this comment made me laugh too much hahaha

Jolin Lin lol but it’s never something we’re interested in

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My English teacher be like:

yeah... it's a bit random...

@@lupin0745 People in their early 20s would do fine. Young teens shop at places with old SAs too, that doesn't make sense. Plus it's not a secret that you're extremely unlikely to get hired if you don't have the Brandy Melville 'look': young, thin, attractive, and white.

but it’s not just about hiring young people. most people who work in retail are already young. the manager takes a picture of every single person who applies, sends it to corporate, then checks their instagram, because you can only work there if you’re pretty, thin, and popular. if you aren’t all three, they won’t even consider you for the job.

milky tea its not about who they hire? its about the fact that grown men are looking at pictures of young girls and picking apart the way they look in order to hire the most attractive

Rings a bit like Seven Super Girls doesn’t it

Anjali Bakhru they can’t now you’ve written this comment... blackmail ;)

I SWEAR

Elz Garrett ok but also if they do offer you money, you could take that offer and donate it all to charity, and the video would be taken down from your channel but it wouldn’t be erased from the internet, because nothing can be erased from the internet completely. The plan is fool proof😈

@@hannagurvey4454 no its okay, she can take the money for herself

🥺 thankyou gal

Sharon Maldonado frr

And the editing 🥺 go on girl

Jade Warnes aww thank you!!

For real. This showed up in my recommended just now, and I had to watch all of it because it was really interesting haha

thanku sm gal 😗

@@ElzGarrett I swear if this don't get at least 3m views, brandy is paying KZfaq

@@pheebs4710 hhahah that's a spooky idea :0

I saw that today... someone recommended this girls video talking about when she worked at Brandy! It’s such a random mixture of companies I think 😂

wtf I worked there for 6 months and NEVER got any olive oil

JDLFJSDLKJF I STILL HAVE STEPHAN'S NUMBER SHOULD I TEXT HIM AND ASK FOR OLIVE OIL

Lexi Shannon well this has escalated quickly

@@ElzGarrett I totally forgot I had his number lmao one time he came into our store, stared at me, didn't introduce himself then just went to the back of the store yelling about how ugly our visuals were

that is what it seems at the moment... spooky if u ask me

Elz Garrett do you think it could be mafia related???

Kristina Muharremaj i was just thinking this, you’re so right

Seems likely...I mean what exactly are Brandy customers funding and why the secrecy?

Kristina Muharremaj i think the family made it as hust a small family company and that’s why they never had real advertising and they just meant for it to be on the down low but jessy might of made it bigger and the family still wants to be private

yeah, wow i’ve never thought of that

that's what i'm hoping... 😬

lol that's very true

Brooklyn Richy ahahhah some people r acting like this was secret info I got of the dark web... it’s all out there u just need to look hard enough 😂

Yeah, right. Falling into a deep enough internet hole can make u an expert on damn near anything haha

Lol I’m confused when did I say “olive oil” or am I going insane 😂

@@ElzGarrett i think(?) you said something about olive farms? but i looked a little bit more into the marsan farming thing and found out they had olive and olive oil farms

Myra Malik I tried to talk to the girl who made the audio but she ignored me lol I was so curious

Myra Malik i think she said that the owners of the shop next door offered them olive oil in the comments or something like tgat

I just watched a video by Ella Snyder on Brandy Melville (she worked there for 5 yrs) and she said that the owner (or one of the owners) is an olive oil connoisseur and sometimes gives bottles of olive oil to employees as a gift.

also a lot their operations are in santa monica like their product research team, modeling, one of their biggest stores, and their online distribution center

john galt is also their like graphic and denim brand, if you look at a lot of their graphics the bottom has a copyright thingy that says jgalt

this is well interesting I had no idea...

Elz Garrett some other interesting things i’ve found cause i was interested in how this company works is how romwe uses their graphics in some of their own shirts and also how the company is apparently really badly managed, like the glassdoor reviews of working there sound like the company isn’t run very well

definitelyyyyyy

also the fact that they only hire white girls (rarely asian, hispanic or black girl) that are 19-12 years old makes it kinda... creepy?

mariana hmmm I would‘nt call it creepy cause it’s a store only (mostly) forteens so I think it would be weirder when 40 years old women/ man would work there

mariana I think they hire girls that age because that’s around the age of the girls who would wear brandy

mariana well they did originate in Switzerland so I understand why they had white girls but since they expanded into the US and Canada idk

legit...

