Intrepid and talented photographer Andi Liliquoi Gaspar attended DesignU at Bar 35 on Friday night. Produced by Cyrina Hadad-Ralya, the event was the first in a series of DesignU projects to showcase emerging designers, hair and makeup artists and stylists in Honolulu. Each designer created just one ensemble for the runway. Here’s how Andi interpreted the
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Running for Women is starting! Join us and run with other women stepping it up in 2011! Meet at Kailua Beach Park tomorrow, Thursday, January 26, 8:00 a.m. or 6:00 p.m. to get acquainted and join the running. We’ll be in the parking area across from Buzz’s Restaurant. We are offering Competitive running and Intermediate/Advanced
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At the Sundance Film Festival this week in Park City, Utah, the stars would seem to be going for warmth, comfort and practicality over style. Makes sense, mid-winter in the mountains. Here Emily Mortimer, Zooey Deschanel and Elizabeth Banks opt for down jackets, hoods and even cutesy ear muffs to keep the cold at bay. -
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Watch this blog for upcoming feature stories on what it means to be a stylist in Honolulu. It’s awards show season, so we’re hearing all about the stylists for stars on the red carpets. How does being a stylist here differ from what those Hollywood celeb stylists do? – Paula Rath

While the closing of The Honolulu Advertiser was hard on everyone involved, it also allowed some folks to focus on family at a time when they were badly needed. That was the case for Mark Doyle. Mark was the editor of the Hickam Kukini newspaper, the Air Force weekly paper, which was published by the
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Tapestries by Hauoli Ala Moana  973-0566 Pearlridge  483-0810 Just arrived! NEW 2011 Flax Did you know that one of the founders of FLAX, Virginia vonWellsheim,  lives in Kipahulu on Maui? She started the company with her twin sister, Jeanne Engelhart, but fled the urban fashion life for a farm in Kipahulu more than a dozen years
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I have taken many  painting classes with Lauren Okano, mainly with George Woollard, and it is always exciting to see what she is doing. She is philosophical in her approach to her art and she selects subjects that carry many levels of meaning for her. In the past her aesthetic has been inspired primarily by
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It’s not easy to find Valentine’s gifts for men. They have the easy way out with roses and chocolates as a backup, but aloha shirts and socks just don’t ring romantic. I found these Refillable torches at Soha in Kahala Mall ($19). They’re handsome, practical and the message is clear, to quote The Doors: “Come
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Cutter will introduce Bliss Biss to the public from 2 to 6 p.m. February 5, in the Kai Suite, #535, of the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. To see more of her work, go to www.blissbiss.com When a beloved cultural institution such as the Honolulu Symphony departs a community, there are ripple effects felt widely. Of course
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