was started in 2002 when Spencer Antle, now Island Company’s founder and Creative Director, was to embark on a Caribbean trip with his then-girlfriend. Unable to find a bikini for her that either liked, Spencer decided it would be an interesting hobby to try and make a few bikinis and see if they could sell them. At the time neither had any fashion experience and Spencer was currently a television commercial director spending full-time directing commercials and writing screenplays. But it was after making the company’s first 13 bikinis, getting in their car and successfully selling the collection to stores across the US and Caribbean did he realize Island Company required more than just being a part time hobby.

Over the years Island Company has progressed beyond just a women’s collection of classic swimwear, but has become a focused brand of tropical travel apparel worn the world over.

Island Company is sold in hundreds of the top resorts and boutiques in the tropics and has a full collection of men’s and women’s linen and cotton clothing, their classic women’s swimwear, men’s swim trunks and boardshorts, sandals, bags, accessories, and an original line of suncare. Island Company has launched its own retail division, opening freestanding stores in Nantucket, Grand Cayman, Martha’s Vineyard, Palm Beach and Naples.

Island Company continues to expand its worldwide brand with a media division; IslandTV, more retail stores globally, and broadening its resort collection of apparel for every need a tropical traveler could require.