Meet Joe: Creative director of Joe Fresh, which grows this spring to include Ottawa and Victoria locations plus some 700 Joe Fresh shops in JC Penny across the United States.

Meet Kim: President and head designer of Pink Tartan, the country's go-to label for ladylike chic.

Together: 14 years; married for 12.

Time out:
K: "We are booked four to six months ahead - if we want to do a dinner, it's on the calendar."
J: "The most important thing is making sure that our daughter [Jacqueline, 11] gets all of our love and attention."

Family romance:
J: "When we're in New York for work, it's just the two of us. We probably share more date nights than most couples."
K: "We love food, a great atmosphere, a beautiful bottle of wine. We're going to Paris soon, and we're working on reservations for somewhere fabulous."
J: "We love fashion, we love to dress up, we love to have fun. We have quite a charmed life."

Main muse:
J: "When Kim comes out of the closet in the morning, it's always a ‘ta-da!' That's a real charge. Like, ‘Oh, you did a whole tan-and-white story.' It's like having a built-in muse."
K: "When I've finished a collection, I always walk Joe through it. With a lot of design, there's a merchandising aspect to how it all comes together. He's been a great mentor for me."

Nicknames:
K: "We mostly call each other ‘honey,' right? [Laughs] Sometimes I call him ‘Joe Fresh' or ‘Mr. Fresh.'"
J :[Laughs] "I call her ‘Kimmy.' No ‘loverpuss' or anything like that.

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