Two sisters, Mia and Sofia Boyan Lima, grew up on Isla Mujeres, a Mexican island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Cancún. Living the island life, the two wore swimsuits daily.
At the time, the two teenagers struggled to find sustainable, affordable, high-quality swimsuits that would last. Around the island, there are a lot of little shops, but the swimsuits they found were of low quality, breaking apart after wearing them only a few times.
“We decided to start this swimwear brand that would allow tourists and islanders like ourselves to own swimsuits that checked all those boxes: high quality, sustainable and affordable,” says Mia Boyan Lima.
Mia Boyan Lima, 19, is a rising third-year student at Northeastern studying business and psychology with a…
