I love the way T-shirt bras make my clothes look, but I have never loved the look of my T-shirt bras. Booooorrrrring! Until now. Enter Janine Robin, a French swim and lingerie house known for great fit and construction. The company has just introduced a new technique for lingerie. It looks like lace but is
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There are a lot of creative people in Honolulu who work at a job (or two or three), wishing they could be spending at least some of their time developing their passion for fashion. Well, now there’s an opportunity to do just that. Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, in cooperation with Hifi (Hawaii Fashion Incubator) and
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Kristel Bandisch of Makawao, Maui, designer of RockaBella Jewels, is glowing today, as her jewelry is prominently featured in the prestigious Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She reports that the magazine’s stylists selected her Stacked Rings for a number of pages, as well as three of her necklaces. Success seldom comes overnight and persistence can pay
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Honolulu is not an easy place to launch a fashion design business. That has been proven time and time again as emerging designers struggle to make it here, only to close up their studio or head for more forgiving economies. That’s why designers such as Katrina Langford sometimes need a helping hand to get off
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Renowned Japanese textile artist Akihiko Izukura recently challenged the fashion students at U.H.-Manoa to create a garment with some of his hand woven fabric. Each student was given one piece, tubular in shape, 109 inches by 51 inches in dimension. It was unbleached raw silk. Izukura-san provided natural dyes, all of which were extracted from
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Riches Kahala is holding a trunk show for Beachcomber Design this Saturday, February 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Just in time for Valentine’s Day gifting, Beachcomber is offering a heart pendant (see above) as a gift with purchase over $75. CHAI Studio Honolulu owner Amerjit Ghag has just returned from another buying trip
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This lovely hand crafted koa heart pendant, created by local craftsman Van Tanabe, is called the Heart for Hope pendant. It’s available only today through Valentine’s Day, exclusively at Martin & MacArthur. The pendant was commissioned by Martin & MacArthur CEO Michael Tam to support the work of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). All
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You may not know this, but I have been freelancing for NMDaily, the Neiman Marcus online magazine, since it started a year or so ago. I write about happenings at NM Ala Moana, as well as some travel pieces. I really enjoy writing for their highly professional editor, Jean Schneidnes. And of course there are
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When I first wrote about Devra Wathen of Kahala, creator of Etsis hats , the fledgling company was just getting started. What a whirlwind the past few months have been for Etsis! Devra and her able executive assistant, Jennifer Lindsey, have been traveling and showing the innovative hats and fashion panels at trade shows  in
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Huge news for Honolulu denim designer  Allison Izu Song: Her popular flare jeans are featured on page 69 of February’s Oprah magazine! Her flare jeans, one style in an innovative line of denim designed just for petite women, are part of the magazine’s cover story, “Jeans that Make You Look 10 lbs Thinner and other
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