Maki Aminaka (Löfvander) graduated from University College of Boras in Sweden studying fashion womenswear. Her skills and ambition brought her to London where she has worked for designers such as: Robert Cary-Williams, Clare Tough and Sophia Malig. Renowned and eccentric London designer Robert Cary-Williams instantly recognized her talent and made her his studio manager- a position she held for two and a half years.
Maki Aminaka Löfvander met Marcus Wilmont while working at Robert Carey William’s studio and there, they shared their dreams and ambition together to become Aminaka Wilmont in 2006.
They create powerful, aristocratic and sensual shapes that are explorative in both cut and design. Hand printing and inventive fabric manipulation are masterly used to emphasize the soft drapes and hard tailoring in their clothes. Working mostly with traditional fabrics they apply their skill to fine wool, elegant cotton and silks which are embellished with leather detailing to create a look of exclusivity and unique elegance.