In the Spotlight: HONOLULU Fashion Week’s Lynne Hanzawa O’Neill

HONOLULU Fashion Week executive producer Lynne Hanzawa O’Neill makes headlines for her work in the fashion industry.

Photo: Eli Schmidt

Honolulu-born fashion-world powerhouse Lynne Hanzawa O’Neill returns to Honolulu this November to direct the second annual HONOLULU Fashion Week, presented by Hawaiian Airlines.

We’re thrilled that she’s bringing her knowledge and experience at New York Fashion Week to Hawai‘i, helping to elevate our local fashion scene. In case you missed our recent profile on O’Neill, read it now: Meet the Woman Behind HONOLULU Fashion Week.

She’s also making national headlines. ForbesLife says “those in the fashion industry know O’Neill as the ‘model whisperer,’ because she knows how to deal with all the personalities on the runway as well as the characters behind the scenes.” Read the full story.

This article appears in the August 2015 issue of HONOLULU Magazine.