Malia Margaret Mills born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Receives first official bikini for Christmas: lemon yellow spandex with yellow plastic rings.

Moves to Hanover, New Hampshire. Shocks the Speedo clad lake crowd with a hot pink surfer girl string bikini cut up to there.

Fails first pattern making assignment at Cornell University.

Studies fashion design at La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Meets Maryvonne Herzog, designer of custom-made swimwear in Paris.

Graduates from Cornell. Drives to California. Works as an assistant designer at Jessica McClintock, Inc.

Hand dyes stretch woven satin on her stove - pale pinks and blues, dark browns and greys. Cuts and sews lingerie-inspired swimwear with signature seaming for Big Drop in Soho, the first store to carry the collection.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue features Kathy Ireland wearing a Malia Mills long sleeved bikini.

Takes on a partner and an investor. Hires an accountant and a lawyer. Quits her waitressing job.

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...

News flash! Cheetah spotted on every newsstand. Malia Mills bikini graces the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

www.maliamills.com. Shop online! Malia Mills proudly welcomes American Express, Visa and Mastercard.

Go west! Malia Mills opens store number two in Los Angeles.

New millennium, new collab. Hello Malia Mills + Theory lingerie and swim. And another new store: Malia Mills Miami opens on Collins Avenue.

Malia Mills introduces the original Just Married™ bridal bikini. It's a runaway hit! "Mrs. Jones" soon follows as Malia Mills debuts the One-Of-A-Kind-Bride™ Bikini.

The bubble bursts. Close LA store. Close Miami store. Move to new office - less space more sun. Madonna shops for our D-Mure top and Pucker Showgirl bottom. It's a bright new day at Malia Mills.

Uptown gals get their very own Malia Mills. Malia Mills opens second store in New York City at 960 Madison at 75th Street.

Our Upper East Side shop moves from Madison to Lexington and to the ground floor! 

Malia Mills opens in Greenwich, CT at 16 Greenwich Ave - "Shop the Top"!

Malia Mills 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 Co-Op.

Malia Mills meets an iffy economy with optimism - MM Santa Monica opens at the Brentwood Country Mart.

Thanks to all our loyal customers, we bring the love to three new locations: Larkspur, Newport Beach, and Montecito, CA. Hell yes!

New year, new borough. Malia Mills opens its first Brooklyn store in Boerum Hill. 

Hello to our collection of Malia Mills ready-to-wear. Hello to Malia Mills Los Altos, CA. And hello to our Malia Mills + Kate Spade collaboration!

Our first ever digital sample sale.

We launch Carpe Revolution, a series of educational seminars for young women and girls hosted in our stores and studio. 

We partner with our production director Libby to launch Course of Trade: a registered 501(c)3 program that economically empowers New Yorkers in need by providing them with industrial sewing training and placing them into garment manufacturing jobs with our partner factories.

MM lingerie in the house!