mirlasabino

As a native from the international capital of bikini fever, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; she established a natural relationship with the evolution of the ever changing swimwear industry at its roots.

While working in the fashion industry in Miami, Florida; Mirla Sabino was asked by well acclaimed Brazilian swimwear brand Agua de Coco to deploy its skills and develop the perfect fit of their garments to the bodies of the North American women.

Fast, unprecedented sales and marketing success of Agua de Coco’s swimsuits has earned Mirla sole distributorship of the brand for the U.S., U.K., Mexico, Canada, Japan and Indonesia and has placed Agua de Coco’s brand name in almost every international fashion publication along with its impressive entry in Victoria’s Secret sales channel as of March, 2006. With all of the acclaimed and positive results, the designer feels she has fully met her goals of finding the perfect fit of Agua de Coco’s garments to the North American market and end consumers are extremely receptive of this pristine product.

As satisfaction leads to inspiration and inspiration leads to vision Mirla Sabino launched her very own swimwear line named “ANK� that was set out to implement elements she believes to be lacking in current swimwear design. ANK continues enjoying immediate attention as key new trend-setter in the swimwear business by gaining continuous exposure on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, Vogue Japan, Marie Claire, Glamour, Cosmo, among other key publications worldwide.

In 2007, another goal was accomplished when ANK’s swimwear was featured on a spread of the Victoria’s Secret catalogue and was available at Victoria’s Secret retail stores countrywide.

In March of 2007, the Brazilian-American Fashion Association nominated Mirla Sabino as an Honorary Member, in recognition of her remarkable international success. Moreover, for all her accomplishments, the media has kindly nicknamed her the "Brazilian powerhouse" in the fashion industry.

In an effort of ever expanding her horizons in the fashion industry, more specifically in women’s swimwear and intimate apparel; Mirla Sabino is introducing a new brand to the US Market. HOPE is a very recognized and well established swim and lingerie Brazilian brand name that has been well know in 18 countries worldwide for over 40 years; and now it will finally be available to the US market.