{"id":214070,"date":"2025-04-16T11:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=214070"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:32:30","slug":"entrepreneurship-live-fashion-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/16\/entrepreneurship-live-fashion-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion entrepreneurship takes center stage in <abbr>PACE<\/abbr> live series"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_214071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214071\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kuhao-zane.jpg\" alt=\"person holding a microphone and talking to an audience\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kuhao-zane.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kuhao-zane-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kuhao-zane-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Entrepreneurship Live series culminated with a presentation by <span aria-label=\"Kuhao\">K\u016bha&#699;o<\/span> Zane of Sig Zane Designs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Student entrepreneurs with a passion for fashion benefitted from a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa team-up.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pace.shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a> (<abbr>PACE<\/abbr>) in <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a> partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/Majors\/FDM\">Fashion Design and Merchandising (<abbr>FDM<\/abbr>) Program<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a> (<abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>) in fall 2024 and spring 2025 to launch a special edition of its <a href=\"https:\/\/pace.shidler.hawaii.edu\/live\/\">Entrepreneurship Live<\/a> speaker series&#8212;dedicated to fashion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214072\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kini-zamora-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people laughing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-214072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kini-zamora-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kini-zamora-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manoa-shidler-pace-ctahr-kini-zamora.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kini Zamora, a Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> alum, shares a laugh with <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>&#8216;s Arby Barone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The series was created to inspire haum\u0101na (students) to launch their own fashion ventures while highlighting the thriving and diverse fashion sector in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. This collaboration served as a bridge between the creative and business communities, showing haum\u0101na the many pathways into fashion entrepreneurship and how to carve out their own space.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The overwhelming student engagement, including from diverse backgrounds, underscore the value of this sector-specific collaborative initiative,&rdquo; said Sandra Fujiyama, executive director at <abbr>PACE<\/abbr>. &ldquo;We see this as a valuable model for the future and are excited to explore developing more sector-specific series like this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Series lineup<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rocket Ahuna, founder of namesake brand ROCKET AHUNA, opened the series by sharing how he built a beloved lifestyle brand that celebrates Hawaiian culture and tradition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720320641016\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kini Zamora (Honolulu Community College alum) gave a behind-the-scenes look at his experience on <em>Project Runway<\/em> and how he used that momentum to grow a design house rooted in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, where storytelling and local pride fuel each collection. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720321464465\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Bruening (<abbr>FDM<\/abbr> and <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> alum) and Rumi Murakami gave insight into the grind of building a brand from the ground up, managing creative direction and navigating fashion in an island state with global aspirations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720321931942\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kris Goto, a visual artist known for her whimsical characters and murals across Honolulu, shared her journey from manga dreams to street art fame, offering a fresh lens on her entrepreneurial journey as an artist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720323648693\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lyn Sakutori (always a.line), a <abbr>FDM<\/abbr> and <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> alumna, and Camille Heung (Aloha Cut + Cloth), in collaboration with the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Technology Development Corporation, talked about the production and manufacturing side of fashion&#8212;giving students a rare peek into the tech and logistics behind the seams. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720324257687\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Closing the series was <span aria-label=\"Kuhao\">K\u016bha&#699;o<\/span> Zane of Sig Zane Designs, who spoke in collaboration with the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Leadership Forum. Zane brought the audience into his world of cultural stewardship, design legacy and the responsibility that comes with carrying a family brand into the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/200171912@N04\/albums\/72177720325003493\/\">See photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PACEHawaii\">Visit <abbr>PACE<\/abbr>\u2019s YouTube channel to watch the events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it was great that <abbr>FDM<\/abbr> and <abbr>PACE<\/abbr> collaborated on these events,&rdquo; said Johnell Ladera, a fashion design and merchandising student. &ldquo;I found them very intimate and informative. 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