WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING808".
NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL.
YOU CAN HELP HUNDREDS OF HAWAI'I
COMPANIES THIS WEEKEND.
Mikey: ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
FESTIVALS, TANNYA, THE MADE IN
HAWAI'I FESTIVAL WILL HOST ITS
FIRST EVER ONLINE MARKETPLACE.
WE TALKED WITH A FIRST-TIME
VENDOR, ALOHA MODEL.
Tannya: IT'S THAT TIME FOR
THE MADE IN HAWAI'I FESTIVAL.
THIS YEAR, LIKES SO MANY EVENTS,
IT IS GOING ONLINE.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF GREAT
VENDORS INCLUDING ALOHA MODERN.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE MAILA
KA'AIHUE.
YOUR FIRST MADE IN HAWAI'I
FESTIVAL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE DESPITE THE
ONLINE FORMAT.
WE'RE EXCITED.
Tannya: THERE'S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS.
TELL ME HOW YOU GOOD STARTED.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY MY PARTNER
AND MYSELF.
WE WERE HAVING DRINKS AFTER
WORK.
HE'S A FULL-TIME ARC T ARCHITECT AND
I'M A PLANNER.
ALOHA MODERN IS STEEPED IN
HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND WE SHARE
THE MO -- MOOLEL ROUELO OF HAWAI'I.
OVER DRINKS WATT THE FOUNDING OF
OUR COMPANY.
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY TO HEAR THE
STORIES OF HAWAI'I.
Tannya: WHAT ARE SOME OF
INCORPORATES INTO YOUR PRODUCTS
AND DESIGN?
EVERY PRODUCT HAS A UNIQUE
STORY.
ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT RELEASES
IS OUR HILO DESIGN.
HE DESIGNS EVERYTHING IN-HOUSE.
HILO TALKS ABOUT ALL THE
DIFFERENT MEANINGS FROM THE MOON
THAT WE LOVE, THAT DIRECTS AND
GUIDES OUR ACTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TO BRAIDING OF LEI THAT
SO MANY OF US WEAR.
SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE I WAS BORN.
TRYING TO EXPAND PEOPLE'S
KNOWLEDGE OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
AND HAWAIIAN PLACE NAMES AND
MANIFEST IT IN WAYS THEY CAN USE
IT EVERY DAY.
Tannya: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOUR TOWELS.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL QUALITIES.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
YES.
OUR TOWELS, THEY ARE MICROFIBER
SO THEY DON'T GET SAND AND GRASS
IN THERE.
AND THEY'RE QUICK DRYING.
YOU CAN HANG UP THE TOWEL AND IT
WILL BE DRY IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
FOR MYSELF, I HAVE EIGHT KEIKI
AT HOLD.
THEY FOLD NICE AND SMALL SO I
CAN FIT A DOZEN TOWELS ANYWHERE
I GO IN A REALLY SMALL BAG.
OUR MICROFIBER TOWELS ARE OUR
MOST POPULAR EY -- ITEM.
Tannya: WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS
WITH ALOHA MO MODERN?
WE WANT SO MUCH TO SUPPORT OUR
LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS.
WE'RE SUCH A FAN OF SO MANY
COMPANIES PARTICIPATING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD ON
TO YOU ARE O STOR OUR STORIES.
SO OFTEN, HAWAI'I GETS
APPROPRIATED AND THINGS LIKES
ALOHA USED GLOBALLY FOR MANY
DIFFERENT REASONS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR
THE COMPANYS THAT ARE FOUNDED
HERE IN HAWAI'I AND
HEADQUARTERED IN HAWAI'I.
THAT PROVIDES GOOD IN HAWAI'I.
AND MADE IN HAWAI'I FESTIVAL IS
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUES WAYS TO
DO THAT.
Tannya: WHERE CAN PEOPLE
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ALOHA
MODERN?
LIVE ALOHA MODERN.com.
AND INSTAGRAM @ALOHA MODERN.
ALL OUR NEW PRODUCT RELEASES
DROP THERE FIRST.
MOOLELO.
Tannya: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MAHALO FOR HAVING US.
ALOHA.
Tannya: ALOHA.
I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THIS
ONLINE.
AND I KNOW WHY.
I'M STILL TRIPPING SHE HAS EIGHT
CHILDREN.
Mikey: AMAZING.
SPEAKING OF AMAZING, THEIR KAPA
DESIGN, I USED TO WORK AT A
HOTEL -- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY
WHICH.
DESIGN.
I HAVE SUCH A HUGE APPRECIATION
TO IT.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAILA, ON
MAKING IT TO MADE IN HAWAI'I
FESTIVAL.
SUPER BOWL.
Tannya: GREAT MARKETPLACE
THE CHECK OUT AND SUPPORT LOCAL