average american beauty

In the morning, the sky was gloomy and the wind was a little strong.

There is no need for a weather forecast. Caroline can see that there is a high probability of rain today, so she took an umbrella before going out.

Seeing that there were only two streets away from Meisi Department Store, big raindrops suddenly fell from the sky.

Caroline hurriedly opened the umbrella, but it couldn't stop the cold rainwater from slanting under the umbrella.

In just a few minutes, her skirt was soaked below her knees, and her back felt icy cold.Caroline held the handle of the umbrella tightly with both hands, for fear that the umbrella would be blown over by the wind.After all, the current umbrella does not have a good windproof design. If it is blown over by the wind, she can't even cover her upper body. If she knew it, she would have worn an extra coat.

When they arrived at the shopping mall, Caroline put away her umbrella, put her hand to her mouth, relieved her unconscious fingers with the heat of her breath, shivered, and took out her pocket watch to check the time.

It was a quarter to eight.

It's still early for me, I have enough time to clean up. There are a lot of things recently, so I can't catch a cold because of the rain.

After twisting the hem of the skirt, the squeezed water formed a small puddle under her feet.Anyway, there were no customers in the mall at this time, so she simply rolled up her skirt and carried it all the way to the lounge on the third floor.

Caroline dried her wet hair with a spare towel in the cabinet, changed into her overalls, combed her hair, and went to Ms. Green's office after tidying up.

After thinking about it, she took out her handbag from the cabinet and took out a piece of drawing paper inside.

Caroline was really shocked when she saw this portrait yesterday, but after thinking about it carefully, she and this young man who almost became a colleague have not had any intersection since then.

If it wasn't a random crime, could it be that he hated himself who passed the trial because he didn't pass the trial of Meisi, so he came to rob it after a year?

Caroline felt that there must be more than that, so when she packed her bag this morning, she subconsciously brought this portrait with her.

Because there was no way to explain the strange feeling that lingered in her heart, Caroline briefly mentioned the experience of yesterday morning after seeing Ms. Green, took out the portrait, and asked Ms. Green if she had seen this person recently.

After hearing this, Ms. Green pulled Caroline to look at it, and made sure she was not affected, before continuing,

"Why didn't you tell me anything yesterday? The next time something like this happens, protect yourself before talking about work."

Seeing Caroline bit her lip and nodded in agreement, she took the portrait.

"I have an impression of him. At that time, I knew he was not competent after a day or two of trial, but Fred insisted on letting him try for a week according to the regulations."

Speaking of this, Ms. Green shook her head, "I haven't seen it since, but Fred should still have his records, and I will ask someone to check."

She was just about to return the portrait to Caroline, when she suddenly saw the signature on the lower right corner of the drawing paper, and picked up the portrait for a closer look.

"Francis C? Francis Corey"

Ms. Green smiled interestedly at Caroline, "This painting was painted by little Francis? Do you know him?"

Caroline didn't expect Ms. Green to ask this question at all, or she never thought that Ms. Green would know Francis and recognize his habitual signature. In her impression, the two people should have no intersection That's right.

"If you know Francis Corey and I know the same person," Caroline said a little blankly, "I'm renting in his sister Isabella's apartment now."

"That's right," Ms. Green returned the portrait to Caroline, and explained in a regretful tone, "When we first came to Chicago, we were neighbors with the Corey family for two years. The mother got along pretty well. It's a pity that the couple left early, and the two children were gone."

Caroline had to sigh that there were really too many unexpected things recently.

Ms. Green interrupted Caroline's thoughts and brought the topic back to the work that was to be discussed.

Max Mars has decided to hold a womenswear showcase at a special customer event next month.

The current fashion trends are always led by someone before someone follows them. These leaders are either prestigious ladies or female stars who are like a fish in water in the social circle.Some businessmen will also deliberately provide their latest products for free for them to try, for this kind of "advertising effect".

Correspondingly, the clothing industry has not yet had the habit of setting fashion trends one or two quarters in advance.Major brands and dedicated fashion magazines have not yet appeared in people's lives.

Caroline saw an opportunity in this, but after writing a fashion column for so long, she also knew that it was difficult for her to have much influence on her own.

