Mimi Plange

Mimi Plange is a Ghanaian-American fashion designer whose practice applies architectural construction principles to garment-making. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the SCAD Museum of Art, and the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Early life and education

Plange was born in Accra, Ghana. She moved to California, United States, with her family when she was young. She grew up in Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga. She received a BA in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco.

Career

After her education, she moved to New York and worked for both Patricia Fields and Rachel Roy.

She and her business partner, Ibrahim Ndoye, created a fashion line called Boudoir D'huîtres but she later changed it to her own name Mimi Plange in 2010.

Her designs are influenced by African heritage. who wore her A-line skirt on the ABC TV show The View. Plange was the Designer of the Year at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa.

In 2015, she collaborated with furniture designer Roche Bobois to create Mahjong tiles and sofas dressed with her materials that were made in Burkina Faso.