Mondor

1955: After working 21 years as a taxi driver, Roger Deslauriers established Mondor Hosiery Company in Iberville. The company began its activities by manufacturing nylon stockings.

1960: Understitched panty hose are all the rage! The "Lyse" and "Marjolaine" models that make women happy fly off the shelves. After having won the hearts of the style-conscious French-Canadian women with its stockings, the company develops new expertise that will take  it a long way: tights!

1970: Mondor scores an immense success with its dance clothes à la Olivia Newton-John in addition to its Monsport, Canada line: baseball, basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball uniforms, including the short shorts for men that were very much in style at the time.

1980: The 1980s witness the birth of the "aerobics generation" that will be greatly influenced by the famous film Flashdance. Mondor offers dance and aerobic leotards with "cap" and "epaulette" style sleeves.

1990: Mondor pursues the launch of the aerobic look and brings it up to date with enriched colours and dynamic designs.

2000: Mondor dominates the market in high-performance figure skate and dance apparel. It also introduces Influence, an up-to-date fashion collection which includes stockings and cotton tights with inspriring colours and designs. The talent of fashion designer Andy Thê-Anh, well known by the fashion community for his women's ready-to-wear POW collection, becomes a design source for Mondor dance apparel.

2010: Mondor gives itself a dynamic image that captures the vibrant energy of the athlete and the active woman. The Mondor Performance business segment now brings to the market specialized products for skating, dance, and gymnastics; in addition to Mondor Style fashion products, and its exciting, original, sexy fashion legwear.

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