{"id":155385,"date":"2022-02-13T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=155385"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:07:37","slug":"new-york-fashion-week-showcases-uh-alumna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/13\/new-york-fashion-week-showcases-uh-alumna\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Fashion Week showcases <abbr>ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> alumna, Native Hawaiian wahine designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_83669\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0psfKPaGe4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"New York Fashion Week showcases ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ alumna, Native Hawaiian wahine designer\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-size:85% !important;padding-top:6px;\">Video courtesy: Olon\u0101 Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A team of Native Hawaiian models, musicians and dancers graced a New York Fashion Week runway in February to highlight one-of-a-kind creations by Ola Hou Designs\u2019 <strong>Sharayah Chun-Lai<\/strong>. The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa alumna, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/fcs\/Undergraduate\/FDM\">fashion design and merchandising<\/a>, was the first k&#257;naka <span aria-label=\"oiwi\">&#699;&#333;iwi<\/span> wahine to accept an invitation from fashion week producer Runway 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"model walking down runway\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-155393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m so honored for this opportunity,&rdquo; Chun-Lai said. &ldquo;For the opportunity, for not only Ola Hou but this entire team to be able to just showcase ourselves, our <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, our families on the runway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Among the new prints Chun-Lai premiered during fashion week was &ldquo;Pueo.&rdquo; She dedicated this design, named for the Hawaiian owl, to her late grandfather Gregory Trifonovitch, who was also known as &ldquo;Dedo,&rdquo; which means grandfather in Macedonian.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155394\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-4.jpg\" alt=\"model\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-4-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-4-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dillon Ah Chong models Pueo print in New York City. (Credit: Jordan Lacsina)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;My kupuna, my guardian, my protector. Today we honor your heavenly birthday. The man who helped me truly get started on this journey and this business in fashion, this print is for you,&rdquo; she wrote on February 10, Trifonovitch\u2019s birthdate and the day of the fashion show.<\/p>\n<p>Chun-Lai, who is also a Kamehameha Schools <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> alumna, launched her modern Hawaiian-inspired clothing and lifestyle retail line in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After having my daughter, I wanted to show her that if you set your mind to what you want, work hard and dedicate time and effort in what you do, you can truly achieve anything,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Ola Hou\u2019s literal meaning translates to &lsquo;New Life.&rsquo; My goal is to bring forth new styles and designs that fit into the modern Hawaiian inspired clothing that we call Aloha Wear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She and the Ola Hou team did just that\u2014bringing <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and aloha to the Big Apple and the fashion world\u2019s bright stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Kelli Abe Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155390\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-1.jpg\" alt=\"model walking down runway\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manota-ctahr-ola-hou-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model wears <span aria-label=\"AaliikUmakani,\">&#699;A&#699;ali&#699;ik&#363;makani,<\/span> while Loeka Longakit performs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ola Hou Designs takes a turn on the New York Fashion Week runway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,12],"tags":[679,212,476,423,9,1626],"class_list":["post-155385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-video","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-design-and-merchandising","tag-uh-manoa","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155385"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155388,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155385\/revisions\/155388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}