Gina Tricot Shopping Mingle.

Last night Jaana (Vogue Wired) and I decided to party at Gina Tricot Shopping Mingle, which took place in their branch in Hannover. From 8pm to 10pm they offered free drinks and snacks, 20% on everything and, what was the most important for two fashion bloggers: the best dressed contest. One girl, who got best dressed that evening, should win a 100 EUR gift card. We were excited to win and dressed up ourselves with every possibility our suitcases offer (we're still on the seminar, you know). Finally me wearing the silver ZARA skirt, black tights and Primark wedges, as well as the black shirt by H&M and big silver necklace as an eyecatcher. Jaana wearing her sequined skirt (also ZARA) and my Karl's cravat top, all combined with black wedges as well. All in all, really good looks. Self-confident like little princesses, we had drinks, fun, good conversations and found a lot of cute items. Everyone was asking us to take part at the contest, some even asked where to buy my shoes. We got great chances, since the branch wasn't as visited as expected and it seemed like nobody was dressed up anyway.  The photographer took about 8 (?) pics of young girls who wanted to win. Including us.  Finally at 9pm they shouted out who should win: the girl next door, wearing old sneakers, straight cut jeans, poncho and a frayed ponytail. The whole store, including like 10 customers, the employees and DJ were like: WHAT? Nobody applauded and the whole scene was too embarrassing to find any other words. No exaggeration: that girl really was the most underdressed of all. We went to the cashpoint and left the store. A few minutes later the DJ called us back and gave us a sample of his music saying: "Girls, I'm so sorry you didn't win. I don't know what they were thinking, you both look so pretty!" Haha that was so cute and he really spoke out what everyone else was thinking. Having a look at our goodie-bag later on, we found a 1 EUR mini umbrella by Gina Tricot (yes the price tag was still there)... So as a conclusion we're pretty disappointed about the corrupt decision of the branch manager (?), choosing a girl (who definitely was one of her friends) to win 100 EUR for nothing. I'm even not sure about, whether they really took a picture of her or not. We're not at all sad about the price, but about the apparently insidious decision of the lady. Thumbs down for Gina Tricot!

Top: H&M

Necklace: Primark

Skirt: ZARA

Wedges: Primark

Coat: Wellensteyn

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