Our Story
This is the road that started it all.
I was driving down a remote dirt road in Costa Rica and passed a small sign for surf bikinis. I threw the car in reverse, bounced down the even more desolate dirt road you see above and found a husband and wife team making bikinis in their house. I asked to design my own custom bikini and they made it for me overnight. When I picked it up the next morning I knew my passion project was officially born.
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I wanted to build a brand. I wanted to build a brand around products and stories I cared about. Most importantly, I wanted to do it all with people I cared about. And this is how Gilded Coconut came to be.
Thank you for coming along on the journey.
*That is a picture of me carrying our very first collection to the beach for a photoshoot.