Lyla Prather was not looking for another career. The busy M.D., with a practice in Kalihi specializing in Internal Medicine, is also the mother of three children, the wife of a man who is just starting a new career after retiring from the military, and owner of two cats and a dog.  Did she really
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The first time I saw Akihiko Izukura’s silk tunnels  - part of his installation at U.H. Manoa last January – I thought what a fabulous location  they would make for a fashion photo shoot.  I saw a group of students shooting a video inside the tunnels and hoped to see more creative efforts emanate from
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Summer is coming fast and it’s a good time to take a long, hard look at the state of our bras. An ill fitting bra can ruin even the best tank top or crisp white blouse or floral frock. Not your favorite subject? Perhaps that’s because it’s an area we often fail at. It’s widely
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Fashion photographer Kaveh Kardan is currently living in Wellington, New Zealand and working on the new Hobbit movie with director Peter Jackson. While he misses Honolulu and the entire Hawaii fashion clan and scene, and desperately misses his wife Evelia, Kaveh has discovered a few advantages to shooting fashion in New Zealand. For example, some
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  Kyoto textile artist Akihiko Izukura is happily ensconced in our home, which he has turned into his Hawaii atelier. He is creating natural dyes from stuff he collects in our yard and at Lyon Arboretum. He is fascinated with the colors he achieves with our local materials – and how different they are from
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Mahalo to Ron Irwin of Indige, a favorite Kaimuki boutique, for sending me this Lei Day video. Thought you would enjoy it too. Please see the link below. I’ve been thinking a lot about lei recently and how meaningful they are in our lives in Hawaii. The thoughts came after I learned of the passing
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Here’s a translation of the Hawaii fashion story that ran in Germany’s Fur Sie magazine. Fur Sie means “For You.” (See my previous blog at http://www.paularath.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=8164&action=edit.) A huge mahalo for the translation  to Suzanna Kuhlemann of 1979 swimwear, who is currently living in Berlin. She plans to return to Honolulu in June and paularath.com will
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    Sadly, stiletto can be a much maligned and misused word.  A stiletto is not just any high heeled shoe. It refers to a shoe with a heel of a certain shape, It doesn’t have to be a very high heel; it can be two inches or three inches or a towering six inches.
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