[1] 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.

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

Plange was the Designer of the Year at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa.

[2] In a 2011 article in The New York Times, Plange was quoted as stating: "I want to prove to people that African fashion can't be pigeonholed....

"[3][5] 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.