mimi g.

About

Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Chicago, Mimi grew up
watching her aunt, a seasoned seamstress, create beautiful dresses for her clients. So naturally, after spending several years hand sewing doll clothes and sneaking away fabric scraps, Mimi developed a passion for creating.

At twelve years of age she was sewing for her mother,
and although the hems may have been uneven and far from couture, her mother wore them with pride. “The day my mom wore that red dress I made her, with the uneven neckline and hideous polyester fabric, is the day I knew I wanted to be a fashion designer. It encouraged me, even at such a young age”

In her early 20s, and a self taught seamstress and pattern maker, Mimi began taking on private clients and working to take care of her family, but she knew what she really wanted was to start her own fashion label. After years of dreaming and hard work she started on her path to creating her own label. “I have worked so hard for so long, that I feel truly blessed to have this opportunity. I am a thirty something year old mother of 6, so finding time to be a mom, a wife, and a designer is a lot of work, but its what I was meant to do.”

Mimi explains that, women have so much going on in their lives, that they need to look their best but be comfortable and as a working mim she still enjoys feeling young and sexy and that is what mimi g. is all about, remembering that looking great makes you feel great.