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May 2022 by Elissa A.
I have shopped here for more than 15 years. Today I came in with my 12 year old daughter, who had the audacity to try on a sweatshirt. To be clear she did not damage the item or do anything to it that any other customer would not have done. When I went to retrieve another item to try on and my daughter walked out of the dressing room behind me the owner saw her and became very frosty. She then barged into the dressing room when I was half dressed (without permission) to "remove items I didn't need any more". When leaving the owner then confronted me and accused me of being "rude" for merely allowing my daughter to try on a piece of clothing without deciding to purchase it (as if once it touched her it was contaminated). My daughter stood silently next to me as the owner berated us. I will never shop at a store where the owner is so prejudiced that she prizes a designer sweatshirt over the dignity of a 12 year old girl, and considers a 12 year old so poisonous that even the act of trying on clothing is an offense. Never going back.
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April 2022 by k h.
remember the scene in 'Pretty Woman'... Julia Robert's character walks into a beautiful store and the clerk assesses her as not being a suitable customer...that was my experience. Relish is a beautiful store with wonderful clothes, however, I was made to feel so unwelcome today. I am a 58yr old woman. I love beautiful clothes, and even if the price is out of reach (or not), it is always lovely to see what is out there. In the case of the clerk at Relish, I was pointed toward a few sack-style dresses (which I have never quite understood), albeit with beautiful craftsmanship and fabric in the $750-$1,025, and the brushed out. Shop at Betsy Fisher Online ( and/or Jaryam in Georgetown for lingerie and small selection of curated clothing ( Both the owners of these stores are warm and inviting and even when the dress is well over one's budget, they acknowledge that it is always nice to look. Isn't that what fashion is about? Good luck Relish.
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April 2022 by Anthony Alexander
The staff is nice as well as clothes selection. I am giving only three stars for lack of attention to customer diversity. You close at 5PM everyday and are closed on Sundays- which is a prime shopping day for people who work. Every time we want to go to this store, we must do so on a vacation day or take time off. Two times friends of mine rushed to get there with only 15 minutes to shop. When I asked about at least closing at 6PM, one of the sales associates said "The owner does not feel she has to stay open later because if you want to come, you will make the time- even of you work 9-5PM." I thought WOW. You could have at least one day a week where you stay open until 6 or 7PM. I have another friend from NYC who comes to DC once a week to do consulting for Capital Hill and has been dying to see Relish but said "The store is NEVER open when I am done working. The one time I had a few hours, I went there and they were closed for inventory. I can fly across the country and go into "Noodle Stories" easier than Relish. At least If Soho, "Tiina the Store", has better hours. How hard would it be to stay open until 7PM one day a week- even if you opened later?
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January 2020 by Deana S.
The store was empty and the rude employee ran me off quickly. The owner would be quite unhappy to see the behavior of the employee.
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March 2018 by Zach Adams
Selection better than every other women's shop in Georgetown, possibly DC. Super nice staff.
