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1966 Malia Margaret Mills born Honolulu, Hawaii.
1976 Receives first official bikini for Christmas - lemon yellow spandex with yellow plastic rings.
1980 Moves to Hanover, New Hampshire. Shocks the Speedo clad lake crowd with a hot pink surfer girl string bikini cut up to there.
1986 Fails first pattern making assignment at Cornell University.
1988 Studies fashion design at La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Meets Maryvonne Herzog, custom swimsuit designer in Paris.
1990 Graduates from Cornell. Drives to California. Works as an assistant designer at Jessica McClintock, Inc.
1991 Moves back to New York City. Launches Malia Mills Swim Wear - a collection of swimwear separates made to make more sense. Her dream? To improve the swimwear experience -- from the way you shop for a swimsuit to the way it fits and the way it all makes you feel.
1993 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue features Kathy Ireland wearing a Malia Mills long sleeved bikini.
1994 Takes on a partner, and an investor. Hires an accountant and a lawyer. Quits her waitressing job.
1995 The home office moves out of the home! Wholesale accounts grow to 100 and Malia Mills is now available "worldwide". Shop for Malia Mills at: Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Sak's Fifth Avenue, Victoria's Secret, Barneys New York, Barneys Japan, Brown's of London, Harvey Nichols, The Aman Resorts...
1996 News flash! Cheetah spotted on every newsstand. Malia Mills bikini graces the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
1997 www.maliamills.com. Shop online! Malia Mills proudly welcomes Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
1998 Malia Mills opens flagship boutique! 199 Mulberry Street in New York City - put together a swimwear wardrobe and grab other get-away gear.
1999 Go West! Malia Mills opens store number two in Los Angeles.
2000 New Millenium - another new store! Malia Mills Miami opens on Collins Avenue.
2001 Malia Mills introduces the original Just MarriedTM Bridal Bikini. It's a run-away hit! "Mrs. Jones" soon follows as Malia Mills One-of-a-kind BrideTM Bikini also makes a splash.
2002 The bubble bursts. Close LA store. Close Miami Store. Move to new office - less space more sun. Madonna shops for the D-Mure and the Pucker showgirl. It's a bright new day at Malia Mills.
2003 Uptown gals get their very own Malia Mills. Malia Mills opens second store in New York City at 960 Madison at 75th Street!
2004 Our upper east side shop moves from Madison to Lexington and to the ground floor! Visit us at 1031 Lexington between 73th and 74th.
2005 Malia Mills wins First Place award for Business Success, Entrepreneurial Success and Contribution to Success for Women within NYC from NYC Commission on Women's Issues. Award ceremony chez Gracie Mansion.
Malia Mills goes to the upper west side! Malia Mills Columbus opens at 220 Columbus on the corner of west 70th Street.
2006 Malia Mills goes to Connecticut! Malia Mills Greenwich opens at 16 Greenwich Avenue. Shop the top!
2007 Malia Mills boldly leaves the comfort of the tri-state area. Malia Mills Chicago opens in mid September at 2050 N. Halsted. We are dangerously close to Barneys Coop!
2008 Malia Mills inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA)
2008 Economy crumbles. Malia Mills closes Greenwich and Chicago stores
2009 Nicest landlord in America, Jim Rosenfield, holds our hand in the iffy economy as we open in his Brentwood Country Mart in Santa Monica.
2010 Malia Mills weathers the economic storm thanks to all our loyal customers. We bring the love to three new locations. Open Larkspur, Newport Beach and Montecito CA! Hooray!
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