Morena designs luxury swimwear in small runs, cut from Italian and Portuguese fabrics. Each piece is made to be worn, not just photographed.
Our core collection is available to order directly. Most pieces ship within three business days from our Miami studio. We pack each order in a reusable cotton dust bag with a care card.
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Every bolt of fabric we use is sourced from mills in Italy and Portugal. The chlorine resistance, the weight, the recovery after a full day in the water. These things matter and they show.
Morena makes swimwear for women who think carefully about what they put on their bodies. Each piece is cut from Italian and Portuguese fabrics, constructed in small runs, and designed to hold its shape across a full season of real use. We are not interested in trend cycles. We are interested in pieces that still feel right three summers from now.
Read moreThe phrase 'Italian fabric' appears on a lot of swimwear labels. It is used loosely, sometimes to mean a fabric that passed through an Italian distributor, sometimes to mean a fabric woven at a mill in Lombardy or Veneto. These are not the same thing, and the difference shows up in how the garment fits, how it holds color, and how long it lasts before the elastic begins to go.
Read more →Made-to-measure is a phrase that gets used in fashion to mean several different things, ranging from a standard pattern with minor adjustments to a fully custom construction. Before committing to a made-to-measure swimwear order, it is worth understanding what the process actually involves and what it can and cannot fix.
Read more →Luxury swimwear fabric is more durable than fast-fashion alternatives, but it is not indestructible. The habits that extend the life of a well-made suit are simple and take less than five minutes. The habits that destroy even good fabric are equally simple and equally common.
Read more →Today the collection runs to around twenty styles at any given time, with new pieces introduced two or three times a year rather than on a seasonal calendar. Fabrics come from two mills in Italy and one in Portugal, all of whom Valeria has visited in person. The made-to-measure service has a four-to-six week lead time and accounts for roughly a third of annual orders. The studio is still in Wynwood. The two original sewing machines are still in use.
Almost nothing sold as luxury swimwear is actually made with luxury fabric.Valeria Moren spent eight years sourcing textiles for a European fashion house before leaving to build something smaller and more considered. She trained in pattern construction in Milan and spent two seasons working with a swimwear atelier in Barcelona before returning to the United States in 2019 to found Morena. She designs every piece herself, working from a studio in Miami's Wynwood district. Outside the studio, she swims open water most mornings and keeps a notebook of fabric swatches pinned to the wall above her desk.
We provide a detailed size guide with body measurements rather than generic S/M/L labels upon inquiry. If you are between sizes, we recommend sizing up for one-pieces and sizing to your top measurement for bikini tops. If you are still unsure, the private styling consultation is the most reliable way to get it right before you order.
We accept returns within 14 days of delivery for unworn pieces with the hygiene liner intact. Exchanges for a different size are processed within five business days of receiving the return. We do not offer refunds on made-to-measure pieces, since those are constructed specifically for your measurements.
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