Hoping to fulfill a personal need, Kage Gozun and Noelle Hilario started Brown Belly clothing back in 2004. Gozun shares, “Noelle and I met through capoeira classes and surfing and started hanging out. There and surfing and started hanging out. There talking about how hard it was for both of us to find affordable beach clothing in Manila. That kind of became the springboard for Brown Belly.”