I always imagined to have made my first Dior purchase in Paris, but Chanel won the race on that one. The experience wasn't as I expected, mainly because the environment felt intimidating. I didn't spend much time looking around but I got myself the Dior tribal earrings, in the classic pearl colour (can never go wrong with classics, can you?).

I have always wanted to be part of the Dior world and I thought this would have been a more lovely introduction, but it left me disappointed. Not of Dior, but the Madrid boutique experience, the brand ambassador was obviously not too enthusiastic about selling a pair of earrings for £200, when the starting price point of the handbags are £2000. Understandable but not excusable. 

I work in luxury fashion retail, and I would not feel discouraged from providing a memorable service, whether the client is purchasing or not. It's always important to know that as a brand ambassador, most of the time, we are the face and first encounter of the brand to many clients. 

Photography by Zinah Nur Sharif and Sam Field