Shopping advice: Luxury? Suits me!
I urgently need money, a lot of money. 2975.85 euros, to be exact. No, I have no gambling debts nor do I want to buy a used Twingo or book a cruise to the Caribbean. It is a little different. I hardly dare to say it. Well - I saw a few clothes that I absolutely must have. I would probably never have tried on it, if I had not been commissioned to walk through a department store in Stuttgart with my own shopping adviser. I liked the idea. I could not guess what that would mean.
Stop in front of the department store with the Porsche: Breuninger chauffeur Wayne Curington
Thursday afternoon, quarter past one in Stuttgart. The department store Breuninger sent me a driver of my own: Wayne. He chauffeurs me in the Porsche Cayenne on the shortest way through the city and stops right in front of the main entrance. This service is not only for me, but for all who book a personal shopper at Breuninger. I still feel shabby. I have only 30 euros and not plans to buy anything. Because I'm sure that the shopping consultant will put on a strange fumble, from which I want to get out quickly. She only knows me from the phone, how can she know what kind of guy I am? I try not to let my doubts show, and grins nicely when my shopping advisor greets me.
Outfits on the rise: shopping adviser Ryborz-Eckl focuses on elegance
Anastassia Ryborz-Eckl, 49, smiles back. She is a little taller than me, has black hair, dark brown eyes and a bright look. We take the escalator to the second floor of the department store, walk to the "Special Service" department and enter the dressing room. Changing room is actually the wrong word for this room, where there is a huge mirror, several armchairs and a curtain behind which to change clothes.Read on the next page: The most beautiful coat in the world!
In addition, a table with chocolates and champagne - and a pole, hang on the tons of clothes. And: probably the most beautiful coat in the world. He is raspberry colored, has an A-line shape and a small bow on the neck. "May I try it on?" I ask. My shopping consultant has other plans with me. She hands me an ugly black jacket with gold buttons, dark blue jeans and lace-up shoes with insanely high heels. With the exception of jeans, I would never have come up with the idea of putting on such a thing in my life. But good, now adventure spirit is in demand, I slip into the prepared outfit and step out of the way behind the curtain, swaying. The shoes cause fear of heights. I look skeptically in the mirror - and am surprised. The jacket is just great. It looks serious and still cool, chic, but not stuffy. I see myself making a grandiose proposal in the next conference. All colleagues hang on my lips.
Is that me? Katrin blacksmith fight with high heels and gold buttons
Mrs. Ryborz-Eckl hands me sunglasses and cream gloves. I look like I'm going to play golf right now. My shopping consultant tells me that I am a classically elegant type. The style that looks particularly good to me is pretty expensive: the gold buttoned jacket would cost me 569 euros, the shoes 259 euros. What is on the price tag of the raspberry coat? I chuckle to him, think of the 30 euros in my purse and curse myself for leaving my EC card at home on the desk.
The next piece of clothing that Ms. Ryborz-Eckl has been considering for me: a blue and white striped blouse. I put them on - and feel awful. The blouse reaches down to my knees, I do not like the thick blue stripes. To top it all off, a polo player on a brown horse is emblazoned on my left breast. "I'm sorry, but I have to take this off quickly," I say. Luckily, my shopping advisor is not offended. "They should not be disguised," she says. It was very important that I feel well in my clothes. The goal of Breuninger's seven shopping consultants is to "create a harmony between the external appearance and the inner being".Read on the next page: "The color is green to me!"
Evening dress and fishnet tights are great - only the right lipstick is missing
With the dark red evening dress works much better. It fits like a glove and looks in combination with a black fishnet tights and pointed pumps seductive. In addition, it is already available for 155 euros.There is a knock, Mrs. Ryborz-Eckl goes to the door. I use the unobserved moment to cover the raspberry coat. He is a bit tall.
In the case of a coat and a jumper the following applies: slip in, feel good and do not look at the price tag
Mrs. Ryborz-Eckl leads me into the corner of the department store, where many more raspberry-colored coats hang. One of them fits perfectly, he is a dream, the absolute Oberhammer. Unfortunately, it costs 920 euros. I look to the window. Wonder if I could climb out and blow my coat. If only the shoes did not have such high heels.
Mrs. Ryborz-Eckl holds me back. With a bright green sweater. "I do not like green," I say disillusioned. "Now give it a try," she lures. Grumbling I slip into the turtleneck sweater. "You see, he likes you," says Mrs. Ryborz-Eckl and pulls me out in front of the mirror. She is right. Maybe I should wear something other than red, white and black more often. I thank you for the free tips and drive home empty-handed. Make me buy a green sweater. And to earn a lot of money from now on.
Department stores with shopping advice The free service there? S z. For example: breuninger in Stuttgart, Tel. 07 11/211 18 90. KaDeWe in Berlin, Tel. 030/21 21 25 54. Alsterhaus Hamburg, Tel. 040/35 90 16 77. Ludwig Beck in Munich, Tel. 089/23 69 12 17.
