran & Associates in charge of all apparel, home, and entertainment design. Joseph Mimran & Associates currently employs 200 people and operates three offices in Toronto’s Liberty Village.
Joe Mimran Staples
Joe designed and released gry mattr, a collection of home and office accessories that live at the crossroads of work and life, with Staples Canada in 2019. His lifelong love of aesthetics and design motivated his goal of putting well-designed, affordable products in the hands of the masses. Blue light spectacles and eyeglasses, office organizers, technology and iPhone accessories, drinkware, stationery, and décor are all part of the inaugural gry mattr line. It was then expanded to include office chairs.
Mimran created a new product line with Staples called General Supply Goods + Co.
Joe Mimran Art Collection
Mimran founded a modest art gallery at the age of 18 while pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and fine art at York University.
