Coast

Coast is a dress shop. It sells lots of lovely, wonderfully pretty dresses and skirts and frocks and lederhosen and other womanly clothes that I, as a bloke, don’t understand. Why is everything so intricate with you girls? Men put on pants and a shirt and they’re done. With women, there are like sixteen layers to every outfit you wear and the end goal seems to want to make you look as much like a cake or as much like a cat as possible.
As a bloke, I can’t offer much criticism of the style. But knowing one of the managers once, I can say she was a consummate professional and, seeing her work, I could tell she was an exceptional sales person for this store. And this has been my continued experience with this shop. When I’ve entered the store looking to buy something for a ladyfriend, the staff have been incredibly helpful to my lost-​in-​the-​woods little self. They clearly have experience dealing with clueless men, as they know all the right questions, and just how to interpret the equally clueless answers they are bound to get. Nothing I’ve bought from there has ever been a disappointment, and I can’t say that’s down to my great taste.

This place has such friendly, helpful staff who are always willing to give you an opinion without giving you the sense that they’re simply trying to make a sale. The store itself has a good selection of clothing, which they often have on sale. Plus some really pretty changing rooms!