A Hawai'i heart, Italian soul, and california upbringing- Mel has lived many lives around the world. She began sewing at the age 12, and was fully immersed into the fashion world by the age of 18. While attending FIDM she work in all aspects of the fashion industry from Runway with Warner Bros., to PR Agencies, and Visual Styling with large retailers like Anthropologie. None of it seemed to stick, and by 21 she left it all to travel the world and live in Italy. After meeting her Maui partner abroad, she settled on the island in 2016 where the real journey began. "For months I was cruisin' with my girl gang learning to surf, cliff jumping, and spending 12 hours in my bikini.I found a need to have swimwear that was so many things that I couldn't find. Practical, comfortable and cute without giving me muffin top, true to size for my latina hips, and decently affordable." 

She set out to solve the discomforts in bikinis she had as curvy size 6 woman. What you see today is compilation of everything I always wanted in swimwear from the styles all the way down to the models and shopping experience. I still today work mostly as a one woman show but I am working on growing this self-made start up. Currently every package is still wrapped with love by me, and every design was inspired by somewhere special in the Hawaiian Islands.