Ala Moana Center is looking for fashion designers or DIY creative types to make 15 unique looks to be shown on Center Stage on 9/11. Not only is this an opportunity to be creative and have your garment seen by a crowd of shoppers, you will also be helping Japan. Here’s the deal: The 9/11 show,
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I found this adorable Stila palette in Macy’s Pearlridge. Their summer palettes are all beachy in theme and include Haute in the Hamptons, Striking in South Beach, Living the Life in Laguna and Wonderful in Waikiki. The makeup colors have an Island vibe and Island-oriented names such as “wahine,” “sarong” and “North Shore.” With four eye
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For nearly 20 years I have used the Made in Hawaii Festival my jumping off point for Christmas shopping for my annual gift wrap up. Now that I am a blogger and not just a newspaper feature writer, I have complete freedom to write about Made in Hawaii treasures any time. And, during the holiday
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Last night’s Downtown Fashion Wine Walk looks like it will be referred to as the “First Annual Fashion Wine Walk.” In short, a good time was had by all and a couple of the organizers said they are already planning the next one.  A benefit for Goodwill Industries, the event attracted fashion folks, sly thrift
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  Neiman Marcus Ala Moana introduced its 2011 Fall Trends in a Preview Party Wednesday evening. Interpreted for the Island woman by stylist Kim Smith and PR manager Lucy Chelini, most of the looks could walk right off the runway into our Island style lives. Here are some general fall fashion tips gleaned from the presentation
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Here are a couple more things to do whle you’re doing the Fashion Wine Walk  this evening in Chinatown. There’s a fall preview of jewelry by local designer Justine Jones from 6 – 9 p.m. at Owens and Co. on the corner of Pauahi and Nuuanu, adjacent to the Pauahi Street Festival. Her edgy designs incorporate antique
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  Kiana Anvaripour of ResultWear explains the Marilyn slip to the audience at Neiman Marcus. This has been a very good year for Kiana Anvaripour, designer of ResultWear by d-Mondaine.   In March, her fiance proposed to her. The next day she presented her line of shape wear to Neiman Marcus and they bought it immediately for
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Honolulu is the first stop for Tiffany‘s fall leather collection launch and Oahu Group Director John Geppert pulled out all the stops for the local launch, bringing Tiffany’s leather design directors, John Truex and Richard Lambertson, to the Waikiki and Ala Moana stores. Lambertson and  Truex are known and respected for their handbag design aesthetic for many years. As the
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The Downtown Fashion Wine Walk is just two nights away and you can buy your tickets NOW. We bought ours directly from Sandy Pohl, one of the organizers, at the Louis Pohl Gallery on Bethel Street, next to Bambu 2. The $25 ticket gets you wine tastings and pupu, as well as prize drawings.  The
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When the Still & Moving Center first opened, I thought it was going to be a  fitness-oriented, NIA/yoga/Zumba sort of studio. Over the months it has become far more than that. It’s clearly run by people who think outside the box and open their minds to many possibilities for enriching lives. The latest offerings are perfect
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