Millma is a luxury knitwear and textile manufacturer and design brand. Founded in 1985 in La Paz, Bolivia, Millma’s identity is deeply connected to the Andes, with a singular dedication to excellence in design, color, attention to detail, and finishing. With its strong technical foundation, and drawing on its rich human resources and history, the company still makes clothing the old school way, stitch by stitch, seam by seam. Through the use of the finest natural fibres indigenous to the Andean region and the craftsmanship of local artisan tradition, we have been able to create sophisticated handcrafted garments, unique in a world of mass-production.

Millma co-founders Arthur Tracht and Laurie Adelson met in La Paz in 1976 while independently researching indigenous Bolivian textiles. At the time, Ms. Adelson was collecting costumes and writing a catalogue for an exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, California. The show opened in October 1978 in conjunction with the publication, Textile Traditions of Highland Bolivia. Mr. Tracht has a B.A from Temple University in Latin American History.

In 1983, they co-authored the book Aymara Weavings: Ceremonial Textiles of Colonial and 19th Century Bolivia in conjunction with an inaugural show at the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. Through this love and appreciation of textiles and, and a strong knowledge of artisan craftsmanship, Laurie and Arthur founded Millma.