#luxury retailers

[rayveneyed]

nanami kento is the kind of man that makes people swoon without even realising it.

he's the kind of man to walk into a luxury store after work, suit jacket folded over one arm and a bouquet of flowers in the other -- his blonde hair still mostly perfect from the high-end pomade he uses. he scours the shelves, frowning to himself, while the attendants whisper and giggle amongst themselves near the tills -- an argument over who will be the one to talk to him, because he's intimidatingly pretty.

("just look at him," one whispers. "he's definitely buying something for a girlfriend."

"a wife," another disagrees. "c'mon. he's giving husband vibes."

someone hums. "but i can't see a wedding band."

"his mother, maybe?" says one other. "oh, i love when guys come in shopping for their mother."

"nobody's mother is getting a bouquet of a hundred red roses--")

eventually, one of them is volunteered as a sacrifice -- smiling and sweet as all attendants should be, she clears her throat. the others, crowded around the till, watch the exchange closely. "excuse me, sir. is there anything we could help you with today?"

her mouth is dry and her hands are clammy -- and when he fixes her with those narrow, burning eyes, her throat bobs.

"ah, yes." and his voice is deep and gravelly and drawling, and her stomach turns. she can only imagine what her coworkers are thinking -- hell, she can only imagine what she's thinking. her mind has stopped short. "my girlfriend likes this brand quite a bit. i thought i'd pick her up something..."

disappointment brews in her stomach -- and it's stupid, she knows it's stupid, because obviously a guy like that is taken. and -- she glances down at the roses -- obviously he treats her super fucking well. of course he does, because why wouldn't he? "oh, perfect! do you have anything in mind?"

"well, actually..."

he ends up buying one of the priciest gift boxes available -- fancy body care and perfume laid out in their signature boxes, decorated with ribbon and dried lavender -- no argument, no fight. he doesn't look for something cheaper, doesn't try to haggle or remove something to decrease the price. he adds, and adds, and adds -- and when she mentions a special offer at the till, a little add on for an extra 2000 yen, he accepts it readily. he inserts a black card into the card machine (of course, a black card), takes the beautifully wrapped bag, and thanks the girls for their services -- and just as he's leaving, his phone rings.

of course he answers the phone with hello, darling. of course he begins to ask his girlfriend about her day, the girls think with some amount of annoyance -- of course. maybe the curse of retail isn't entitled assholes expecting you to wait on hand and foot for them -- maybe it's the handsome men coming in to splurge on their girlfriends while you're painfully single and working for pennies.

[jenntastic10]

I want every color🫣😍

[sincerelytennessee]

[blackboujeebeauty]

[tenth-sentence]

Single women headed households as independent widows, deserted wives, single mothers and spinsters, earning their own livings, often on the breadline in rural communities, but sometimes very successful in towns: especially in luxury goods and retail business, lending small amounts of money to familiar faces – trusted creditors.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[soloquel]

had a cop ask me for my number at work bc he wanted me to have some drinks with him & then go to the club together, which i tried to say no to in the nicest, most polite way possible bc a) i was at work (retail, surrounded by customers) and b) i'm scared of a man's hurt ego, but he kept insisting and asking why not etc., and it took me telling him i have a boyfriend for him to finally back off, but not after asking where he works (i only said also in retail) and him telling me that i'd be better off with a cop, but then he finally left. man, i hate this so much, i hate having people know where i work and being so accessible to all kinds of weirdos, and i hate how i had to warn all my coworkers not to tell that guy anything bc i'm terrified of cops and their fucking immunity in regard to so many things. also he kept bragging about how he carries his gun around at all times, and then turned around and wondered why most people start to act weirdly around him when they find out he's a cop, like HUH???? anyways i hate having to be paranoid about him finding out where i live, where my boyfriend works, etc. idk man. i find cops terrifying.

[nando161mando]

Just make chatGPT CEO of Open AI. It shares a lot of qualities with your average CEO:

- Steals other people's ideas

- Valued by the market at much more than it's worth

- Doesn't remember things it previously said

- Says patently absurd things with absolute confidence

- Doesn't know what it's doing

- Doesn't really believe in facts so much as what it feels is probably right

[coffinbutch]

Lelo sex toys in my professional opinion are just okay and not really worth the price, BUT the new gwp they have is a gorgeous leather storage case with a red lining and I got to take one from work as a freebie, so I must grudgingly grant them points this time

[alazarrr]

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[girlsdressingrooms]

CULT GAIA, Design District, Miami, Florida, United States,

Courtesy: Sugarhouse

A 1800-piece Tree of Life tile mural by artist Michael Chandler covers the facade.

[billy-royalton]

i can't stop thinking about the costume choices they make for johnny like his wardrobe is so important to me for some reason? because clothes absolutely tell a story and they can be, for some people, such an important way to showcase their personality and i do feel like johnny is that way. like his clothes and his wardrobe is a conscious choice. the band tees and the flannels and the way it all fits him. how he dresses through the seasons or the specific outfits he wears for specific scenes. like the suit choice/dress shirt choice on december 19. the change in his gi from cobra kai to eagle fang (the sleeves vs. sleeveless, the colors). like i really could go on about this forever it's just like such a glimpse into his psyche for me.

like, okay, i do have this headcanon for johnny where he absolutely will treat himself to a high quality piece of clothing as a treat every once in a while. like a holdover from his youth when living with sid meant he had money to burn on a nice sweater or polo. and maybe he sees something nice and he doesn't stop himself from trying it on, looking at himself and liking how he looks in it, and just buying it. because it makes him feel good to wear it. he doesn't do it all the time (literally he can't) but maybe he sees something in a window or gets bored and goes to some shopping plaza (not the mall -- not since the 80s) and checks out a boutique or two and finds a $50 tee that fits his chest just right and shows his arms and he's just like "fuck it $50 is $50 and this makes me feel like $1 million" so he buys it and smiles every time he puts it on.

or something.

[cuntyko]

take me out to barney’s

[that-one-girls-blog-posts]

It's another one of those "better not check the banking app" months

[laesposarica]

retail therapy🛍️

[amazingarchitecturewebsite]

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[celestie0]

how is it i’m just finding out about luxury & lingerie

ITS SO GOOD WHAT???? i keep re reading it. you’re such a good writer i just keep wanting more and more

AAA tysm im so glad you enjoyed it :””) l&l was a lot of fun to write n ive had a few readers say that they wnjoy rereading it too which just makes me so happy to know you enjoy it enough to read it more than once is aaaa 😭💕 i appreciate itttt sm :”) thanks for the compliments bb <3