That’s insane

that's crazy wtf... i wonder why they have so many different franchises 🤔

@@ElzGarrett Honestly no clue.. Economics isn't exactly my strong suit haha

@@yeastinfection6616 Yeah.. There were times I'd be working while having panic or anxiety attacks because of everything.. But I mean, I guess that's what happens when you work retail or in customer service.

gal I feel u!! working I retail is so underrated when it comes to the amount stress you feel

🥺 ur so kind what the heck

Elz Garrett awee thanks

Cello There me

Cello There bet ya it’s going to go viral around now

Mike Gonzalez THE VOLUME INSIDE OF THE BUS

brandy clothes aren't THAT small and they stretch too

Xiomara Gamez IS ASTRONOMICAL

indeed I almost lost the plot on multiple occasions for sure

Julie Audi thanku dalin!! hahaha imagine on Netflix originals 😂

Julie Audi i was just thinking “someone needs to make a full documentary out of this and include this video in it” lol

i'm surprised Shane Dawson hasn't covered them yet 🤔

Elz Garrett maybe he’s scared since it’s a big company & what happened to trish 🤨 it’s so weird

thats their marketing strategy, its a privelege to fit in brandy melville clothes otherwise what would make it different and stand out (even if negatively) from other similar clothing brands?

i think they are not telling you to be a certain weight or a certain size, they just offer clothes for that body type

i think they are trying to profit off of the "exclusivity" hype the way Abercrombie did. However, it ended up backfiring for Abercrombie, which may be why the owners are so secretive.

could also be that Italy has a much slimmer population & that’s the original target group so one size probably did for most people?

@@nimimoi78 I've seen many short/skinny girls not fit into their some of their clothes properly so no I don't think so also in Italy and many other places being skinny means your beautiful and if you aren't your not

Thanku love!!

Yetta Lam watch stuff in 2x

that’s tru it seems that way. Like the workers are also the models... 🤔

I worked there when I was 20-21, but it felt super awkward because most of the customers were 12-17

H D where I live I’ve seen ppl in their 20s working there, and it makes sense cuz that’s the age group of the target audience

Allene Jerome yeah I was just curious because I had seen a video of a brandy shoot and it just looked like a bunch of girls taking photos of each other.

Matilde Pilia I’ve never seen boys work there. Probably because they don’t make anything for guys as opposed to similar stores like urban outfitters and pacsun were there is a men’s section

true gal! When did you email them like 2014? 🤍

@@ElzGarrett Yup! Right when they came out and started becoming more mainstream. I can fit into their clothes and will buy from them occasionally but it's so sad how their sizing has contributed to people feeling left out or driving people to eating disorders. I know I feel crappy whenever I try something on in their store and it can't even fit around my thighs or arms

It’s a petite store. would you be emailing a plus size store for making plus size clothing just because they didn’t fit smaller sizes?

@@paigeisme95 a petite store would feature models and clothes that are 'petite' all the brandy models are 5'7 and skinny which isn't petite lmao, also 'plus size' stores still offer smaller sizes so your argument is redundant

I would also like to add that although brandy Melville is considered "one size" all of the items are actually different sizes. From shopping on their website, I have noticed that the waist in bottoms ranges from 24" - 32" and bust size in tops ranges from 10"-16" so all of their clothes are literally all different sizes. So its really not more convenient for girls because they don't have to try everything on - they actually have to try everything on even more because all of the clothes are different sizes but they're not really marked as such!

hahah i guess that's what this channel is turning into loll

that's so interesting! i saw a lot of info about the story behind the name 'Brandy Melville' but none of it was relevant to the video so i didn't include it... :))

This really explains a lot of this business model.. if anyone knows ayn rand’s philosophy then it really makes a lot of sense

Jesus when you said atlas shrugged 😬...........im a little concerned about the ethics behind the company now, although not surprised given that libertarianism is rampantly prolific

wow i never put together how wrong that was. not that they only had one size, i knew that was wrong but like _men_ telling woman and teenagers what size their body needs to be. that’s disgusting

no one is telling anyone to be a particular size, they just offer clothes for that size. It’s like those plus size stores. Yes i think its weird that some brands don’t offer clothes for different people but thats just how it is. 🤷🏼‍♀️

nimi moi ok but most stores don’t offer plus sizes... and there are the same sizes brandy offers in every store u walk into. there’s a difference

