IMPORTANTLY THEY TELL A STORY.
AND NOW SIG ZANES DESIGNS ARE
AVAILABLE HERE ON OAHU ... AS
PART OF THE FAMILY COMPANY'S
WIDER AUDIENCE...AS WE LEARN IN
THIS BUSINESS MATTERS
REPORT.
10:17 "BUT HERE WE JUST HAVE
SOME OF OUR MORE CLASSIC PRINTS.
THIS IS OUR CHINATOWN OR
CHINATOWN PRINT. WE HAVE OUR
ILIMA AND THIS IS OUR KANALOA
FLOWER PRINT". 10:31
THEY ARE THE FABRICS AND DESIGNS
THAT TELL THE STORIES OF HAWAII.
SOMETHING SIG ZANE HAS BEEN
DOING OUT OF HIS HILO
HEADQUARTERS CENTER SINCE MOVING
FROM OAHU IN THE MID
1980'S.
THEY ARE DESIGNS ... IN THEIR
WORDS . WEDDED TO A PLACE,
NATURE AND CULTURE.
AND NOW AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED
BASIS HERE ON OAHU.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE / SIG ZANE
5:32 "I THINK THIS IS A NEW
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THEM TO BE ABLE
TO SHOW A NEW CANVAS TO
BE ABLE TO DISPLAY SOME OF THE
ARTWORK THAT HE'S HAD FOR YEARS
NOW. BUT ALSO NEW OPPORTUNITY TO
BE ABLE TO PLAY ON AN OAHU
PLAYGROUND". 5:45
UP UNTIL RECENTLY AND SIG ZANE
DESIGNS HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN
EXCLUSIVE TO HILO SHOPPERS.
BUT NOW YOU CAN FIND THEIR LOCAL
MEN'S WARE AT SIG ON SMITH IN
CHINATOWN HERE ON OAHU. FRIDAYS
ONLY.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE 5:51 "WE LOVE
THE HILO LIFESTYLE TO A CERTAIN
DEGREE WE LOVE THE FACT THAT WE
DEFINITELY FOR THIS ONE
CHINATOWN IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT
I ENJOY MY POPO USED TO BRING
ME DOWN HERE WHEN I WAS A KID SO
WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP FOR
THIS PROPERTY WE THOUGHT HE WAS
TRY SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THIS
ONE 6:11
SOT: JOEL COSSEBOOM / CUSTOMER
3:57 "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME
NEW SHIRTS AND I REALLY LIKE THE
UNIQUE DESIGNS THEY HAVE THAT
SPECIAL AND UNIQUE". 4:06
SOT:4:18 "CHRISTMAS SHOPPING OR
PERSONAL SHOPPING? MAYBE A
LITTLE OF BOTH".
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GUYS WHO
CAN SHOP ON OAHU NOW. RIGHT NEXT
DOOR .. FOR THE LADIES, IS THE
NEW POP UP CALLED KAIAU THAT
OPENED JUST THREE WEEKS AGO.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE 6:28 "I THINK WE
NEED TO EVOLVE BUT THIS IS ALSO
SUCH A NEW CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW SOME OF THE
DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON OVER THE YEARS". 6:41
LIKE EVERY FAMILY BUSINESS SIG
AND DOWNS. THIS NEW VENTURE TO
CHINATOWN IS PART OF THE
COMPANIES DESIRE TO CHANGE WITH
THE TIMES AND LOOK TO FUTURE .
BUT ALWAYS IN A WAY THAT HONORS
THE PAST.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE 11:10 "I THINK
FOR ME IT'S TRYING TO STICK TO
SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES I HAD AS
A CHILD IN MY CHILDHOOD AS
WELL AS SOME OF THE CULTURAL
PRACTICES THAT I GREW UP WITH
AND HULA AND I THINK THERE'S A
THOSE. 11:21 IF I CAN DO MY BEST
TO BE ABLE TO PORTRAY THOSE
TRUTHS THROUGH OUR UNIQUE
RELATING
POINT THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY
WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL". 11:31
WHILE CHINATOWN MAY BE THE
LATEST CANVAS FOR SIG ZANE
DESIGNS, THE HEART, AND
NAMESAKE OF THE COMPANY AND
REMAIN FIRMLY PLANTED, IN HILO.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE 11:54 "HE STILL
THERE DAY-TO-DAY MAKING SURE THE
AESTHETIC'S STAY SHARP AS FAR AS
KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE
SMALL DETAILS AS WELL AS MAKING
SURE HE INSPIRES THE DESIGNERS
THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR
EMPLOYEES AND THE REST OF OUR
OHANA". 12:10
WHILE ZANE PROMISES THE COMPANY
WILL ALWAYS WILL REMAIN TRUE TO
IT'S ROOTS AND VALUES . IT'S
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS
TO EXPAND.
FROM BAGS, PILLOWS . AND EVEN
SKATEBOARDS. TO THE NEW CLASSIC
FLANNEL SHIRT THAT BECAME AN
INSTANT BLACK FRIDAY DOORBUSTER.
SOT:KUHA'O ZANE 12:36 "BLACK
FRIDAY WAS CRAZY LITERALLY FROM
HERE ALL THE WAY TO HOTEL STREET
AROUND THE BLOCK A LITTLE
BIT AND WE CAN ONLY LET IN 10 TO
15 PEOPLE AT A TIME BECAUSE OF
FIRE RULES BUT BESIDES THIS WE
HAD OF THIS FINAL PIECE AND IT
WAS
JUST ANOTHER WAY TO STAY CURRENT
AND DEFINITELY OFFER SOME
COMFORT CLOTH BUT AT THE SAME
TIME WITH HIM OUR AESTHETIC IN
OUR ARTWORK". 12:58
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