The thing is, Vippers,
they work in stupidly bright, harsh lighting. If you don't wear a bucketful of makeup, you just look ill.

Plus, they're selling makeup. They need to show you what it ALL looks like. I have a friend who works for Chanel, and they are actually disciplined if they wear any other brand of makeup.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:44, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

those are both good points
I was shopping with my mrs at the weekend though, went to one counter and the woman there actually looked attractive!!

she was over to one side, so out of the glare of the lights, so she may have not had to shovel the stuff on I suppose.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:48, Reply)

The last time I bought my particular brand of warpaint from town and not eBay,
the poor girl in Debenhams was stuck in quite possibly the darkest corner of the whole store.

If I was trying the stuff for the first time, I would have had to walk away several times just to see a mirror in actual light.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:51, Reply)

I love the Benefit section of Debenhams
it just all looks so beautiful, like stepping back into the fifties
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:01, Reply)

My Chanel friend used to be the Benefit lady
She had the most awful stories about the company. I was pushed to apply for her job when she moved to Chanel, but there was no way I wanted to work fopr them after what I'd heard.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:04, Reply)

do tell

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:16, Reply)

are they allowed to do that?
at my old job, the company was sued for trying to make employees wear only their clothes
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:50, Reply)

really?
I'd just assumed that either that was like a uniform, or that if you worked at a place you got a great discount and it made it sensible to wear those clothes.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:51, Reply)

and I'm pretty sure
that Abercrombie and Fitch make you wear their clothes when you're working
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:53, Reply)

my brother has a t shirt that says Applecrumble and Fish
how we laughed...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I got some A&F camo combats in Thailand
Two pairs for a tenner, and they lasted ages too.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I bet they say Aberkrumbie & Fotch

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Nope, I did check for typos
I would have bought more if it had a comedy label.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:05, Reply)

New Look make you wear their clothes
But then they get 50% off.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I believe it's the same for monsoon/accessorize
but they get 70% off because their stuff is ridiculously expensive to start with.
(berk, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Some people can't afford it, no matter how good the discount is, you never know what sort of bills or problems people have at home.
I would think as long as your clothes are clean, presentable and don't break the dress code you should be allowed to wear whatever you want.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:00, Reply)

tell that to my fucking boss, I'm not allowed to wear a CARDIGAN

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:02, Reply)

you're not innocent enough

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:07, Reply)

either that or they supply with an actual uniform
Also, because I do my own tax returns (well, my accountant does), when I had a part time job, I used to claim a tenner a month for cleaning my uniform.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:03, Reply)

if it's a term of the employment contract
i would have thought it would be enforceable, although i'm not an employment lawyer.

the problem would be how you prove it, unless you caught them in the act of applying a competitor's product.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:52, Reply)

nah, there's no contract, but they were telling their employees they needed to buy new clothes and wear them within that season
so that the customer would know what they look like on a body
They don't pay that well to have to buy a new wardrobe every 3 months.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 15 Mar 2011, 12:59, Reply)

When I was a student
a friend of mine worked in River Island. They got to pick two or three outfits every season from the new collection, and had to wear them when at work. I assume they got to keep them afterwards too.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 15 Mar 2011, 13:01, Reply)