By Nadine Kam

PBS
Anne Namba in the studio with Leslie Wilcox.

Designer Anne Namba will be the special guest on “Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox,” airing at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 on PBS. The two talk about their childhood together, including sewing lessons that showed Namba’s promise at an early age, plus her work now as her kimono couture is about to debut next month at the new Nordstrom’s.

What’s fun about their friendship is that Wilcox is able to reveal the sort of thing most people would not if they could erase the past. Like, having lived in Thailand as a child, Anne had adopted the custom of wearing a book bag around her head, which wasn’t cool when she started at Aina Haina Elementary School as a third grader.

And Anne reveals her low opinion of Wilcox’s sewing ability when they took their first classses together, as well as an early entrepreneurial streak. The session has the feel of two girlfriends getting together after time apart than the typical formal interview.

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