It’s Muumuu Heaven

Take a sidetrip to an Hawaiian store that's 100% fabulous.

Words: Lee Tulloch, Photography: Tony Amos
Deb casual modelling in shop & Kailua
Muumuu Heaven
Muumuu Heaven
bobbins and buttons
homewares
homewares
Muumuu bags
Muumuu manequins
Deb at Buzz's
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Melbourne girl Deb Mascia recycled vintage muumuus into groovy fashions. An inveterate scavenger, she took trash and turned it into furniture and fun items for the home.  Now, her zany boutique in Kailua on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, attracts celebrities and Japanese tourists alike. The Obamas are her  most famous customers. We took the forty-minute drive from Honolulu to visit Muumuu Heaven and have a coupe of champagne with its madcap owner. Several mai tais at Buzz’s Steakhouse later, we got the story…

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