Simple Life — Local services in Seattle

My car salesperson had a shirt on and I jokingly told her that if she threw that in I'd buy the car! I bought the car anyway and she told me about Simple Life! I went directly there and fell in love. There were three ladies working there and you did not feel at all pressured or that they were competing for business. They worked together and honestly told me what did and didn't look good on me. What a change from other stores! I always feel like they are on commission and would say anything to "make the sale". Not these folks! High quality and LOTS of inventory. One person actually takes pictures every couple of weeks of all the new stuff and posts it. Novel concept! AND they carry Habitat! This is my new...

I sought this store out specifically when visiting Seattle as I like to wear natural fibers such as cotton and linen and this store came up in my research as having those options. I read the reviews about the wonderful staff helping customers find clothes and how nice they were. Sadly this was not my experience. I was completely ignored the entire time I was there and there was no one else in the store but the one employee working. Maybe I didn’t look enough like their typical clientele to warrant a hello or “can I help you with anything?”...

The disinterested attendant offered no info or help. I will suggest to anyone shopping there that they not enter the store wearing 'casual' clothes. The customer entering after me was 'dressed up' and waited on substantially better.

Will contrast this with a visit to Murano in Italy. When visiting glass galleries (also casually dressed...), I engaged with an owner, who showed me some marvelous work, saying "I never know, when potential customers come in, which of them has money to buy and which of...