This is a really good sample sale with rock bottom prices on everything from books to candles, clothes to cosmetics. There are even a few spa skin care lines at wholesale prices! Perfect for the skin care junkie on your list. And look for my sister, Roberta Cullen, at her booth: Fashioned by Roberta. Prices
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Just because we’re traveling doesn’t mean we can leave our Wear Aloha initiative behind. There are so many ways to Wear Aloha while on vacation or a business trip. Perhaps the easiest is to take along your favorite Made in Hawaii jewelry. The photo above shows the jewelry I am taking on my vacation today
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  I love it when I see something really new and original by a local designer. Sadly, with the abundance of bead classes (and the resultant sameness of  styles), there is seldom a spark of originality. Now, however, I have something new to report in the Honolulu beading world: Roberta Cullen of Fashioned by Roberta
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Hawaiian May! turned out to be more of a family and food fun fest than a shopping venue but it seemed a good time was had by all. The highlight for the Japanese visitors were clearly the supermodels who (believe it or not) enjoyed a malassada and shave ice. They walked around the Jefferson School
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Hifi, the Hawaii Fashion Incubator, continues to have a magnetic attraction for chic, savvy, sophisticated people wanting to promote made in Hawaii things. Designers, teachers, visual merchandisers, PR folks and akamai retailers abound at the Hifi Coop in Ward Warehouse. Enter the scene: Yuriko Galura. Hifi’s sales guru. Yuriko has excellent connections with Japan’s fashion
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