Just like she also tried to lead and change in the past, and put forward some more radical dressing concepts in the column, such as emphasizing healthy breathing, abandoning or improving corsets, emphasizing the natural drooping beauty of skirts, and abandoning exaggerated panniers , and even hinted that women will have a different sassy beauty in suits and trousers.However, these contents are generally corrected by the editor before publication, and then a warning letter is sent back to her. Even if occasionally the editor is persuaded by her words and publishes some different contents, the influence is very limited.

Caroline is well aware of the difficulty of changing concepts, and she will not give up easily on this point, but has been looking for a suitable method.

Her first goal now is to help Ms. Green hold this women's clothing show successfully. If Meisi's women's clothing show is recognized by the high society, it may be easier to show a little different fashion in future shows. Accepted by the upper class, and then accepted by more people.

Caroline's idea was endorsed by Ms. Green.

After getting along with Ms. Green for a long time, Caroline found that she is avant-garde and tolerant in thinking. She can accept those cumbersome dresses at the ball with a smile, and she will also wear improved riding clothes similar to men's riding clothes when riding a horse.She is no longer as naive as the young rich lady who loudly declared at certain times that she would leave the old life and leave the family. Instead, she has spent more than ten years learning and growing, and has become a successful businessman that no one dares to underestimate.

Such a person would be successful in any era, Caroline thought.

This time, Ms. Green has selected a folded-leaf brochure as the on-site explanatory manual, and arranged for a painter who has worked with Max Department Store to be responsible for the design of the manual.

In addition to the brief introduction of the day's activities, the brochure will also have sketches of four sets of the latest winter women's clothing and some sketches of brooches and jewelry with unique designs.The brochure is only a part of the products on display, and the rest will not be released on-site until the day of the show.

The women's clothing displayed that day was carefully selected by Ms. Green. It has not yet been put on the shelves in Meisi Department Store, and it is guaranteed to be unique in the whole city.Interested customers can make reservations on the spot at the exhibition, and only one reservation is provided for each piece.

Because of the heavy rain in the morning, there were not many customers in Meisi Department Store all day long. Caroline and Vivienne stayed in Ms. Green's office after they agreed and continued to discuss the details of the event with her.

On the other hand, Manager Adler immediately sent someone to investigate after hearing what Ms. Green said about the probationary salesman last year.

Because the address of his parents was included in the message he left at the beginning, so in just one day, the person sent out basically figured out the situation of this person.This Daniel changed five or six jobs in a year, and other than that, he was nothing special.The last one was working as a waiter in a bar, and he disappeared after a short time.It was his own father who cursed at the boy and said that the boy was very ill-disciplined, but the two hadn't seen each other for months.

This result disappointed Caroline a bit, but unless he was caught on the spot, even the inspection bureau would not record such behaviors as theft and robbery, and there was no way to find out whether Daniel had a criminal record.

Just in case, Ms. Green decided to add two inspectors to Meisi Department Store. On the surface, they provide services to customers at the door, but in fact they are of the same nature as security personnel.

At the same time, she no longer keeps Caroline to work in the office after the mall is closed, and occasionally insists on sending a carriage to take Caroline home when she works late.

After the customer activities were settled, Caroline began to have time to improve the Velcro with Isabella.

The zipper she thought of that day was practical, but she couldn't figure out the principle, but then she thought of the sticky button. The principle seems to be much simpler. If it can be made, it can definitely make a major improvement in shoes.

She didn't have enough time or money to do this kind of experiment herself, so she briefly described the structure of bulbous plants such as "burdock grass" and how they could be glued to knitted fabrics, and then drew Jane on paper. picture.

Francis learned from his sister that they were researching this, and they also expressed a strong interest in this kind of thing, but because the nylon that was originally used to make hook and loop buttons does not exist yet, they have not been able to find a suitable material.

After two or three weeks, Isabella finally used tiny metal hooks to achieve a similar effect. Unfortunately, this kind of "glue" is relatively bulky, and it is easy to hurt hands, and there is no way to ensure that the tiny metal hooks will not fall off. After that, everyone had to temporarily put this "invention plan" on hold.

It seems that I'd better keep my feet on the ground and work, Caroline thought a little self-deprecatingly.

But once this desire to invent is provoked, it is always difficult to give up.So although her focus is still on work, sometimes she thinks of something from later generations, and as long as she thinks it is useful, she will write down an idea in the notebook first, even if she can't do it now, when she has money one day, say Maybe you can find someone else to do research, or if you meet an inventor, it would be nice to be an "angel investor".

Soon, the next Meisi department store customer event will come as scheduled.

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