Pow! Wow! Hawaii pops up at T Galleria

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A Pow! Wow! Hawaii popup shop is front and center at T Galleria in Waikiki.

T Galleria has partnered with Pow! Wow! Hawaii to bring urban Kakaako’s street vibe to Waikiki with pop-ups featuring fashion and art. Local designers, curated by Pow! Wow! Hawaii, are featuring limited-edition products through Saturday.

The centerpiece of the event is a retrofitted food truck as a pop-up store. Local brands being featured throughout the ground-floor entry are Big Bad Wolf, Roberta Oaks, Fitted, Scott Hawaii, Knockaround, and In4mation.

There is also a pop-up cafe featuring coffee and espresso from Brue Bar, as well as baked goods from Agnes Bake Shop.

From 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 24, visitors are invited to meet Steven Scott, owner of Scott slippers, and from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 28, meet Jeff Gress, operations director of Pow! Wow! Hawaii.

The display is open from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily on the first-floor walkway of T Galleria, 330 Royal Hawaiian Avenue.

Pow! Wow! artists will be adding their work to this food truck-turned-popup-store during the event.

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Take your pick of T-shirts designed by In4mation and other featured local designers.

More popup space.

Don’t forget the keiki while shopping.

A detail of Big Bad Wolf’s Dance Party tee.

Beauty Spot: Inside DFS Beauty World

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The entrance to DFS Galleria Waikiki's newly transformed Beauty World.

This fall has been exceptionally busy, and well, sometimes things slip through the cracks. I wasn't able to make it to the grand reopening of DFS Galleria Waikiki's renovated Beauty World last month, but stopped by recently for a look, to find the place totally and gorgeously transformed with video display panels, and each brand well-representative by the design of its space, each one a boutique in itself.

It's easily the largest cosmetics department in Hawaii, at 19,000 square feet, carrying more than 55 brands, and one of its biggest selling points is that locals, as well as visitors, can shop excise tax free in Beauty World, as well as other first- and second-floor departments.

Brands exclusive to DFS in Hawaii are Paul & Joe, Anna Sui, and Helena Rubinstein. Here are is the rest of the complete brand listing:

Aramis, Bare Escentuals, Benefit, Bliss, Bobbi Brown, Bremenn Research/Basic Research, Burberry, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Chloé, Clarins, Clinique, Coach, Davidoff, Diesel, Dior, DKNY, Dolce & Gabanna, Elizabeth Arden, Emilio Pucci, Estée Lauder, Girogio Armani, Givenchy, Go Smile, GoodSkin Labs, Gucci, Guerlain, Hermès, IKKO, Juice Beauty, Juicy Couture, Jurlique, Kenzo, Kiehl’s, Korres, La Mer, Lancôme, L’Occitane, M·A·C, Marc Jacobs, Nina Ricci, Paul & Joe, Peter Thomas Roth, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Prada, Prevage, Salvatore Ferragamo, Strivectin, Tommy Hilfiger, Tweezerman, Versace, Viktor & Rolf, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Take a look next time you're in Waikiki. It's at 330 Royal Hawaiian Ave., fronting Kalakaua Avenue.

The Anna Sui section.

High gloss at the Chanel department.

Kiehl's is set up like a turn-of-the-20th-century apothecary.

An aquarium befits La Mer.

Video screens feature projections of the latest beauty products and runway looks from Dior, as well as several other brands.

Paul & Joe is one of the brands exclusive in Hawaii to DFS. The kitty lipstick is available for fall.

Chairs in the Clinique section reflect the colors of its liquid facial soaps and toners, below.