Running around doing errands or shopping, it’s no surprise that we tend to concentrate on our own agenda. We might be making mental notes: “Okay, I need to buy a wine red dress for the party.
I need to get these black heels for the dance.” And while this focus is good, it’s easy to undervalue the retail workers who help us out with everything from the red dress to the black heels.
Walking around the outlets this week, I tried to give these employees a little more attention and praise.
After browsing around one store, I went to the counter and was greeted by Kimberly Bernardo. Bernardo, 17, is a high school senior who works at De Colores, an all girls’ clothing store.
She laughed when I asked her how much she spends on clothes. “I narrowed it down because I usually would go out of control with my shopping sprees, so now I spend about $100 per month,” she says. Her fashion inspiration is Vanessa Hudgens, who is known for getting a lot of her clothing from Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters happens to be Bernardo’s favorite store, and not just because of Vanessa Hudgens. Bernardo likes the store’s good clothing materials and hip fashion selection.
Forever 21, is trendy fashion hub for young women. Refolding a mountain of T-shirts, I saw fashionably dressed employee, Karly Heredia, at Forever 21.
Heredia, 22, must be in the right place, because she gets to work at her favorite store. She spends about $300 a month on clothes, and especially likes thrift shopping for anything that’s different. Like Bernardo, her fashion inspiration is the beautiful Vanessa Hudgens.