@@imamouseduh.2462 that still doesnt take away the fact they are trying to tell you what sie you need to be..... did you even read my comment?

lo lo i was agreeing with your comment, i was replying to @nimi moi

thanku gal 🥰

Simply being made by men doesn’t make it sexist. In fact, your comment, in and of itself, is sexist

justin s, no it is sexist because it is implying that young women should be a certain size to be deemed attractive. Men enforcing these standards on women is sexist because for centuries women had and have been used to look aesthetically pleasing to men’s standards. So no, this person is not being sexist

@@sami-xe7zk thats why i shop at pacsun or free people just like brandy but they have all sizes

Nothing wrong with a smaller size clothing brand just like there is no problem with a plus sized only store.

no one: me: wears brandy in the video *i have a small wardrobe and no new £ for clothes soz*

lol me 22222222222222

Shit same

kokonvts me too

Elz Garrett omg i just realized u replied-

might just do that...

@@ElzGarrett u rlly should! u would be amazing at it lol

that's well cool!! :)

I'm sorry but that's just plain racist. I'm Italian born and raised, and don't you know that family operated businesses are a thing anywhere in the world, not just Italy? Also you base yourself off a 'sketchy vibe'? Please think before you say these things about a country... not all Italians are affiliated with the mafia, and also each and every country has its own mafia, so. I don't judge other countries so please don't judge mine or any other. (:

travelller my boyfriend and closest friend are italian and i live in France and attend an international school. I’m fully aware of certain prejudices against countries and i’m sorry if my intentions came off the wrong way. I’m also deeply sorry for my mediocre wording. It’s just that the company has zero front that isn’t social media. In my experience, most “family run” businesses are very open about being family run because it’s a good marketing point: makes it look like more of an ethical company, etc. I didn’t know it was family run until I googled it. I think it’s “sketchy” that no one speaks out from the company concerning its controversy. The only information we hear is from teenage girls who work/have worked at one of their stores. On the website, it doesn’t talk about where their clothing is manufactured or how (as opposed to other more sustainable brands that market to young girls.) Their ethics are questionable and in a modern day society when these things are frequently talked about regarding companies and when CEO’s tweet out to customers sometimes- it is frankly sketchy. Furthermore, I understand that not every family in Italy is mafia affiliated, but it is my understanding that the mafia does still EXIST there and influence things. It’s also a little sus that this is their only venture in the fashion industry and everything else they own is agricultural?? especially with such a successful business model for a clothing brand? I understand that family run businesses are a thing everywhere but because of all of the other reasons I just mentioned I feel as though this one may be more susceptible to more unsavory things. Not to be an ass, but i feel kind of patronized after your comment: as if I don’t know the mafia exists everywhere? Just didn’t really come into the conversation as the people that run brandy aren’t russian? If it were, I would have probably made the same case. So i’m sorry if i offended you, but they seem to have some makings of a business that is maybe mafia affiliated. And I don’t think that’s racist to italians, because it doesn’t mean to say that just because they are italian they are mafia affiliated. there could be a multitude of reasons for that?? I didn’t stereotype or discriminate against all italians. I didn’t say italy had a sketchy vibe, I said the MAFIA has a specific sketchy vibe that Brandy low key has too. I also just said: Questionable business in italy, maybe mafia due to “sketchy reasons”- also takes place in italy where it is known that there is still involvement by the mafia so it wouldn’t be as outlandish to suggest this theory as it could be. Thank you for your time.

Kate Ravenscroft that’s just jumping to conclusions

@@SuperARi111 Italian isnt a race lol its not racist but its just ignorant

@@Aj-sn1dp maybe xenophobic

if that's true that's really upsetting :(

what the hell?

yeah they get pics sent to corporate every shift and they pick the girls with the best style to do “product research” aka hunting for products to copy for their brand. i’ve also heard stuff on glassdoor of employees being fired for not wearing makeup/having their hair done/etc. crazy 😷

that is weird... maybe they just closed them when they started to do well in America?

