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WCIAWELL, THE ANNUAL
WEARABLE ART IS THIS
WEEKEND.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE FOUNDATION AND
DESIGNER AND HULU
PRACTITIONER JOIN US
THIS MORNING WITH ALL OF
THE DETAILS.
GOOD MORNING.
ALOHA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US BECAUSE AND ONE,
BRINGING THESE AMAZING
PIECES.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
THESE, FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THE
WEARABLE ART SHOW?
WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE
THE ART OF OUR LOCAL
DESIGNERS, NOT JUST WHAT
WE FRAME AND PUT UP ON A
WALL BUT THINGS THAT WE
WEAR.
SO DESIGNERS HAVE PUT
OUR PRINTS ON CLOTHING
AND IN JEWELRY AND
FEATHER WORK.
WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE ALL
OF THAT.
AND TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE
EVENT.
SO WE STARTED, THIS
IS OUR 14TH ANNUAL MAMO
WEARABLE ART SHOW TO
CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY
OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN ARTS
AND CULTURE, CEREMONIAL
WEAR AS WELL AS -- WE
RECOGNIZE THAT WE WEAR
OUR ART, WE DON'T JUST
FRAME IT AND PUT IT UP
RIGHT.
AS A WAY FOR US TO
HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE
THE TALENT IN OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING OF TALENT,
WE HAVE INCREDIBLE
DESIGNERS, ONE OF THEM
STANDING WITH US THIS
MORNING.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM
THIS YEAR'S SHOW?
SO A MASTER ARTIST OF
FEATHER WORK AND SO
WE'VE GOT SOME OF HIS
ARTWORK THAT HE'S
SHARING HERE H BUT I
REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT
HIS DESIGN WORK.
A FEW YEARS AGO, HE USED
TO COME AND HELP US
DECORATE OUR STAGE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GET
SOME ARTWORK IN THERE.
SO CHALLENGED HIM TO DO
SOME AMAZING WORK.
SOME LEVEL THAT YOU SAW.
HE DID ALL THOSE FEATHER
CAPES.
INCREDIBLE.
HAND BY HAND.
YOU'VE DID ALL THESE
DESIGNS, THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY FORCE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO LOOK AT
ANOTHER ONE.
TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE IN
FRONT HUSBAND RIGHT NOW
HTODAY WE HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEI
HULU.
THIS IS A POI POI STYLE.
I TRIED TO MAKE
DESIGNS A LITTLE BIT
MORE ARTISTIC, SO A
LITTLE BIT MORE
ASYMMETRICAL THAN
NORMAL.
NOT SO STANDARD TRYING
TO BRING OUR CULTURAL
PRACTICES BY HONORING
OUR KUPUNA AND OUR
TRADITIONS BUT MAKING IT
RELEVANT TO US TODAY.
SPEAKING OF, WHAT IS
YOUR INSPIRATION BEHIND
YOUR DESIGN.
THIS YEAR OUR
INSPIRATION BEHIND OUR
DESIGNS IS FRESHWATER
AND ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE NEED TO DO TO
PRESERVE IT, BRING
AWARENESS TO OUR WATER
RESOURCES, SO SOME OF
THE DESIGNS, THEY ARE
ALL MADE WITH BLUE
FEATHERS, JUST TO
REPRESENT THE WATER.
SO WE JUST DID A SUIT
TOP WITH A LABEL PIECE.
AND THAT'S HULU PAOA
STYLE.
THERE ARE SIGNATURES
BY OUR KUMU.
HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE
YOU?
THIS TOOK ME A WEEK
AND A HALF TO FINISH.
WHERE DID YOU LEARN?
MY KUMU HAS A STORE
STILL IN KAPAHULU.
I STARTED IN 1997 SO
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR
A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
WOW.
I MEAN SUCH BEAUTIFUL
PIECES.
SPEAKING OF SUCH
BEAUTIFUL PIECES, WE
HAVE A GORGEOUS MODEL
HERE WEARING SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS ONE.
DEBBIE IS WEARING A
PIECE -- THE INSPIRATION
WAS FOR RAIN, SO WE MADE
RAIN DROPS WITH PEACOCK
FEATHERS AND WE WATER
COLORED THE TOP.
AND THE BELT IS MADE IN
THE SAME STYLE AS THE
JACKET WHERE IT'S SEWN
ONE AT A TIME.
SO INTRICATE, SO
BEAUTIFUL.
AND WE WERE TALKING
EARLIER ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF MAKING THIS
ONE.
HOW WAS THAT?
PROBABLY TAKES ABOUT SIX
MONTHS ALL TO START A
LINE.
SO THE EARRINGS COULD
BE MADE AS WELL AS THE
BRACELET.
BEING VERY CAREFUL.
LEI HULU CAN ONLY BE
WORN ON YOUR HEAD.
HE'S ADDED THE EARRINGS
ON DEB EAST BOUND'S
OUTFIT.
SHOWCASING OTHER ARTISTS
HERE.
ONE OF OUR FUN, MY GOOD
FRIEND SUNNY CHING, HE
HAS A LINE WE WILL BE
SHOWCASING.
WE HAVE A COUPLE YOUNG
AND NEW DESIGNERS TO OUR
SHOW.
A RECENT GRADUATE FROM
HONOLULU COMMUNITY
COLLEGE WILL BE
SHOWCASING HER FIRST
LINE OF WORK.
WONDERFUL.
15-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS A
LINE OF BATHING SUITS.
OKAY.
YOU COULD WEAR IT,
KELLY.
YOU COULD BE THE MODEL
IN THE BATHING SUIT.
I'M A LITTLE BIT --
MY DRESS HIDES A LOT.
I SAW YOU ON YOUR
TWIRLING, YORBA TO KNOW
TWIRLING.
THAT WAS MY GLORY
DAYS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHECK
OUT THOSE.
15 YEARS OLD, THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
WE'RE ALREADY SHOWCASING
SUCH TALENTED LOCAL
DESIGNERS, SOME THAT
HAVE SUCH GREAT
SIGNIFICANCE.
YES.
KIMEE ZAMORA WHICH
I'M WEARING.
ALSO SOME NEW UP AND
COMING ONES.
I LOVE THAT.
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO
HEAD ON OUT, ONE MORE
TIME WHAT ARE ALL OF THE
DETAILS.
HILTON HAWAIIAN
VILLAGE.
WE HAVE A MARKET PLACE
WHERE SOME OF THESE WILL
BE ON SALE FROM 2:00 TO
11:00 AND SHOW STARTS AT
7:30.
MAKE SURE YOU HEAD ON
OUT.
THIS IS OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC SO MAKE SURE YOU
HEAD OUT AND ENJOY.
THANK YOU BOTH SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING
YOUR BEAUTIFUL
CREATIONS.