A mother is upset with a clothing company after they sold her daughter an inappropriately sexualized dress. The U.S. brand, Vanilla Bella Boutique, sell dresses that the concerned mother feels are far too revealing for young girls. The U.S. mother now believes that stores should check customer I.D.’s before selling racy dresses to young, underage girls.
“My daughter ordered from you without my permission and got dress coded,” she said to the store employees. The store took to TikTok in response to the woman’s complaint. They shared a video of the incident and asked people online whether or not they should have checked her I.D. before selling her the dress.
The store disputed the customer’s mother’s complaint but shared a video of one of their employees packaging up the dress in the background for a delivery order.
The Vanilla Bella Boutique offered the customer a refund for an outfit that was too scandalous for their daughter’s school function. However, this did not satisfy the mother. She wants the store to change its policy and stop selling racy outfits to underage girls who are trying to look like older women.
The mother contacted the store to voice her concern that “dresses like that” are being sold and suggested that it become policy to ask for identification before selling customers such clothing.
The boutique made it abundantly clear that they were displeased their dress became an issue with the girl’s school. The store quickly responded to the mother’s complaint and offered her a refund as long as she sent back the dress promptly.: “Oh no, I’m so sorry! If you send it back, we will refund you!”
The customer wasn’t concerned with the refund, but rather wanted the store to stop selling outfits that could be considered scandalous to underage girls. The mother said that her daughter had been “dress-coded for wearing your mini dress to class.”
It was plainly wrong for the daughter to wear such a provocative dress to school. Even so, she managed to leave the house in it without her mother seeing or knowing what she was up to.
“I’m extremely sorry that happened,” the boutique said. “Most of our mini dresses are intended to be worn for special events or going out.”
The mom responded, “Why would you even sell dresses like that in the first place? You should’ve asked my daughter for my I.D. when she ordered.”
The store policy is not to ask customers for identification before selling them clothing items.
“You shouldn’t be selling those revealing dresses like that,” the mother said.
People online rallied in support of the boutique.
One person said, “How are you supposed to monitor all of the sales that come through you? How about parents monitor what their kids are buying better?”