Elz Garrett actually, to be fair we used to have quite a similar store but it was under another name (and the items were not quite like the Brandy ones) and now it’s part of another chain. I’m pretty positive that’s the same Brandy man that owns it. This is my most plausible explanation

@@erikadalcortivo4034 To be fair, in the article about when they made the store by the UC school, they mentioned putting an American beachy girl twist on the clothing to sell more. So it would make a lot of sense for them to be marketing it under a different name and in a different way to a new target demographic.

when i was studying abroad there were a few in Rome!

I’ve been to brandy Melville in Rome?

lolololol thanku sm tho!! :))

SAMEEE

if you do. you didn't get any of this info from me 😂

I’m Italian and their surname sounds from the region Veneto. So good luck

Greta Thunberg Silvio Marsan è croato

@@gretathunberg8474 io sono veneta e non l’ho mai sentito

possibly coming soon...

lol yeah i saw that 😂

I got spooked too many times when planning it lemme tell ya 👻

ellianna navarro omg I thought I was the only one who felt this way 💀

Omg same

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I’m watching it at 3am lol

thanku ma luv :)

Celina Nguyen yes

@@angelicaknutsen8981 translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=www.pollosanbartolomeo.it/&prev=search this is the translated link to their website; if you scroll down there a photos of a family, which includes a 60/ish old man also since stephan marsan changed his youtube profile picture to his face and kids, his face looks very familiar to one of the men in the photos on the website which also shows 2 kids.

Thank you :p

@@celinanguyen9834 oml thank you for that and one of the images included Virginia.

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wasn't me...

i would make that... someone hit up netflix rn

I just saw the HBO documentary on this. You are spot on!

nyan cat needs more appreciation in 2020

Julia Carreras thank you! I actually quite enjoyed it I felt like an FBI person lol 😂

glad i could help 😂

thanku ma luv!!

omg hi! yeah the whole thing is rlly weird but interesting lmao - that's crazy tho! they must be young to agree not to get paid but paid in clothes 🤔i know i wouldn't do that lol

maria zilic their photographers too!

thank you love this means a lot!! 😘

thanku sm!! :)

yay hahha glad i could help!!

thanku love!!

ur a babe

honestly same tho

thanku girly!!

thanku love!!

hahahhaha yes!

yeah i was thinking that... i'm gonna let the video do it's thing and then maybe there will be another video, but not right now lol... glad u like it tho!! :)

Elz Garrett yeah it was an excellent video , be proud of your work aha

@@sicklyfoalfrombrowndesert5052 thank youuuu :))

im interested too lmao i wanna look and see what the workers are like and basically the same questions you have. ill let you know what i find.

thanku gal!! thank you for subscribing :))

Anjali Bakhru omg that u so much ma love! This means a lot 😚

lmao rly came out here w animal farm

awww thank you!!!

this is so kind thank you!!

this is so sweet!! thanku sm =)

Kasia V Luna awww 🥺 thank you!! This is so kind :)

aw thank you!! :)

thanku ma luv :)

love a bit o nyan cat 😂

oh my god thanku sm!!

that's so random... weird the tags would be cut out 🤔

Elz Garrett I remember going to a pac sun outlet specifically a few years ago and the brandy tags were cut out, but I went more recently and the tags hadn’t been cut out so I think they stopped doing that

Yeah, plus when you order from online, sometimes the tags are missing

thank you love!!

why thank you madeleine :))

Capaldia no thank you! for such a lovely comment ur too kind 🥺

Elz Garrett np keep doing what you’re doing, I feel like you should make this investigating type videos about different companies into a series, it would def be big

Capaldia that’s what I was thinking! But I need some businesses for ideas this one just came to me as a whim 🤞🏼 🤔

Elz Garrett maybe Abercrombie and fitch👀 their ceo have gotten a lot of backlash

Capaldia oooh I’ll look into it! Thank you 😗

ur a babe for thatt

thanks gal!! :P

thanku brooklyn!! :)

thanku love!! this means a lot :)

Yay! Glad you liked it!! 😊

thanku broski 😚

omg hi! Thanku sm dalin!!! This is so kind 😁

oml hi! this is so sweet thank you!!

lol the sad thing is i filmed this before that was even a thing...

thanku luv!!!

hii! thank you so much :))

this is just a 3am level of thinking for ya

lol thanku my guy 😗