Designer Bliss Lau, a Punahou grad who went on to Parsons and has been living in New York City ever since, is a designer in the truest sense. She’s outrageously creative.  Everything she does is original and artistic, never predictable or ho-hum. A true innovator, many of her design ideas are far outside the realm of anything that’s
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If you have never been to a Nordstrom beauty trend show, wow! It would seem you are one of the few women on the island who hasn’t. The crowds lined up hours before the 8 a.m. start time this morning to get a seat for a show that brings in dozens of national makeup artists, celebrity
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When Honoluluan Kate Growney, creator of Saffron James Perfumes, told me several years ago that she was working on a fragrance based on pakalana. my first thought was: “OMG! How on earth is she going to do that?” Pakalana is my favorite Island flower but I can’t imagine trying to capture its essence. It changes so much
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Most of us had not heard the term “fascinators” until the Royal Wedding. Now it’s part of  our fashion vocabulary. At Catherine’s Closet Vintage Boutique, fascinators have always been part of the merch mix. Whether vintage ’40s and ’50s finds or contemporary pieces by local designers, fascinators play an important role at Catherine’s hat bar.
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  It’s always exciting when a local designer’s clothing gets into a national upscale department store chain.  Kauai native Libby DeSantis reports that her popular line, Indah, is now at Nordstrom. For summer 2011 expect to find cover-ups, rompers, mini and maxi dresses, separates and swimwear. On Bali, where she manufactures the line, she has
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  Although she has started her exciting and challenging  new job as Public Relations and Communications Director for Goodwill Industries Hawaii,  Amanda Stevens still manages to keep up with scouting sales and bargains around Honolulu. Here’s her latest: The Clothes Chick is having a huge markdown on designer handbags. They are flying in and out fast, so
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  I first met Sheronita through Melissa White, when Melissa was styling a page for U magazine, the sadly departed lifestyle magazine I did for The Honolulu Advertiser. She is a lovely model and a generous spirit. In his portfolio shoot for Sheronita I think fashion photographer Kaveh Kardan really captured her spirit. If you know
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Last February I blogged about Honolulu’s own Bliss Lau and her amazing Fall/Winter 2011 collection called “Embraced.” Not only is her body jewelry fabulous (just how fabulous? We learned today that Italian Vogue is borrowing it for a fashion shoot), but she presented it in a truly original, exciting, artistic way, with Joffrey Ballet dancers draped
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When it comes to interior design, there’s a natural resource the majority of Hawaii people ignore: the exterior. What a waste! We have ideal weather for outdoor living all year long and we all have at least a little outdoor space we can use, whether it’s a lanai, a deck, a rooftop or an entryway. So why not use
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