Lana Hawkins has many passions: singing with her jazz band, “The Lana Hawkins Jazz Quartet”, rescuing otherwise hopeless animals and finding them good homes, and staying on the cutting edge of fashion. 

Lana opened her clothing store Lana's Boutique in November, 2004 with a partner named Dee Dee.  The store was naturally named, “LanDee’s”.  Lana took over the store for herself shortly after and renamed it “Lana’s”.  After realizing how starved for trendy fashion this area of southwest Michigan truly is, Lana decided to bring name brands into her store that are not offered anywhere around here, which makes her store truly unique. 

In November of 2008, Lana opened her second store, Lana's Couture in Downtown Kalamazoo to extend the availability of designer denim to professional, mature women.

Lana loves to rescue and foster cats and kittens in her store.  These loving animals need forever homes but have a safe place to stay at Lana’s until then.  Most of these homeless animals come from Kalamazoo County Animal Services, where hundreds of homeless pets are abandoned each year. 

Lana sings with her jazz group on weekends at Webster’s Lounge in the Radisson Plaza, located downtown Kalamazoo.  Her group, The Lana Hawkins Jazz Quartet, just recorded a new CD called “Beyond the Rainbow”, which is dedicated to the memory of her younger brother who passed away in January 2007.