Tori Richard

Tori Richard, Ltd.
Company typeFamily Business
IndustryFashion and Leisure
Founded1956
FounderMortimer Feldman, Janice Moody and Mitsue Aka.
Headquarters
Honolulu, Hawaii
Area served
50 American states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Australia
Key people
Joshua Feldman, CEO
ProductsAloha shirts, resort wear and accessories for women and men
Number of employees
140
Websitewww.toririchard.com

Tori Richard is a Honolulu, Hawaii-based company which produces men's and women's resort wear. In its more than 60-year history, the Tori Richard line has gone from exclusively women's fashions (featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Town & Country, Life and other national publications)[1] to a line of upscale resort apparel, including sport shirts, Aloha shirts, tropical dresses, swimwear, separates, handbags, interior accents and a range of fashion and lifestyle accessories.[2] Tori Richard resort wear targets those who enjoy art, travel and a casually upscale lifestyle.[3] The collections are introduced biannually in showrooms on the east and west coasts.

Founder Mort Feldman, an avid collector of Japanese antiques and screens, translated his passion into the East-West fabric prints that remain the Tori Richard signature.[4]

CEO Josh Feldman, Mort Feldman's son, leads the locally-owned family business as it cruises between its 60th and 70th year in business.[5] In two generations, the company has gone from designing primarily women's wear to becoming an international brand. Through its 10 retail stores, website and 2,500 wholesale accounts, Tori Richard is sold in all 50 states, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Caribbean.[6] The newest Tori Richard concept stores, primarily women's stores, are in Honolulu's Kahala Hotel & Resort and Mashpee Cape Cod, Massachusetts. More than 80 percent of Tori Richard sales are U.S. mainland-driven.[7]

  1. ^ Fujii, Jocelyn K. (2006). Tori Richard: The First Fifty Years. Honolulu, Hawaii: Tori Richard. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-9785466-0-1.
  2. ^ Fujii, Jocelyn K. (2006). Tori Richard: The First Fifty Years. Honolulu, Hawaii: Tori Richard. ISBN 978-0-9785466-0-1.
  3. ^ Fujii, Jocelyn K. (2006). Tori Richard: The First Fifty Years. Honolulu, Hawaii: Tori Richard. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-9785466-0-1.
  4. ^ Fujii, Jocelyn K. (2006). Tori Richard: The First Fifty Years. Honolulu, Hawaii: Tori Richard. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-9785466-0-1.
  5. ^ Meyers, Aviva (2009). "Tori Richard". Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  6. ^ Rath, Paula (April 26, 2006). "Flashback". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  7. ^ Ro, Lisa (July 2006). "Patterns of Success". Hawaii Business. Retrieved February 12, 2013.