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What I love most about our clothing is how versatile it is. No matter the occasion, it's easy to find a way to make our styles work. Summer is a great time to experiment with building a capsule wardrobe to make packing for your next trip a breeze.

Watch Part 1 here. Get to know the vendors and products we're carrying in our Showroom this holiday season! In today's video, Allison walks you through our product assortment so you can choose the perfect gift for everyone on your list.

Watch Part 2 here. Get to know the vendors and products we're carrying in our Showroom this holiday season! In today's video, Allison walks you through our product assortment so you can choose the perfect gift for everyone on your list.

Connection is one of our brand's pillars that we work to build upon.  It's the daily conversations and touch points we have with those in our daily lives. But it's also about the bigger connections and how we can show up for the greater community around us. It's about looking for ways to show up a little different today and create a positive ripple effect. How do we do this? A smile to a passerby or a "Good Morning" to a perfect stranger. Holding the door open at the store. These small gestures are simple ways we can all share our light and start the positive ripple effect. It sparks joy in myself, that gets shared with the receive, and the hope is that they will go and pass that joy onto someone else -- a never ending ripple effect.  These small interactions have inspired to me find a bigger cause to support where the reach of the ripple effect is wider. For the last couple of years, I've supported Navian Hawaii. It's not just that the organization itself creates such a positive ripple effect in our community, but also the human beings within the organization are just great people.  And I realized that the small act of asking our friends or family to support this organization not only sparks joy in me and this organization, but it also allows the friend or family member to spark some joy within themselves. So I wanted to share this opportunity to help spread a little joy with our community. We partnered with another amazing human, Cari, owner of Aloha Edibles and asked her to help put a Snack Pack together for Navian Hawaii.  I asked for some of my personal favorites that she creates - the Very Berry Ume Kanake (my kids love these!), EZ PZ Frosteez, and Teriyaki Beef Jerky Chips (we usually finish the whole bag in one sitting).  All at a cost of $30!  As I'm writing this, my stomach is rumbling for some Beef Jerky chips - LOL! If you're so inclined to spark a little joy, please consider purchasing a Navian Snack Pack by clicking here. And if you need more information on what exactly this amazing organization does for local Hawaii families - click here. You can use the link above to fill out the order form, or stop by our Showroom to purchase. If you're coming to the showroom, we ask for payment via cash or check.   Thank you so much for all you do and for always sparking joy in my life! -Allison

When I was asked to be a board member for Navian Hawaii, I worried that I wouldn't be able to help and support in the way I would want to. I don't work for a big corporate company or have "connections" where I can ask people to purchase fundraiser tables for thousands of dollars. But Navian Hawaii is such a great organization, that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to support in any way that I could. I reminded myself that change happens in small ways. It doesn't have to be big flashy thousand dollar donations. It can be a community of us, banding together, taking a small step towards making a difference. That was when I realized I have this amazing community of friends and customers (that's YOU) who are always ready to support our local non-profits and advocate for people in need. So I did what I could do - reached out to a friend, the infamous Jana Lam, and ask if she would be willing to design a custom print for a bag that we'd used to help raise funds for Navian Hawaii. She amazingly said YES! and donated her time and talent to work together to bring the HOPE TOTE to life. With the support of my team, we ordered bags, found a local printer (thank you Moxie!) and went to work to bring the HOPE TOTE to reality. Every bag purchased goes to support Navian Hawaii. We'll be donating 100% of the proceeds to them. It allows them to provide exemplary hospice care and integrated care for local families in Hawaii. So I thank you all from the bottom of my heart . . . for your willingness to support this great organization, I know this bag will be your new favorite Jana Lam design - because every time you carry it - it is a reminder of the HOPE you provided for a family or patient in need.

This Candy Collection is a culmination of months of planning, trying new things and taking risks . . . we hope you are excited about it as we are! Through this last year, there has been so many changes and closures. Sadly a closure has directly impacted our brand - one of our biggest fabric vendors has closed its doors. News of it sent me into a spiral of 1) finding a new, reputable vendor and 2) securing as much of their remaining inventory as possible. I took a leap and wrote a BIG purchase order to hold the business over for a couple of months. And I've been scouring the fabric market for a new vendor. It was scary and it was a BIG LEAP for me! Especially because what was left was an odd mix of miscellaneous colors. As a designer, I need to make collections and create cohesiveness in what I present to you, my customers. It felt like I was randomly picking colors that I liked and that I thought you would like. But it was a LEAP! The colors didn't quite feel like the usual "Allison Izu" colors. But when I stared at the 3 colors in this bundle - it popped into my head (aka: inspiration) - CANDY! All of these colors reminded me of some of my favorite candies - Skittles, Airheads, Jolly Ranchers! And that's how we created a CANDY BUNDLE that just happened to align with Halloween. Don't you love how inspiration can sometimes feel like stumbling until it all comes into focus! With that being said, I also have to disclose another leap - We took our 3 favorite styles and had them produced in LA. It was a test for sure, a lot of road bumps, minor mistakes and solutions later - we realized a few small "issues" - size labels were wrong (don't worry- we tagged each piece with the correct size!) and some hems are also a little off. Which is another reasoning behind the bundles and BIG DISCOUNT attached. We pride ourselves in a high quality fabric and high quality sewing, but we took a leap and figured out a lot about ourselves, our systems and how to improve for the next time. With that, I hope you are excited about these AMAZING CANDY BUNDLES. We're passing off our cost savings to you (plus a little more) so that you will have these limited colors in your closet. Always so grateful for your support and friendship . . . and the fact that I can openly share the learning, growing pains and trials of my life, my brand and my evolution. Thank you for reading till the end.