24 Hours with Josh Feldman
Josh Feldman certainly knows his way around a textile or two. But as President and CEO of resort wear label Tori Richard, Feldman fills his day with more than just multihued fabrics for button-down shirts and board shorts. Between helping plan the brand’s latest lines for Spring 2024 in addition to meeting with vendors from all over the globe, Feldman’s to-do list is rather lengthy. Still, he makes it a point to balance work with play, and gives us a snapshot of his day...
Morning workouts are a must. We’ve had a Tonal machine for a couple of years now — it’s like a Peloton for weightlifting instead of cycling. Unlike the home gyms of the past, we don’t use ours to hang laundry — nearly our whole family uses it. After working out, it’s coffee and emails at home before heading to the office at around 8.
If the weather is good and my schedule doesn’t require me leaving the office during the day, I might bike to work.
Since we have employees on the East Coast along with vendors and customers all over the world, we tend to schedule virtual meetings in the morning for the East Coast, and late in the day for Asia and Europe.
Mid-morning, we have our art department print discussion. One of the unique things about our 70-year-old company is our vertical integration. All textile artwork is created and managed by our in-house artists, while we also cut and sew significant amounts of our products right here in Honolulu.
In the afternoon, I head for Honolulu Museum of Art for a strategy discussion with Museum Director Halona Westbrook-Norton and Board Vice Chairman Mike Watanabe. I currently serve as board chairman for HoMA. If time allows, I sometimes grab lunch at the museum café before an afternoon meeting. When I return to the office, I review our new store design storyboard. In April 2024, our Tori Richard brand will open a 4,000-square-foot flagship store on Kalakaua Avenue.
On the weekends, you may find me at Kane‘ohe Bay sand bar wing-foiling. While my son and I are long-time surfers, we only started wing-foiling during the pandemic. Now we’re both obsessed!
And once a month, our employee-led “Corporate Citizenship Council” engages in community service and employee- enrichment activities like the Kaimuki Cleanup Festival organized by Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.