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| - I have a very strong love/hate relationship with Forever 21. On the one hand, they provide me with some cute tops, dresses, and jewelry for very affordable prices. On the other hand...pretty much everything else.
If you are going to shop somewhere that has lots of clothes for pennies, you have to expect that there will be lots of teenagers. And apparently teenagers don't know how to keep clothes off of the ground. When you are here, especially on a weekend, expect there to be about 17% of the clothes lying on the floor while another 25% are haphazardly hanging on the racks.
Also expect very loud, bass-filled music to be blaring over the speakers and long waits in the dressing rooms.
Sometimes I have the patience for this and can manage to stay here awhile to sort through the clothes. This is usually during the week when it isn't so messy. But there have been times when the Lord hadn't granted me patience for the day and I got so irritated at the mess that I left.
(Just a side note here: This is not the fault of the employees- they are working their butts off keeping the store clean. The problem is, there needs to be about 7 times more employees here to keep up with it all.)
Despite the messes and brain-thumping music, I will continue to shop at Forever 21. I do find a lot of clothes and jewelry that I wear for both work and hanging out (like the shirt I am currently wearing as I'm writing this). I prefer this location to the others in town; The Galleria is too small and Fashion Show is incredibly large and quite possibly the First Circle of Hell.
If you are looking for solid-color, basic pieces like tanks and tees, this is definitely a good place to stop. Also consider Forever 21 if you need a costume for something- they have some crazy items and the prices are so low you won't feel bad about wearing it just once.
Three stars for the store, rounding up to four since a chunk of my wardrobe is from here.
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