Richie Miao and Kara Matsunaga have opened I AM. at 1221 Kapiolani Blvd. in the space formerly occupied by Blue Buddha. There are lots of fun surprises there, from the merchandise to the visual merchandising to the prices. It’s a bit reminiscent of the time Richie and former partner Kihan opened CHOP Salon in Restaurant Row and both media
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In case you missed it, Bliss Lau was featured in the New York Times last week. Her body jewelry is helping set a trend among entertainers and It Girls alike. Of course, we know Bliss has been a trend setter since her days at Punahou and Parsons – now the world is finding out. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/fashion/the-harness-as-a-fashion-statement.html?_r=2&emc=eta1
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We are back home in Hawaii now (although a bit jet lagged) and have been thinking about some of our favorite things in the city. If you’ve been reading my blogs from there (thank you, thank you!) you know that we had a wonderful experience wandering the streets and learned a bit about some neighborhoods.
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Left Bliss Lau, jewelry designer and right, Lynne O’Neill, fashion show wizard Ever since I met Lynne Hanzawa O’Neill, whose roots are in Honolulu but whose heart is in New York, I have wanted her to meet Bliss Lau, a Honolulu girl who has been living and designing in NYC since she graduated from Parsons
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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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