Nothing Lasts Forever 21

By Savannah Perry
Lakeside High School

Walking into a Forever 21 fashion store is like walking into the jungle: clothes are sprawled out all over the floor, young women are fighting over a cute and trendy dress, helpless dads are standing in all corners trying to dodge outfits that go whizzing by them, all while the employees just stand around waiting to get off work so that they can attend their best friend’s party. It’s a madhouse, to say the least. But that's not even the worst part.

Every time a girl steps foot in Forever 21, she expects to find a lot of new and inexpensive clothes (which, granted, most of the time she does). But guaranteed it took her a good hour or more to find those four or five articles of clothing. She had to sift and sift and sift until she couldn’t sift any longer. There’s just so much merchandise that it’s hard to tell the difference between what’s good and what’s bad. Not mention that after all that searching for the cutest clothes out there, a sweat starts to break out and knees become wobbly and that’s when the customers know it’s time to leave, even if they’re empty handed.

Another thing: once the clothes have been diligently searched for and finally purchased and all ready to wear, they fall apart the very next day! They’re very cheaply made. Forever 21 knows that young girls without a lot of money will go there and stock up with a bundle of clothes, failing to even ponder the thought of why the clothes are such a bargain. Let’s face it, teenage girls aren’t the smartest things out there, but they really have to have enough sense to know that the things they buy at Forever 21 are going to fall apart very soon.

But no matter how much bashing can possibly be done about this store, there’s no denying the fact that it continues to be one of the most popular places to shop amongst teenagers. There’s obviously something to it, so it’s up to the reader to decide for his or herself. Its name fits its status; it will live on forever.