ISLAND STYLE
Garden party will turn back sartorial clock

By Paula Rath
Advertiser Fashion Writer

Regina Kawananakoa, a board member of The Friends of 'Iolani Palace, will dress for the Royal Garden Party in the manner of the late 19th century. Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser A Royal Garden Party A fund-raiser for The Friends of 'Iolani Palace 4:30-9 p.m. Sunday 'Iolani Palace Grounds Tickets: $200 per person Information: Maria Borges at 522-0822 or take a look at www.iolanipalace.org.

Corseted waists, high necks, waistcoats under long coats and multilayered skirts were tolerated in spite of the tropical heat.

A Royal Garden Party, in the tradition of Queen Kapi'olani's charity events, will attempt to re-create this gracious era as a fund-raiser for the Friends of 'Iolani Palace. Attendees are asked to dress in either aloha attire or the manner of the late 19th century.

Regina Kawananakoa, a board member of the Friends of 'Iolani Palace, and several of her friends, plan to dress to the nines and arrive in carriages.

The garden party will feature canopied supper service, lantern-lit dancing, period entertainment and genteel sporting activities such as lawn bowling, croquet and badminton. The Royal Hawaiian Band and Hawaiian trios, who will stroll the palace grounds, will be the main sources of music. Kamehameha Schools students will demonstrate waltzes.

A silent auction will offer unusual period items such as a lithograph of Queen Kamamalu when she was 22, Ni'ihau shell lei and a gold and onyx bracelet with "aloha" scrolled across it.

Where to find the clothes

Whether you're searching for an outfit for the Royal Garden Party or a Halloween costume, here are a few places where you can find Victorian or Edwardian clothes for rent or sale:

Diamond Head Theatre Costume Shop

• 520 Makapu'u Ave., on the slopes of Diamond Head. Open 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; phone 733-0277, ext. 2

JJ Productions

• In 'Aiea. Please phone for directions. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays -Fridays; phone 486-1656

Kharolina's Designs & Rentals

• 1004 10th Ave., Kaimuki Open by appointment only; phone 732-3423 after 10 a.m.

The Costume Closet

• 3007 Lincoln Ave., Kaimuki. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; during the last two weeks of October, it is open seven days a week with extended hours; phone 739-1355