Albert Nipon (September 11, 1927 – November 20, 2022) was an American fashion designer and ladies’ clothing manufacturer. Nipon was born and raised in West Philadelphia, a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1927. Nipon graduated from West Philadelphia High School.
Who was Pearl Nipon?
In 1952, Albert Nipon met Pearl at an Atlantic City, N.J., hotel party. “He saw her and picked her up and threw her in the swimming pool, fully dressed,” said their son Larry Nipon. They married in 1953. Together they raised a large family and built a major fashion company based in Philadelphia. Pearl Nipon died in 2018 at age 90.
Pearl Nipon had been designing maternity clothing under the name Ma Mere, and Albert Nipon left his accounting job at DuPont in 1955 to manage the business. That business grew into a successful enterprise before it began to struggle. Pearl Nipon left the business to raise her children, but her husband convinced her to make a comeback.