Joseph Abboud (born May 5, 1950) is an American menswear fashion designer and author.
Abboud was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] The Abboud family was a working-class Catholic Lebanese family that started out in the South End of Boston and later moved to the Roslindale section of Boston. Abboud’s mother, Lila, was a seamstress. On a trip to Australia, Abboud discovered that his great-grandfather had owned Australia’s largest men’s tailored-clothing company.
Abboud graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Boston in 1972, then studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.[2] He turned down a teaching position at the Brookline High School.
Abboud has two daughters, Lila and Ari, and resides in Bedford, New York with his family. Abboud frequently appeared on Don Imus’s radio show and is a regular caller to the New York City radio station, WFAN, to discuss his beloved Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees’ rival. In 2002, Abboud was the first fashion designer to throw out the opening pitch at Boston’s Fenway Park for a Red Sox game.