MiMi London

MiMi
Type Privately held
Industry Fashion, Clothing Retail, Luxury fashion
Founded 1997
Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

309 King's Road
Area served Worldwide
Key people Mimi Lowe & Azita Asilzadeh
Products Designer clothes, Shoes, Bags, Accessories, Jewellery, Fashion accessory
Website www.mimilondon.co.uk

MiMi is a London, United Kingdom-based luxury clothing and accessories retailer [1][2] [3] The name MiMi London was coined when the URL mimilondon.co.uk was used by the business in 2004 to host their e-mail accounts & website. Over the years suppliers as well as customers became to know the store by ‘MiMi London'.

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History

The boutique MiMi was founded by Lady Mimi Lowe & her younger sister, Azita Asilzadeh in 1997.

Mimi Lowe has over two decades of experience in the fashion industry, starting her career as a teenager in small boutique in Wimbledon Village called Gobbliwinks. She then went on be a manager at Matches before deciding to start her own business in 1997.

Azita Asilzadeh studied Fashion & Business at the London College of Fashion between 1992-1994. After graduating she also worked in Matches as a sales assistant. 2 years later she became a manager & in 1997 left to join her sister on their venture.

The boutique was opened on the King’s Road in Chelsea, London in 1997.

MiMi has carried many established designer labels & introduced new labels to the United Kingdom from abroad as well as home grown designers.

The original MiMi logo used was Times New Roman in Itallics Bold and in 2001, it was changed to what is currently used in Times New Roman Bold. The logo was then updated in 2010 to include their website address.

Chronology of Designers at MiMi

Customer Base

The majority of MiMi’s customer base are in the surrounding areas of it’s SW3 postcode. It has an excess of 2500 customers on it’s mailing list & a select of over 300 customers assigned to ‘Privilege’ accounts due to their loyalty to the shop. All MiMi customers are posted a brochure twice a year featuring samples of the stock that will be in-store for that season.

Mimilondon.co.uk

The MiMi online store was launched on 23 August 2010.

References

  1. ^ Elle UK edition magazine (Hachette Filipacchi UK Women Elle). January, 1998, p39. 
  2. ^ http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/archive/issue/default.aspx/Month,June/Year,1999
  3. ^ http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/archive/issue/default.aspx/Month,September/Year,2004

[1] [2]

  1. ^ Drapers Record (Emap Limited). 17, January, 1998 p42. 
  2. ^ Marie Claire magazine (IPC Media). December, 1997. 

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