This is NOT a party you want to miss. As the kick off for the first ever Hawaii Fashion Month, it’s fashion history in the making.

The fashion show will be fabulous – and one never knows what to expect from artist and textile guru Akihiko Izukura.

Akihiko Izukura with models at the 2012 U.H.-Manoa APDM fashion show. Models are wearing garments created by senior students using Izukura’s hand woven silk.

Please know that tickets are $75 until noon tomorrow (Tuesday) and then they go up to $100.

– Paula Rath