Blooming Fashion

This is meant to be an informative post, not selling anything, and definitely not promoting a business.

Hi guys, as most know; the homecoming dance is coming up, well today I have a story that is heartbreaking, I apologize if this post is long but I feel people need to be aware.

Keep in mind my friend is 14 years old.

My friend was going homecoming dress shopping and I will not reveal the name of this friend :we’ll call them (**), due to obviously wanting to be anonymous: but to begin with this person was very uncomfortable going shopping because they were worried they wouldn’t find a dress that fits or looks pretty.

While homecoming shopping today (10/21/21), we went into BLOOMING in the Bellingham mall, if you’ve seen it you know they have dresses for parties and what not, any who;

** asked manager if they could try on a dress (2nd or 3rd dress to be tried on), and manager told **

“No, actually, you cannot try on anymore dresses; you’re stretching them out and it’s obvious we do not have your size”

When ** came to me crying and saying “I want to leave the store”, naturally I asked “what happened?” ** proceeded to tell me, immediately after, the store manager came to both ** and I and again repeated “you cannot try on anymore dresses, you are stretching them out and we obviously don’t have your size”

We proceeded to leave the store, my friend hurt by what the Manager had said and embarrassed.

I do not recommend taking your children to the BLOOMING store in the Bellingham mall, especially if they’re worried about finding a dress that will “fit”.

If the manager had been more discrete and had said something to me, the adult, not the 14 year old; maybe it would have been different but she said it aloud 2 times and I couldn’t be more enraged, as well as sad for **.