Dear Brandy Melville Management,
My friends and I have been shopping at Brandy Melville for many years now. The various clothing options and good pricing have us coming back each week.
However, in my most recent visit I discovered an issue with your “one size fits all” policy. This past weekend, I went to the mall with a few of my friends. Our first stop was of course, your store. While shopping, I encountered a cute pair of vodi shorts. Excited, I went into the dressing room to try it on. To my disappointment, I found that the waist of the shorts were too big and did not fit me correctly. As I stepped out of the dressing room, my friend came up to me saying the shirt that she wanted was too tight for her. I understand that it may be easier for a company to make everything one size, but it may cause some girls to have body image issues. With the pressure to keep up with the latest trends and styles, not being able to fit Brandy Melville clothes can cause teens to dislike their bodies, and drop their self-esteem. The average teenage girl has the waist size of 28-32 inches, yet your store only sells sizes 0-2. If you’re trying to target teenage girls as customers, wouldn’t you want majority of them to fit the clothes? I feel that to satisfy customers, and to make more profit, Brandy Melville should sell more sizes.
In addition, although I always look forward to coming to your store, the workers are not friendly and do not offer their assistance. Often times I find myself jumping trying to reach the clothes as they just stare and watch me. I understand coming to work may not always be a joy, but to make sales workers should be more pleasant to customers.
Though there are some conflicts I came across with your store, I am pleased to find different options every time I visit. Brandy Melville has a great selection of tanktops and shorts, for reasonable prices. With clothes matching each season, my whole wardrobe is filled with only Brandy Melville clothing.
I have no objection to the designs of your clothing, but feel to make more profit you should create more sizes.
Sincerely,
Kaylee Sumida
Friday, September 16, 2016
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Divorce; final draft
In today's American society, forty to fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce. While going through a divorce, parents sometimes fail to acknowledge the effects it has on their children. Studies show that divorce can have a negative impact on the children that are involved. The children of separated parents often believe they were the cause of the divorce. Depressed and angered, they are more likely to have a clouded judgement on whats right and whats wrong. Teenagers already go through numerous daily problems, such as peer pressure, or bullying. The added stress of having parents go through a divorce can influence teenagers to turn to drugs and alcohol. Although drugs and alcohol prevent certain health risks, it will always have a negative effect because it lowers IQ, results in bad decisions and weakens the immune system.
According to sources, teenagers from ages 15-19 with divorced parents are 39% more likely to do drugs. Teenagers believe drugs and alcohol will solve all their problems but in the long run, it will only destroy their health. Alcohol will weaken the body's immune system, making the body more susceptible to disease and illnesses. Drinking too much alcohol reduces the amount of white blood cells, which stops the body from being able to kill germs. That means that those who drink, are more likely to catch a cold or some type of disease. Abusing alcohol also results in nutritional deficiency. Many teenagers often drink after their parents' separation to forget all of their problems. Abusing alcohol is just as harmful to the body as doing drugs.It has also been found that smoking marijuana can cause severe respiratory damage. "The inhaled smoke from marijuana is often combined with tobacco which is known to cause significant damage to lungs, including the leading cause of lung cancer and emphysema".(OJJDP) Drugs and alcohol destroy not only a person's physical health, but their mental health as well.
Drinking too much and doing drugs can also affect a persons education and brain. The brain of a human develops until the age of 25. By smoking or abusing drugs, it damages the brains wiring. Teenagers who abuse drugs have lower grades and a higher rate of absences which results to them to drop out of school. 1/3 of school dropouts indicate substances were one of the main reasons they made the decision to leave school. With no education, addicts will fail to get successful careers that can support them. It has been found that drugs such as marijuana can reduce your IQ up to 8 points. Drinking too much alcohol if pregnant will not only drop your IQ, but your babies as well. When abusing a substance, it can affect your education, and your behavior too.
Aside from the health effects of drugs and alcohol, these substances can cause behavioral problems in teenagers as well. Many teenagers who get in trouble with authorities have admitted to being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. "The is an undeniable link between substance abuse and delinquency."(recovery.org) In a recent study, it was found that 39% of youth under the age of 18 were on a certain substance at the time of their offense. Drugs and alcohol cause teens to make bad decisions that can destroy their life. Stress and depression, added to a broken home will sometimes push teens over the top. A study found that of 113 delinquent youth, 82% admitted to being heavy drug and alcohol abusers. Abusing substances, will cause teenagers to not make the right decisions, and get them in trouble with authorities. Affecting physical health, mental health and decision making, it is clear that drugs and alcohol are never good for you.
With the number of divorce filings increasing each year, parents must remember to acknowledge the impact it will have on their children's lives. Divorce not only affects the couple, it affects the rest of their family's lives as well. Divorce is one of the main factors that causes teens to abuse drugs and alcohol. Parent separation has become a normal thing in today's society. Real life is no fairytale, and sometimes there is no happily ever after between couples. However, before splitting, parents need to be aware of and acknowledge the effects this will cause on their entire family.
According to sources, teenagers from ages 15-19 with divorced parents are 39% more likely to do drugs. Teenagers believe drugs and alcohol will solve all their problems but in the long run, it will only destroy their health. Alcohol will weaken the body's immune system, making the body more susceptible to disease and illnesses. Drinking too much alcohol reduces the amount of white blood cells, which stops the body from being able to kill germs. That means that those who drink, are more likely to catch a cold or some type of disease. Abusing alcohol also results in nutritional deficiency. Many teenagers often drink after their parents' separation to forget all of their problems. Abusing alcohol is just as harmful to the body as doing drugs.It has also been found that smoking marijuana can cause severe respiratory damage. "The inhaled smoke from marijuana is often combined with tobacco which is known to cause significant damage to lungs, including the leading cause of lung cancer and emphysema".(OJJDP) Drugs and alcohol destroy not only a person's physical health, but their mental health as well.
Drinking too much and doing drugs can also affect a persons education and brain. The brain of a human develops until the age of 25. By smoking or abusing drugs, it damages the brains wiring. Teenagers who abuse drugs have lower grades and a higher rate of absences which results to them to drop out of school. 1/3 of school dropouts indicate substances were one of the main reasons they made the decision to leave school. With no education, addicts will fail to get successful careers that can support them. It has been found that drugs such as marijuana can reduce your IQ up to 8 points. Drinking too much alcohol if pregnant will not only drop your IQ, but your babies as well. When abusing a substance, it can affect your education, and your behavior too.
Aside from the health effects of drugs and alcohol, these substances can cause behavioral problems in teenagers as well. Many teenagers who get in trouble with authorities have admitted to being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. "The is an undeniable link between substance abuse and delinquency."(recovery.org) In a recent study, it was found that 39% of youth under the age of 18 were on a certain substance at the time of their offense. Drugs and alcohol cause teens to make bad decisions that can destroy their life. Stress and depression, added to a broken home will sometimes push teens over the top. A study found that of 113 delinquent youth, 82% admitted to being heavy drug and alcohol abusers. Abusing substances, will cause teenagers to not make the right decisions, and get them in trouble with authorities. Affecting physical health, mental health and decision making, it is clear that drugs and alcohol are never good for you.
With the number of divorce filings increasing each year, parents must remember to acknowledge the impact it will have on their children's lives. Divorce not only affects the couple, it affects the rest of their family's lives as well. Divorce is one of the main factors that causes teens to abuse drugs and alcohol. Parent separation has become a normal thing in today's society. Real life is no fairytale, and sometimes there is no happily ever after between couples. However, before splitting, parents need to be aware of and acknowledge the effects this will cause on their entire family.
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