Nineteen fashion and jewelry designers have banded together to present HIDESIGNCOMMUNE, a fashion show and designer showroom taking place 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Kaka‘ako Agora, 441 Cooke St.
The free event aims to build connections within Hawaii’s diverse design community, support small businesses and increase public engagement with local design and fashion.
Participants are Chad Aoyagi, Common Goods, B. D’Angelo, Evening Invitation, Gillia, Issa de’ Mar, Allison Izu, Reise Kochi, M33Ms, Mojobeebee, Moon Collective, Rumi Murakami, Ryan Ota, Virginia Paresa, Salt Liko, Spark, S.Tory Standards, Ten Tomorrow and Tutuvi.
The fashion show starts at 7 p.m., with a product design show on the second floor.
Message of aloha fits to a tee
How many ways can you say "aloha"?
Long before Cameron Crowe appropriated the word for his film, Hawaii artist Michael Paz, founder of NSU North Shore Underground/Hawaiianbuilt, issued himself a Facebook challenge to create and post a new aloha-themed graphic every day. His experiment turned into Project Aloha, with a series of T-shirts that aims to pass on the message of aloha.
Now Paz has teamed with Tommy Bahama on an exclusive collection of limited-edition summer T-shirts to spread the Hawaiian message of peace and positivity, in keeping with the brand’s relaxed, casual attitude.
Project Aloha for Tommy Bahama will launch Friday. Two new custom-designed graphic-print tees — one for men and one for women — will be released every Aloha Friday for eight weeks, ending Aug. 14, just in time to celebrate National Relaxation Day on Aug. 15.
The T-shirts will retail for $42 at Tommy Bahama stores nationwide as well as on tommybahama.com.
