Alexis Cheung

Feb 13, 2025 | fluxhawaii.com | Alexis Cheung

Images by Brandyn Liu and courtesy of Passionfruit “I’m wearing my ‘don’t look at me’ outfit,” laughs the stylist and consultant Ben Perreira. In a cavernous SoHo office, Perreira admits this after his business partner Taylor Okata, a fellow stylist and creative director, exclaims, “These are my errands clothes!” It’s a small thing, but how both dress is telling, revealing that when it comes to fashioning themselves and the world around them the two are always operating on the same wavelength.

Apr 3, 2024 | fluxhawaii.com | Alexis Cheung |Arriana Veloso

Images by Hiroko LetmanWe never see her face, not really. The portraits are taken at elevated angles so we glimpse a corner of tanned forehead, the crinkle of under eye smile lines, an ear graced with a delicate hoop or pearl earring. If anything we see her profile at most, from the left side with its strong cheekbones. What’s always on view are the flowers, arranged artfully in her pulled back, silvering hair. This is the Instagram account of @hirokolele.

Dec 20, 2023 | harpersbazaar.com | Alexis Cheung

For 50 years, Nake‘u Awai has created boundary-breaking, Hawaiian designs. In the wake of the 2023 wildfires, a look at his legacy.

Nov 21, 2023 | fluxhawaii.com | Arriana Veloso |Alexis Cheung

A couple sits down to dinner. On the table there’s a Budweiser for him (bottled, not canned), a water for her (tap, not bottled), and a plate and two bowls between them. The booth behind them is cherry red and the walls are covered in wallpaper patterned with anthuriums. The painting, Remember to Forget, by Honolulu-born artist Shingo Yamazaki captures an intimate moment, only there’s a scrim separating we, the onlookers, and the two eaters in the frame.