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From Pacific Business News:

Alexis Akiona, designer and founder of Lexbreezy Hawaii, is a second-generation alohawear designer.

Raised in Hilo, Akiona said she takes after her mother, the founder and designer of Hawai‘i Island-based Simply Sisters by Lola Miller.

“I really followed in her footsteps and she really inspired me to start something of my own,” Akiona told Pacific Business News.

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Lexbreezy Hawaii was a member of the most recent Mana Up cohort, a Hawai‘i-based product accelerator.

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