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News

Berkeley store takes red carpet to the White House

National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, White House, Washington DC

Berkeley’s Keneuoe Vivere, procurer of tailor-made suits and dresses to the sartorially savvy, scored something of a coup recently when one of owner Keneuoe’s creations went all the way to the White House.

It happened when Nicole Zatarain Rivera, a 17-year-old student at International Studies Academy in San Francisco, was selected to represent WritersCorps at the White House when it won a prestigious National Arts and Humanities Award.

Rivera is one of the many students who have benefited … Continue reading »

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TV

Hollywood comes to Berkeley for TV show, again

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It isn’t only the people behind NBC series Parenthood who feel Berkeley is a choice spot to shoot a TV series. Yesterday, the Elmwood neighborhood paid host to a film crew shooting scenes for Hacienda Heights, a night-time drama (not a soap opera, one of the crew insisted) which takes its cues from the popular Latino telenovela format.

Local fashion design store Keneuoe Vivere was the focus of the action, as scenes were shot throughout the afternoon and evening. The … Continue reading »

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Retail

New to the Elmwood: a design and tailoring studio

The Elmwood neighborhood continues its gentle gentrification with the recent arrival of a very stylish design and tailoring studio, occupying part of the refurbished Bolfing’s Hardware store at 2951 College Avenue, near the corner of Ashby.

Keneuoe Vivere — or K/V Studio — is owned by local resident Keneuoe who has been designing clothes in the East Bay for several years. The College Avenue space includes a showroom where a good selection of her sharply tailored suits, coats, dresses … Continue reading »

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