Mikimoto And Kevan Hall Pop-up Together For 4 Days In The Malibu Lumber Yard! June 18, 2009

Legendary jeweler Mikimoto, Originator of Cultured Pearls since 1893, and couturier Kevan Hall, the darling of the red carpet, are bringing their edgiest designs for a limited run to Malibu’s latest emporium for the beau monde: The Lumber Yard.

For four days only, Thursday, June 18 through Sunday, June 21, Mikimoto and Kevan Hall Designs will be open from 12:00pm to 6:00pm in their first joint retail gallery – “here today, somewhere else tomorrow.”

Select from Mikimoto pearls adorned with diamond pavé starfish, twisted into lariats, dangling earrings and ropes and ropes of luminous Akoya and South Sea cultured pearls to wrap and drape over early summer tans. Kevan Hall Designs will showcase his chic shirts and separates in sherbet brights to wear with flip flops and “still-wet” pedicures.

Kevan Hall himself will be making personal appearances on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

For more dazzling details, call: Mikimoto 310.205.8787 or Kevan Hall 323.658.7979.

About Mikimoto
Mikimoto (America) Co., Ltd. is the American subsidiary of K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd., the world-renowned Japanese company. In 1893, company founder Kokichi Mikimoto was the first person to develop a technique for the cultivation of pearls and the business remains the world leader in high-quality cultured pearls. For more information and store locations please visit www.mikimotoamerica.com.

About Kevan Hall
From the age of seven, renowned fashion designer Kevan Hall’s career path was set. The Detroit native won a scholarship sponsored by the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising bringing him to California and by 1998, he was appointed to the prestigious position of Design and Creative Director of Halston, where his innate talents were tapped to rejuvenate the iconic brand. In 2002, the Kevan Hall Collection was launched and that same year he was awarded the Chicago Cold Coast Fashion Award as “Designer of the Year” acknowledging his fashion philosophy; purity of style, sensuous draping and incomparable tailoring equals glamour. In 2005, he was named "Stylemaker of the Year" by Life & Style Weekly for his red carpet designs where they were seen on a coterie of celebrities such as Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, Katherine Heigl and Sharon Stone. For more information, please visit www.kevanhalldesigns.com.