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Page 4 of 5  Help Wanted
Both Hemmings and Bourchier enjoy shopping but what about those who break out in a cold sweat at the very thought of clothes shopping?
“If you’re just starting out, you really have to just suck it up. I have a lot of friends who just aren’t shoppers. They don’t enjoy it,” Hemmings says. “If you can, take along someone with you who knows what looks good on you and who will be honest with you.
“You’re not going to do it often so you go once and say you’re going to spend whatever amount of time on shopping and then you don’t have to do it again for another six months.”
Liston recommends that someone who doesn’t like to shop find a sales associate he or she can trust. “Find a place with the right sales associate, someone you feel comfortable with who’s not going to sell you something just for the sake of selling you something. At Rosens, our ultimate goal is to make somebody feel comfortable and sell them what they need.”
He says sales associates at Harry Rosen will ask clients about their lifestyle, line of work, travel activities, and social calendar, to determine what the client will require.
Bourchier agrees and says he has lots of friends at Holt Renfrew and Harry Rosen and suggests the anti-shopper “find someone at those stores, because they do a really good job of having you in rather painlessly and getting you outfitted.”
He says if a person is that adverse to shopping and is oblivious to what suits them, the worst thing they can do is go it alone. “Ask a friend at law school who enjoys shopping and go together for an hour,” he says.
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