ANNE NAMBA DESIGNS

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Anne Yuri Namba was born in Hawaii, but spent much of her youth in Bangkok, Thailand and Tehran, Iran. Anne's interest in fashion led her to New York where she graduated Cum Laude from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology. During the next six years Anne worked as part of New York's garment industry honing her design and technical skills. Her last year in New York was spent working in the costume department at Radio City Music Hall.

In 1985, she returned to her native Hawaii and, while working out of her parents' home, Anne started designing her own line of one-of-a-kind garments made from vintage Japanese kimonos and obis. Finally, in 1989, she opened her Honolulu boutique in the beautiful Manoa Valley and Anne Namba Designs was born.

In the years since, Anne has taken her "Kimono Couture" to new heights. Her designs have appeared in Neiman Marcus, the Saks Fifth Avenue Folio Catalog, I. Magnin stores, Nordstrom, and Bergdorf-Goodman in New York. She has produced fashion shows using her designs in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and many mainland U.S. cities.

Anne's clientele includes our nation's former First Lady, Senator Hillary Clinton, Mrs. Joan Mondale, Mrs. Sadaharu Oh, wife of Japan's most famous baseball star, Ann Getty, actress Tamlyn Tomita, Olympic Figure Skating Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi, and actor Pat Morita. Her designs have been worn by Aretha Franklin during a Good Morning America performance, by former Hawaii First Lady Lynne Waihee while hosting a dinner for the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and by members of the band, Hiroshima. Anne has been featured on Lifetime Television and in A. Magazine: Inside Asian America in a pictorial entitles, "Ten Women to Watch".

 

a: 324 Kamani Street. Honolulu, HI 96813
p: (808) 589-1135
p: Toll Free (877) 578-0001
e: anne@annenamba.com
w: www.annenamba.com