Nakeʻu Awai. Hawaiʻi's First Native Hawaiian Fashion Designer.
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Nakeʻu Awai Designs Featured in Honolulu Magazine: Gorgeous Mu‘umu‘u Worn at Mu‘u at the Museum 2023
Nakeʻu Awai Designs is honored to be featured in Honolulu Magazine’s coverage of the recent Mu‘u at the Museum event held January 7, 2023, at the Queen Emma Summer Palace. Honolulu Magazine began as Paradise of the Pacific, a magazine commissioned under King David Kalākaua to promote local business and tourism in the continental United States.
Nakeʻu Awai Designs Kicks Off Its 50th Year Anniversary Early With Aloha Collection Collaboration
Nakeʻu Awai Designs is turning 50 in 2023.
To kick off its historic Golden Anniversary year, the brand has collaborated with Aloha Collection, a company founded by two Native Hawaiian women, to create the 50th Anniversary Collaboration Aloha Collection Day Tripper.
Nakeʻu Awai Designs 2022 Fall and Winter Collection Debuts With Fashion Show and Mākeke
Nakeʻu Awai Designs recently debuted its 2022 Fall and Winter Collection, Iconic Prints on Cotton, yesterday at the Nakeʻu Awai Designs Mākeke, a collection of Nake‘u’s favorite artisans and friends, and through its sold-out Fashion Show, both held at The Pacific Club in Honolulu.
About Nakeʻu Awai
Often touted as the Grandfather of Hawaiʻi fashion, Nakeʻu was the first Hawaiian designer to locally create prints using native and indigenous flora as inspiration (what’s come to be known as “Hawaiian print”).
