Comments on: We’re Sorry Hilo Hattie http://beatofhawaii.com/were-sorry-hilo-hattie/ Hawaii Travel Deals, Tips, Culture and Analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jill L. http://beatofhawaii.com/were-sorry-hilo-hattie/comment-page-1/#comment-3243 Jill L. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:12:56 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=5777#comment-3243 It's sad to see an icon disappear. I was a teenager working part-time a local tourist shop and when my boss bought me two of the most beautiful muumuus a girl could ever own. I wore them to work at the one job, then wore them again for my other job as a flower girl who sewed leis and cut gardenias at restaurants on Waterfront Row in Kona. I received MANY compliments. I will remember Hilo Hattie's with such fondness, because in their dresses I felt like the prettiest girl in town. It’s sad to see an icon disappear.

I was a teenager working part-time a local tourist shop and when my boss bought me two of the most beautiful muumuus a girl could ever own. I wore them to work at the one job, then wore them again for my other job as a flower girl who sewed leis and cut gardenias at restaurants on Waterfront Row in Kona. I received MANY compliments.

I will remember Hilo Hattie’s with such fondness, because in their dresses I felt like the prettiest girl in town.

]]> By: Chuck Lasker http://beatofhawaii.com/were-sorry-hilo-hattie/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 Chuck Lasker Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:24:08 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=5777#comment-3242 I have mixed feelings. While I liked the helpful employees and finding some good clothes there, I always felt like their foreign-made items were kind of scam-ish. If they had focused on Hawaiian-made, I think they would have done better. Hopefully the market can bear someone else starting a better-managed equivalent that will bring back the jobs. I have mixed feelings. While I liked the helpful employees and finding some good clothes there, I always felt like their foreign-made items were kind of scam-ish. If they had focused on Hawaiian-made, I think they would have done better.

Hopefully the market can bear someone else starting a better-managed equivalent that will bring back the jobs.

]]> By: Natalie Surowiecki http://beatofhawaii.com/were-sorry-hilo-hattie/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Natalie Surowiecki Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:12:27 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=5777#comment-3240 Its very sad to hear about the downfall of Hilo Hattie. When I lived in Waikiki I would always smile as I saw the trolley packed with people on their way to their store, complete with a free lei. Hopefully things will turn around for this Hawaiian icon. Its very sad to hear about the downfall of Hilo Hattie. When I lived in Waikiki I would always smile as I saw the trolley packed with people on their way to their store, complete with a free lei. Hopefully things will turn around for this Hawaiian icon.

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