Pursuits: A Touch of Glass

Polka-dotted highball glasses discovered in Diamond Head. Flamingo pink Champagne coupes unearthed in Mexico City. Smoky green crystal snifters brought over from Japan.

“I probably have a couple hundred pieces at this point,” local interior designer Dominica Rizzo says of her vintage glassware collection, which extends to a handful of covetable punch bowls. Though culled from across the globe, most of her treasures were found in Hawai‘i. “I get everything from estate sales, thrift stores or vintage shops,” she says.

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The styles span decades, but Rizzo has a penchant for the midcentury aesthetic—think atomic age patterns, metallic overlays and sculptural silhouettes. “That’s when they started making really fun cocktails, and the glassware from that period is so colorful, funky and different,” she says. “Each piece was usually handblown or handmade.”

They’re also primed for stylish soirées, which Rizzo has been known to throw. “I like to make it feel like you’re going to a party in the ’60s, and you’re getting this cute cocktail in this cute glass.”