Our Story

So, heyyy, im Tiki, founder, beautician, relaxed queen but most importantly mum. 
Im writing this about me, so you the reader can understand who I am and why I created SUNS Apparel.

There’s a story for every idea, so here’s mine.

I spent most of my life being creative and doing things I enjoy and trying to master all crafts, that did not happen but I tried. What do they say.. “jack of all trades, master of none”
I feel like that kind of sums me up, can do most but not the best. I never knew what I wanted to be when I got older, my mind changed constantly and well when I was old enough to get a job that also changed constantly. I always wanted to try new things and find something I was passionate about.

The universe had other plans (and boy am I thankful it did), I got pregnant straight out of Year 12 with my first love Chase, just a little 18 year old preparing to conquer the world but instead I had to prepare to conquer motherhood. As im sure many of you are aware, you can not prepare for what motherhood brings you. It’s so many different emotions from the moment you fall pregnant and still to this day, SO MANY EMOTIONS.

As the years went on, I completed courses, changed jobs every year and just didn’t know what I was going to do, until I met my partner Ben. He showed me that I could literally pick anything and do it and he’d support me in every way. So I picked, I decided id become a Brow Therapist, it was something that would have me doom scrolling for hours (it’s really therapeutic watching people have their brows and lashes done). Around 6 months into me starts Kimara Beauty AU I fell pregnant, which wasn’t a surprise we had been trying to fall pregnant for a year, but it did come at a tricky time for me career wise, but I was determined to make it work.

Fast forward to around 16 weeks and having a check up, we found out my pregnancy was high risk, which meant more rest and taking a back seat in the beauty world, which I wasn’t mad about, pregnancy was kick my tooshy. Check ups weekly, days spent at the hospital turned into me not being able to go home one day at 32 weeks and 4 days. My pregnancy was coming to an end, which I was mentally prepared for to a degree. At 33 weeks exactly I had an emergency c - section and welcomed our littlest love, Brooks.

Brooks stayed in the NICU for 4 weeks, we reached milestones that brought us closer to bringing our boy home, every day was a new goal reached. Having Brooks early brought to light how much there was a dip in Prem Clothes though, when he was born he was a teenie tiny 1.4kgs and while he wasn’t big enough (or allowed) to wear clothes yet, there was going to be the day he could wear them and I was struggling to find clothes, let alone cute clothes I loved. That’s where my spark started.

When he was roughly 4 months old and still wearing five 0’s I decided it was time to look at what I needed to do to make a change in this market. Ive researched and looked, spent hours thinking about what would be best for this gap while also thinking about what I can achieve with what I have.

1 year later and here we are. It’s taken, time, effort, late nights, dedication and determination to be where I am, to be able to launch something I am so proud of.

Ive started small and convenient, something that would still make a difference but was do able. A few pieces that I loved for Brooks & Chase throughout the year that are gender neutral and scream comfort and look cute too, but they are also practical, easy pieces.

Determined for people to have options for teeny tiny babes and also the option for all their babes to match, throwing out the sizing limits and making sure there’s sizes for all your kids.

Growing this business to be even more size inclusive and having more options for you to be able to dress your babes in.

I really hope you love and enjoy SUNS as much as I do. 

Thanks for reading “My Why”
It’s important to me that you know who I am and why I choose to do this journey.

Tiki xx