Peekaboo Monster in Hawaii

If you remember the last time Peekaboo was in Hawaii… well, you already know how this is gonna turn out.

If you don’t remember (or even worse, didn’t GO) the last time, well, you’re in for a HUGE surprise.

the lightsleepers, in association with exclusive, Contrast Magazine, and Pocket Full of Monsters, present the return of Peekaboo Monster.  This event will have art from the man himself, along with the opportunity to pick up the limited edition lightsleepers x Peekaboo collabo shirt.

The event goes down this Thursday night at the lighsleepers pop-up shop/exclusive.  The fun begins at 5pm and it’s open to the public.

Bring your blackbooks and some markers, you’re probably gonna need them.

For more info, check out the lightsleepers.

lightsleepers pop-up store GRAND OPENING

A pivotal moment in the history of lightsleepers and Hawaii retail, the lightsleepers are opening a pop-up store for the holiday season.

Atop of offering everything lightsleepers in one spot (and being able to find it outside of a Beat Root, Trip The Lights, or Inertia event), the pop-up shop will offer 6 new shirts: new colorways for some of your favorite designs and two new designs, fresh from the presses.  Got to preview the designs and I have to say that the pieces are FIRE.  You can preview the pieces at the ELES Hawaii site. While you’re there, you can also pre-order the new shirts with special pre-sale prices.  Pre-ordering also enters you into a drawing to win a lightsleepers x woebots skate deck.

The Grand Opening is this Thursday from 5-9pm.  Come prepared to the grand opening and to Peekaboo’s show on the 12th, as there’s gonna be giveaways based on what you got on-hand.

The pop-up shop is located inside of exclusive Hawaii, on the corner of Kapiolani and Piikoi, in the Hawaiian Life Building.

For more info, check out the lightsleepers.

Re-UP! exclusive x Pancho Abalos shirt

Heads UP! The amazing exclusive x Pancho Abalos “Artist Proof” collaboration shirt is back up for another round.  This time around, there’s a bigger print size than the first run, AND! a new color: army green.

You can cop this hotness at the shop, but phone orders are welcome.

For more, check out Pancho or the exclusive site.

exclusive Hawaii Columbus Day sale

For two days only: exclusive Hawaii will be holding a special 40-60% off sale for the peoples.  They’re making room for the new Fall gear that should be coming in soon and the winner is YOU! the consumer.

Scoop up some awesome deals on your favorite gear like Frenzil, Rojas, Insight, Fafi, Claw Money, CTRL, TrippNYC, iKandy and much, much MORE.

On top of the crazy 40-60% off deals, there’s also $15 specials and 50% off on all bottoms: skirts, shorts, skinnys, and jeans.

The sale last for two days: today (10/11) and Columbus Day Monday (10/13).  So, head over there now while the getting is still good!

exclusive is located in the Hawaiian Life building, on the corner of Piikoi and Kapiolani, right across the street from the Honolulu Design Center.

For more, visit exclusive’s website: exclusive-hawaii.com

exclusive Buy 1, Get 1 Sale

exclusive is hooking y’all up with the super dope deals today.  Yes, you read that right: buy 1, get 1… select tops, Tees, Hats, Bags, Dresses, Jackets, Accessories and much more.  Feel free to mix and match to lace out that outfit for tonight.  Or, if you’re feeling super generous, hook someone up with some free stuff, or bank it for some Christmas gifts on the quick.

The only limitation is your imagination and your ability to put together the right combination of stuff.

The sale goes down today at Noon at exclusive Hawaii, on the corner of Piikoi and Kapiolani, inside of the Hawaiian Life building.  That’s that multi-colored building across the street from the Honolulu Design Center.

For more, check out exclusive-hawaii.com

exclusive LABOR DAY / PRE-FALL SALE

exclusive Hawaii will be holding a special Labor Day/ Pre-Fall sale today.  The deals are plentiful: 2 for $35 on tops, dresses and tees.  There’s also going to be a 40% off rack as well, with new items added daily.  exclusive needs to make room for all the dope Fall stuff coming in, and you, the consumer, get to benefit from that.

This sale starts tomorrow and will last until September 13th, so tell your favorite double X chromosome not to sleep on any of these dope deals.  exclusive is open today with special Labor Day hours, 12pm-5pm.  Regular store hours will resume on Tuesday.

For more info, check out exclusive Hawaii.

exclusive presents “Christina’s Birthday Specials”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINA!!!!

As a special treat for all her homies old and new, Christina will be hooking it up with specials at exclusive all day long for her birthday.

The particulars: $15 tops, tees, and dresses; 20% skirts, shorts, and jeans; and there’s a special 50% off rack.

So, check out the deals over at exclusive, give Christina some love on her birthday, and buy her some flowers, or some chocolate or something birthday like.  I’m sure she’ll appreciate it.

For more info, check out exclusive.

So, once you get your fashion on and your fit together, take your new style over to Prolifik for the Roses and Revolvers show.  exclusive/iKandy is one of the sponsors and we’re happy to have Hawaii’s only female streetwear boutique throwing down as a part of the Ladykillers tribe.

