Although Dean Christopher is unquestionably a style diva, known in Honolulu, Paris and New York for his chic, edgy approach to fashion, if you were to look in his Manoa closet you would see shorts, T-shirts and rubber slippers. In his New York closet, it's jeans, sweaters and boots. That's because Christopher has another closet where his real wardrobe resides. Welcome to the online closet of a fashion jet-setter.

Christopher subscribes to Garde Robe, a service which maintains his personal online wardrobe catalogue. It's storage for the jet-setting fashionista who simply cannot live without his YSL leather blazer when traveling to Bhutan or has to have his Gucci silk suit for a photo shoot in Morocco.

"Garde Robe is a brilliant service," Christopher explained from his Gramercy Park penthouse in New York. (Appropriately, he described himself as "sitting among endless garment bags, because I'm doing a season wardrobe change-out.") He explained that the staff at Garde Robe, which is based in New York City, comes to your home and helps "objectively identify wardrobe pieces that you may not wear on a regular basis, or just make sense storing, for example, seasonal clothes. The wardrobe pieces are stuffed with acid-free tissue, hung and individually bagged in canvas garment bags or boxes. They are stored in a climate-controlled warehouse. When you want to wear something, you sign on, request the items desired" and have them sent to wherever you are — or wherever you're going.

When he's in New York, it takes Christopher about two hours to receive his requested garments. It takes just two or three days for his wardrobe to catch up with him in Paris. He loves the convenience as well as the expert service. "Once I wear it, they handle the dry cleaning and any alterations or recommendations for special care. They even offer a consignment service where if you tire of something, they'll sell it for you."

For some trips, Christopher said, he doesn't even pack — he simply orders everything online from Garde Robe. It arrives in pristine condition, hung on a bar in a garment box.

What would we see in his online closet? Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, YSL, Jil Sander, Chanel and Armani. However, he seldom pays full price. As a respected style consultant to such couture houses as Chanel, Fendi and Dior, he is a fashion insider, so he often qualifies for coveted discounts.

Christopher is home in Manoa this week to work with Fendi and Dior. He will design the parties for these companies for the World Festival at Ala Moana Center. He reports that the Ala Moana Fendi store will be transformed into "Studio Fendi: Paparazzi Fashion Frenzy," a theme inspired by the fashion photo shoot scenes from the movie "The Eyes of Laura Mars" and "the essence of Studio 54."

WORLD FESTIVAL

All of these Ala Moana Center events are free and open to the public: