Twirl

I love the clothes! The manager is amazing, knows a lot about fashion. She helped me to dress up for a function.
Love the store and customer service!

Great boutique nested in sunny little Hillcrest.
I’ve visited this store a few times on mini shopping trips and they do have a lot of cute clothing and accessories. Everything is arranged by color for the most part, and the store is generally very organized and easy to shop through.
Prices vary. For example, you could find one shirt that is decent fabric and priced appropriately, but then you can turn around and find a different patterned shirt, same fabric, ridiculously overpriced. It really is a toss up.
Luckily, I have found great tops, belts and other accessories here but this is not a full service shop. It is not a Target or Nordstrom Rack where you can potentially find your whole wardrobe for the next season. Rather, it is where you can pick up a couple unique pieces every once and a while.
Also, sales associates have always been very friendly and helpful!

A very cute clothing boutique in San Diego. I happened to be walking around in the area and saw a top in the window I liked. I decided to check out the price. The prices were not bad at all! I am a college student taking care of myself so I like to take advantage of any deals I can find. They have everything a girl could want here: dresses, skirts, tops, boots, heels, everything. If you are in the area I would definitely recommend stopping by Twirl!

Great prices and amazingly cute clothes. Service was very attentive as well. I can’t wait to go back!

My favorite boutique in Hillcrest. The dresses here are amazingly unique, pretty, colorful… the American version of the Spanish brand Desigual (if comparisons allowed) and for what you get, a dress for less than $ 50 very special is not expensive. I have several dresses and blouses from here, never seen them in anyone (not that I care, every one has his or her own style!). The store is very pretty in that lavender color, nice silver tree with jewelry hanging in those pretty branches, and clothes very well organized by colors and patterns. Nothing is too flashy or too conservative. They have just good quality, fun and pretty clothes.

We were walking around the Hillcrest area and happened upon this cute little boutique. In my experience, shops like this have really cute stuff, with really expensive price tags to boot. This shop had the really cute stuff, but the prices were extremely reasonable. Score! All five of us bought awesome dresses (the one I bought was a measly $ 35), and I also bought a bangle set for only $ 12. Service was very attentive without being overbearing. We were fitted up that night for dinner!
Definitely check this place out. You are guaranteed to find at least 3 things you will love.

Twirl was recommended to me by a couple people, but I honestly don’t see the appeal. The store definitely has the ability to draw me in, but I don’t think the selection is that great. For some reason I keep expecting to see a must-​have piece and I never do. Not even close.
I feel that this store is a slight step up from Forever 21 or Wet Seal. The clothes are somewhat cute but not cute enough. The quality doesn’t seem to really be there either. If you’re looking for a simple piece I think this place might be worth checking out. They do have some «unique» pieces but the only attention-​grabbing ones I’ve seen so far have been extremely hideous and/​or trashy.

Rating is bumped up for the boutique itself; customer service gets one star.
The boutique has cute stuff and is really reasonably priced ($ 30 – 40 for a dress). The styles are a good mix between trendy and fun, but not too young. (Yeah, turns out that I’m not forever 21.)
My issue was the customer service (or lack thereof). I popped in during the day on NYE, after getting my eyebrows done down the street. First thing, I noticed no greeting when I walked in. Okay, that’s cool, whatever, I’m not at Walmart. I walked through to the back of the store, and passed one of the sale associates who looked straight ahead and didn’t say anything. Again, okay, whatever, I don’t care. I was glad not to be badgered with questions every two minutes.
I then walked back to the front of the store and started picking things out to try on. Me and the only other customer in the store were looking at the same rack, when the same salesperson came by and asked the other customer if she wanted to start a fitting room. The customer said sure, and the salesperson took the blouse and went to the dressing room. Nevermind that I was standing three feet away with clothes in my arm. At that point, I started to feel like Casper, but sans a friendly encounter.
The icing on the cake was that not five or ten minutes later, a group of young twenty something women walked in. The same salesperson walks to the front of the store, and enthusiastically welcomes them! («Hiiiiiiiii!!! Welcome to Twiiiiiiiiiirl!!! Is there anything special you’re looking for? Something for New Years Eve?») She then points out a dress that was selling like hotcakes for the night. (Admittedly, it was cute.)
I’m not quite sure what happened. Whether or not it was intentional, the situation felt weird, and I was not a happy camper when I left. I liked the shop, so I may or may not go back.

Fantastic Shop! I came in for a last minute NYE dress today and was very pleased with the service. I asked for a lbd that was somewhat demure as I was with my boyfriend’s family. The sales girl immediately went around snatching up everything similar. I finally went to try on and noticed there were 10 dresses for me. I only had to try on 2 before knowing which one I would get — a gorgeous lace number for only $ 52! I tried on one more, just to see, but knew nothing would compare. She didn’t mind at all that I only glanced at the others without even bothering to try on. My boyfriend’s mom played with all the purses, I bought a few other things and left with a $ 105 receipt. Not bad!
I saw the manager as we left, can’t attest to her customer service skills, but the sales girl was sweet as pie.

Love. Love. Love this place! The owner is so wonderful and helpful.
The dresses… BEAUTIFUL! One of my favorite little shops in Hillcrest.

I have to apologize to all patrons of Twirl on behalf of their store manager, owner or whatever her role is. I have been to that «boutique» a total of four times. My first two experiences were positive. After my second trip (oh and I’d like to mention that each trip I spent well over $ 150). I typically do not try tops on so after I got home, I discovered the blouse I purchased would not fit over my head let alone my ankle. No sweat… I will just take it back.
Now on to the demise of Twirl from my exclusive list of secret shops. So I take it back without a hitch… well maybe. I was not allowed to get my $ back but was offered a credit. I thought «fair enough… I liked my items from my previous buys.» Much to my surprise, nothing popped out at me that caught my eye to spend the credit or more that I had. So I placed my «credit» which was smaller then a business card in my wallet (some time on October ’09)
So in July of ’10 my mom paid a visit from the east coast. We had made plans to hit the races which gave me an idea to give her a fun belated birthday gift for the races. I figured I would just pop into Twirl while I was running errands. I was searching for the perfect mom hat. I found one for her and one for me. I presented the very nice sales girl with my intact credit stoked that I could finally use it. She noticed it was expired and didn’t think it was a problem. Only glitch, she had to check with the Holy Terror store manager. Before she began her walk on the proverbial plank, I made sure to let her know some jewelry at the counter caught my eye. Seconds later she returns defeated knowing she has to deliver the news (also knowing she was about to lose commission on my other items.) She told me her manager would not honor it but wanted to know if I still wanted to buy the hats. I politely left and swallowed my rage for the cowardly wizard hidden behind her curtain.
Deep breath because this is my final Twirl tale of retail woe. So I had to go to a charity function for a non-​profit back in February of this year. I had done all my preparations and had the dress, shoes and matching accessories. However I found myself in Hillcrest running last minute errands. Since I seem to enjoy sadism so
much I thought «why not give Twirl another whirl perhaps for a different outfit.» So I hesitantly walk in and scanned the racks for all items blue. Alas, I found a top but
they had just sold their last size small. I had tried on the medium but I was swimming. As I made my way toward the exit, I noticed the mannequin donning my
top. I glided over hopeful that it was my size… score! I approached the sales girl with pure excitement and asked if we could disrobe the mannequin. She was agreeable so she started taking her accessories off. While she took the hat off, a black widow spider fell out. She flipped her lid at our little poisonous Charlotte while calmly asked for some tissue. Spider incident was dealt with and no one was harmed in the process other then the spider. Of course we could not dismember the plastic beauty (where is Jeffrey Dahmer when a damsel is in distress). The sales girl is totally flustered so she decides to check with the Twirl Nazi for guidance. While waiting, I perused more items and grabbed a little clutch to throw in for good measure. She returns to share this message «my manager said she will not take a part the mannequin so you can purchase the top.»
Record player scratch.
Dear Twirl T_​ot ‚
You have zero customer service skills. You should be grateful that in a middle of a recession that people actually shop at your boutique. I am a 30 something with lots of 30 something friends that admire my style. Unfortunately for you, the $ that I have to burn is spent elsewhere in order not to support your sad, pathetic management job at an over priced «boutique.» My 30 something professional friends will never be introduced to your store. As a matter of fact, I make a point of sharing my shopping satires when I an dining out with them in that neighborhood.
Sincerely,
F U
P. S.–ladies…boutiques like this are a dime a dozen from downtown up the coast that actually appreciate their customers. If you ever are in need of a suggestion, dump Twirl and think of this girl ;)
Happy shopping!

We had to walk off our huge breakfast and so we stopped here to do some browsing. I like the unique items that they have here, and wished I wasn’t so bloated as I was trying things on. I did end up walking out with a very cute mustard top. It was fun and reasonably priced. The staff here was polite and give you your space to shop and look around. Next time I’m in town for a visit, I will hopefully have lost weight to pick up some more great items here.

Giiiirrrlllll!
When I tell you that I have found my new go to store for shopping… «I have found my new go to store for shopping!»
I came here to to (look at me stuttering already!) return an item for my mother. She purchased a romper a few days back and it did not fit her style. She did not have the receipt which is probably why she gave it to me to return… Umm hmm. The tag was still on it though.
Luckily the manager allowed me to return the romper. I was given a store credit and with that I went shopping! Almost everything in the store has a price tag of $ 35 and BELOW! I was in heaven. They have dresses, belts, feather earrings, skirts, blouses, etc. It is much of a girly store. Now I know why the store is called ‘Twirl’ because I was just twirling my @$$ all throughout the store. I twirled to the dressing room, twirled out of the dressing room, twirled to the register. Yes!
The dressing rooms have their own décor too. They have a built in bench that extends out from the wall. The top of the bench has a shaggy carpet-​like cover up on it accompanied by 2 cute frilly pillows. They also include a full length mirror inside for those who think their shape is too busted to come out to the mirror outside of the dressing rooms O Kay!
I purchased a cute pink/​peach and black striped blazer. I’ll probably look like beetlejuice walking down the street with it but I will be a FABULOUS beetlejuice. Yay!

I purchased a dress here yesterday and I absolutely love it! So pretty! So soft! All of the girls were extremely helpful, polite, and very stylishly dressed! It’s good to be helped by ladies who already have a great fashion sense of their own to help bring your outfit up to the next level with fun accessories like a belt on the dress you want!
Note: The store is extremely stuffy and hot! I don’t know how those poor girls can work in there! Must be an old building with poor ventilation!

Very cute boutique. Forever 21 meets H & M — very trendy and incredibly affordable. I was able to find some really unique pieces… a gray vest w/​studs (which can be worn to snazz up a brunch date outfit) and a military inspired tunic. can’t wait to rock it.
I love this place for the price, trendy yet functional and it helps that the sales staff are friendly and not pushy at all. Check it out — you will not leave empty-​handed.

Decided last minute that I needed something new to wear for NYE, I walked over to Twirl snatched up 5 dresses to try on, bought 2 of them and the total came out to $ 48 buckaroos!!! SCORE!!!
****Yes…I’m doing the running man right now … with a twirl
Usually I have more time to look around and the staff will help you pick stuff out, but this time I had no time to mess around… get what I need and bounce.
Helloooooo 2011… Bring it!

–The great–
The customer service is awesome. I walked in, the woman working there asked me if I was looking for something. I told her what I wanted (a dress), what it was for and some other general information. She went off and accumulated several dresses for me to try on.
There’s a lot of cute clothes, purses and accessories. It’s pretty easy to get all ga ga over it.
–The meh–
Since it’s boutique, it has a pretty good variety of different items but not in big quantities. If you absolutely love a certain item, chances are they won’t have your size. It’s all about luck.
–The bad–
The return policy sucks. Exchanges only. Bah.
I recognized a lot of the dresses from online stores but at literally twice the price. A dress from Twirl can be $ 45 but $ 20 online. So make sure the item you like is worth the price tag.
–Overall–
Still worth visiting, they have a lot of really cute stuff.

i had been wanting to check out twirl ever since my good friend Misty B got ROTD a while back. OoOOoOooo… i luvs the cute hillcrest boutiques. i seem to have pretty good luck in them and you walk away with semi-​unique purchases over the chain stores. im not saying i dont plan on shopping at H&M anymore but it’s nice to mix it up :)
the key for me, though, is cute combined with price tag. i can go from «OMG this is adorable!» to «ehhh…it’s just ok I guess» based on the lil number on the tag. it’s some mental conversion process the cheapness quadrant of my brain runs on every shopping trip.
but heeeeeey… twirl is a pretty sweet deal. the pricing is not scary at all and cheapness quadrant got to take a break for the day and let heather have some fun.
very well organized (love the stores that arrange by color) with quite the impressive selection. i noticed they seem to gravitate toward carrying mostly prints. and a lot of «flowy» styles — sort of the bohemian chic look perhaps? in any case, i thought a lot of things were really cute and in the $ 20-​$ 30 range. For the quality and uniqueness of what i saw, totally worth it.
employees are quite friendly and helpful too. attentive, ask if they can start you a room, compliment your taste (i was told royal blue seems to be pretty hot right now) and are just overall pleasant to interact with.
can’t wait to rock my new royal blue tigre shirt: D

Why don’t they have this cute boutique in Phoenix!
Seriously, gorgeous UNIQUE party dresses in every color and style, most priced under $ 50 bucks. They also carry dazzling accessories and handbags. My girlfriend went in to the dressing room with 4 dresses and bought every single one. I came out with a charming necklace and bracelet duo. The sales clerk was awesome, helpful and not pushy. He showed no frustration when my girlfriend knocked the mannequin over while shamelessly undressing it.. I think for my birthday I am going to send her money and tell her to go shopping for me. I can honestly say I would pretty much like anything from this store. (They don’t have a website ladies so don’t even think about it).
On second thought, it is probably good that they don’t have a store here. That way no one else can show up in the cute ass digs you’ll see me wearing.

This new boutique on the block is going to hurt my wallet. I kinda hate raving about it because I don’t want people to bite my style but hey-​sharing is caring!
This place has been open for about 2 months now. I met one of the owners and she was very nice. I can’t wait to become a regular because I can see they treat return customers extra well.
Everything is organized by color and hung up on cool metal hangers (similiar to Material’s in NP). They have a plethora of shoes, purses, jewelry, and clothes. Everything was well organized, clean, and super cute! I walked out of here with 4 items including two cute dresses to add to my monster collection.
They really have something goin with the name because I look damn cute twirling in my new dresses! Thank you!