Roses and Revolvers: The LadyKillers

This event has been in the planning stages since the beginning of the year.  This Saturday, all that planning goes live as atypicalLIVING Creative Partners and Prolifik Projects present the most ambitious art show of the Summer 2008 season: Roses and Revolvers: The LadyKillers.

The premise is simple, with all the art events and female-only events, including Girl Fest… I don’t think anyone seriously has done a Hawaii-based all-female art show before.  So, with that in mind, the atypicalLIVING crew set out to do the seemingly impossible, round up a collective of dope female artists to throw an art show.  What ended up happening was the coming together of 16 of the dopest double-X chromosomes ever brought together in one spot.

Some names you’ll recognize off the bat from the groundUP Pirates: R Zone, Janel Natividad, Lady Julz, Painted Lemon, and Amy Wagner (who, according to everyone who has seen it, has stepped her game up to another level and easily has two of the illest pieces in the show…).  Other names look familiar, but can’t really place where you’ve seen them before: Remi, Leah Ball (MidWeek), Lisa Mita (MidWeek / Prolifik), Sonia Castro (groundUP).  Other names look familiar, but you’d never have expected them to be in an art show in Hawaii: Hannah Stouffer (Grand Array / Upper Playground), Phallic Mammary (Pocket Full of Monsters / http://jen.lu).

Other names you haven’t even seen before, but you should know, as they make up the Prolifik Projects ninja crew: Jandi Q, Angeli Saura, Merissa Revestir.

And two of the illest women I’ve ever worked with and the two original LadyKillers: the talented Cheryl Membrere (Agency Design / Melange Design / atypicalLIVING) and the always dangerous Miss Yumi (TrueType Tyrant / atypicalLIVING).

All 16 of these women were brought together with one goal in mind, to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  What better to battle the number one killer of women than to send out a team of trained art assassins to take it down?  That’s the goal behind Roses and Revolvers: to raise money for the ACS and awareness about this disease.

Now that you’ve gotten the information, time to act on it.

Roses and Revolvers: The Lady Killers opens this Saturday night at Prolifik HQ at 939 McCully Street.  The gallery opens at 5pm.  Entry fee is $10 / $5 if you wear a shirt from one of the sponsors.  A portion of the proceeds from the door and the art sales will go to benefit the American Cancer Society.  Music will be provided by the head lightsleeper Kavet the Catalyst.  Most of the art will be on sale.  Interested buyers should find me at the show and inquire about prices.

As a special bonus to those who check out split obsession’s I Got Wood show in Hawaii Kai at the same time… we’ll allow after hours entrance (after 9pm) to those who provide: a valid split obsession receipt dated August 23rd, a wood block from the show, or a picture on their digital camera / phone of themselves with Bruce, Erica, or both.  We’ll be here all night, so check out split obsession first, then check out Roses and Revolvers.

The show will be up for the next month and open on an appointment basis.  Email me at (jdomingo@atypicalLIVING.com) for more information.

Hope to see everyone on Saturday, as we’ve put a lot of work into this event.  Hope we can represent Hawaii, women, and Hawaii’s women the way it should be represented.

Props to all the sponsors for their unbelievable support (lightsleepers, iKandy/exclusive, superCW.com).

Beat Root After Party (Happy Birthday Christina!)

Thursday’s gonna be a big day.  Not only is it the second qualifier for the Beat Root beat battle series, but if you’re just hanging out in front of Easy Music Center, wondering what to do…

… swing over to exclusive for a special Happy Birthday! party for iKandy and exclusive’s own Christina.  This is gonna be a definite birthday party, with free cake and Red Bull… art displays by CkaweekS and MyCryptonauts, in-store specials (since the store will be open after hours) and music provided by the talented Reyes brothers: DJ Liger and DJ Memoirs.  Word has it Liger will be bringing the downtempo and house for this one, so look out for an outbreak of Ultimate Dance Party.

This birthday party starts right after Beat Root lets out, around 7pm or so.  Also, at the show, you can scoop up the new Jaba One mixtape Poked In The Eye By Love, from Lofa.  Just look for him walking around.

For more info on this event, check out the exclusive website.

iKandy 2008 Fall Collection

iKandy will be releasing their 2008 Fall Colelcton of apparel to the masses at Hawaii’s largest craft fair, the Made in Hawaii Festival.  The 2008 Fall Collection will build on the momentum created by the Spring line and will expand on certain themes.  What themes, you may ask?

Well, swing by the festival and find out.

Also, for the first time, the iKandy/exclusive booth will be located inside the Exhibition Hall instead of inside the arena.  This means increased exposure and higher foot traffic for the booth.  Which also means that if you want a piece of the new collection, you better be prepared to fight through the crowd.  So, do yourself a favor and go early.

The Made in Hawaii festival runs this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  10am-9pm on Friday and Saturday; 10am-5pm on Sunday.  Look for booth #295.

For more, check out exclusive.