When Hollywood celebrity stylist  Kyle Kagamida left Hawaii to complete his education at FIDM and pursue a styling career in L.A., he told me his dream job was to work for Rachel Zoe. He fulfilled that goal recently, but found that Rachel Zoe had moved on from stylisng to running her fashion business, so he in
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Being an honoree of the YWCA’s LeaderLuncheon 2013 was, without doubt, one of the highlights of my life. I was honored along with three outstanding women: Dee Jay Mailer, Lorenn Walker and Dr. Sylvia Yuen. It began many months ago, with a huge surprise, when Jerry actually disabled my car in order to make sure
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  Kyle Kagamida, the celebrity stylist who hails from Honolulu and was a member of my Fashion Forum, has already skyrocketed to the top of his profession. He is styling – and befriending – noted A-List celebs such as Taylor Swift, Emma Stone and Dianna Agron. (I can’t pick up a national fashion magazine without
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Honolulu’s own Kyle Kagamida, who recently started his dream job as an assistant to celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, helped style two of the hottest A-list stars for The Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence and Jennifer Garner. They dressed them for both the red carpet at The Oscars and the Vanity Fair Party following The Oscars. What an
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Kyle Kagamida tends to use his clients’ and friends’ first names only: Reese, Carrie, Jessica, Demi, Kristin, Oscar. That would be Reese Witherspoon, Carrie Underwood, Jessica Simpson (or Alba), Demi Moore, Kristin Bell and Oscar de la Renta. When I met with Kyle yesterday at Mocha Java, he had just got off the phone with
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