A Note from Our Founder
I’ve always believed that some of the most important things begin before you feel completely ready.
MILI was one of those things for me.
This is my first time building something like this. There was no perfect roadmap — just a lot of learning, trusting the people around me, and taking a leap of faith that this little idea could become something real.
For a long time, MILI existed quietly.
In conversations. In notes. In references saved on my phone. In samples we changed once, twice, three times — and then one more time just to be sure.
Now, for the first time, I get to share what all of those moments became First Form.
Our first collection, and the first physical expression of an idea we’re still growing into.
What makes this chapter so special to me is that you’re not meeting MILI after everything has already been figured out.
You’re here while we’re building it.
I know many of you have been here for different chapters of my life already, and getting to begin this one with you means more to me than I can properly put into words.
But I also hope MILI becomes bigger than me.
It’s the people who believed in this idea enough to help bring it to life, the community forming around it, and everyone who chooses to make it their own.
This is my first time doing this.
Our first collection.
Our first form.
And if you’re reading this now, you were here at the beginning.
Thank you for taking this leap with me.
- Mikha
