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Lunar New Year Tips!

Lunar New Year Tips!

Happy New Lunar New Year everyone its the year of the metal ox! With the help of Jen Gonsalves (v...
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A11iversary - 11 years and counting

A11iversary - 11 years and counting

For me, September always marks the beginning of all that is good in the fashion world. The September Issue, Fall collections . . . and when I decided to celebrate the Allison Izu brand anniversary. Because after you’ve been working at a business for over 20 years, you kinda forget the date that it all started.
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With a heavy heart, we bid farewell to Kaimuki

With a heavy heart, we bid farewell to Kaimuki

This may come as a surprise to you (or maybe not), but I have decided to focus all my attention on the Ala Moana store. With a heavy heart, I must bid farewell to the Kaimuki store. This decision has not come easy for me. I prayed, meditated, made lists and Excel spreadsheets, tried to talk myself out of it, but the path ahead was clear and all signs pointed to the decision to focus on Ala Moana.
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Independence Day - setting ourselves free & truly loving our bodies

Independence Day - setting ourselves free & truly loving our bodies

What if we were finally independent of the existing thought patterns of our bodies and society’s norm of what we should look like . . . hmmm . . . it would be LIBERATING, right?!
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