With her father serving as an administrator and governor in Micronesia, Miriam began her life immersed in the graciousness and sensory beauty of these Pacific Islands. She went to boarding school in Hawaii, then studied art and design at colleges in Texas and California. Her foray as an assistant to a clothing buyer ignited her interest in fashion design, only to be distracted and swept away by designer Robson Splane. For the next several years she managed their design firm, Splane Design Associates, Inc. in Southern California. Most recently, Miriam and Robson moved their studios to a countryside setting in San Diego's North County. It is here - in the process of reinventing their design practice - that the Miriam J clothing design company was born.

Miriam rekindled her friendship and began collaboration with established fashion designer, Barbara Blatz-Stone. She soon realized that their design values and creative aspirations complemented the Miriam J vision. As Miriam says, "We design clothes that we love. We design for the woman who knows who she is; she defines herself by her choices and not by labels. She is a woman who embraces casual elegance, feminine softness and fashion individuality."

Both designers felt there was something missing for today's woman - "clothes for the smart, savvy adventurous woman who can be sexy at a moment's notice... the woman who knows who she is and loves it."
Miriam and Barbara incorporate a spectrum of colors and prints in natural based fibers of silk, linen and cotton. They utilize recognized vendors to deliver the highest quality of workmanship possible for each garment. Production takes place in the Los Angeles garment district, and the Miriam J office on West 9th Street is central to the activities involved in producing a dynamic clothing line.

Miriam feels that "Design influences our emotional as well as our physical world. It coaxes us to interact with our environment, and it persuades us to engage in daily living as we aspire for balance and harmony." It is with those spiritual and creative instincts that Miriam and Barbara are currently collaborating with other artists from the worlds of music, art and fashion.