Mission

Before this incident, Shannon considered visiting the thrift shop as her hobby and would do it whenever she was free on weekends. But now she regularly visited the thrift shop with a motive to buy something authentic and renew it according to the new fashion while preserving its authenticity. Her vision had attracted many more helping hands in her mission.

Going Places

She did not just limit her talent to the city’s thrift shop only but she likes to travel in search of new designs and inspiration. She also bought the old and vintage dress especially her favorite muumuu and wherever she went she encountered questions regarding her future plans for the business she had been thinking to expand from some time.

The First Shop

In 2012, she had opened her first Studio/Storefront and named it as Workshop. It was located in Old Hanapepe town, this was where her dream started to become reality and she had been doing whatever she had been taught so far by her mother and their mothers. This studio had been special since her starting days which reminded her of the learning she had received from every member of her family.

Expanding The Business

In 2016, she had relocated to Warehouse 3540 in Lawai keeping the same name as a way of preserving the heritage that was connected with the previous storehouse. She had also collaborated and welcomed her father, Charlie into the new venture. Just like Kamei, her father was an inspiration to her, so she started this new venture with a motive to bring freshness to the authentic clothing.

Trend And Vintage Mix

Her father had not only helped her stabilize her business but also made it more trendy too. Where he tried to mix and match the trend with the vintage collection. In the new space, he had built a sweet printmaking studio home to two letterpresses and one etching press, on which he printed cards and pullovers and tees.

Immortal

One of her desires was that her pieces should not get wasted because they had become old and worn out or had gone out of fashion. She wanted her clothes to be worn by every generation regardless of the season. She had also made a scheme where if a customer got bored they could bring back the piece to her shop and can get it changed with a new one with a certain discount.