Tori Richard, Ala Moana Center — Local services in Honolulu

I finally made my first Tori Richard shirt purchase. Constantly swayed by the high price point, I gave in as I’ve always admired their bold and colorful patterns.

HISTORY: Established in 1953 by Chicago apparel manufacturer Mort Feldman, spouse Janice Moody and pattern maker Mitsue Aka, the company’s name was derived from one of Janice Moody’s children, Victoria, and one of Mort Feldman’s children, Richard. They started out as a women’s resort wear line and added its now more dominant male wear in the 1970’s.

EXPERIENCE: Yes, there are locations on my home island of Maui but I have more fun shopping at Ala Moana.

Staff were welcoming, friendly and helpful.

The boutique is bright, organized and well-stocked with apparel in all colors of the rainbow.

I chose a purple-based shirt with colorful palm fronds and streams as my initial buy at $120.

OVERALL: With Quiksilver’s unstable future, yawning designs from Calvin Klein and molasses-like releases from Uniqlo, Tori Richard is my new go-to. Hope the quality is equal...

Just over an hour ago, my sister and I walked in there to check out Tori Richard. Mind you, we are visiting O’ahu from the mainland and we are looking at the shops here at the mall. Anyway we were greeted by the two employees there but then a few seconds later, the much older employee approached telling us about the sales. Although she was trying to be helpful, it felt as though she had an intention… As my sister and I were browsing, we noticed that she was slowly trailing us. I was getting a little annoyed that I almost confronted her because we felt uncomfortable. I tried to give it a benefit of doubt, but we felt uncomfortable and...

Walked in today 2/12/19 around 1:20p to browse around and see what the latest fashions were. I have quite a few shirts from this brand and like their style. Store was empty except for three sales clerks. One was on the phone, one was doing computer work, and the male was working on stocking an item. But not one greeting or word from any of these three employees. It made me feel like I was not a valued customer so I quickly...