Vintage Mirage — Local services in Alexandria

I visited this store today to try on dresses with a friend and instead of getting to enjoy vintage clothes, we were condescended to and body-shamed. The lady (I assume the owner or manager, because she gave instructions to other employees) informed us about the way clothing was measured (bust/hip/waist) which was helpful, if not a bit redundant, but then any measure of politeness stopped when we stepped out in the gowns we'd tried on. She seemed disappointed that my breasts weren't bigger but somehow still insisted that the top was too tight. Secondly, she recommended I consider Spanx or "just a whole tummy tuck" to flatten out my abdomen so the dress would fit correctly. To my friend, she chastised her chest, recommending she drop a few pounds in order to have a better figure. There are several points I could make in response to this: how harmful comments like these can be for women at all ages, how the women who would've fit in these dresses starved themselves, how fundamentally inconsiderate and rude a person would have to be to think they have license to comment on another person's measurements. But most generally: Don't tell people to get plastic surgery or change their bodies at ALL in order to fit into clothes you are selling them. It's not "honoring vintage," it's being a bad salesperson. Clothes are made for our bodies, not the other way around. It seems unsurprising that I’m not the only person to have this experience, and even more disappointing that no apologies have been issued. Do better! Or at least do the...

This place might have been okay if not for the owner. I was drawn in by a sale today and she was incredibly rude the entire time I was in the shop. She followed me around much of the time I was in the shop, and when I did find a dress I probably would have purchased, she refused to let me try it on, and told me I was too large for it. I was wearing a wool pea coat, so I dont know how she can presume to know what size I am, but based on the measurements she had written on the tag, it would have fit. I know my measurements. I sew for myself and I shop vintage regularly, online and in person. She tried to point me toward casual modern mall brands in much larger sizes instead. The dress I had wanted to try on was a formal dress. She lost my business today and I will not...

I’ve been to this shop several times over the years and never had a bad experience, until this past Saturday. As soon as my mom and I entered the store we greet the two young girls “working” (both were on their phones) one of them speaks over us doesn’t make eye contact and demands that we wear a mask and use hand sanitizer. I decline and say instead we’ll leave. I do not enjoy being treated as if I am sick, as well as a child. You cannot force another adult to wear a mask that has proven to not protect at all. I’m sure they are triple jabbed and of course double masked so why would it matter if someone else did not wear one. I see a common theme here from previous reviews, it’s as if the employees are carbon copies...