The landlord is a junior, with the coordinates of Hangzhou, and he is studying non-advertising. There were three breaks in my junior year's schedule, and I felt that I couldn't waste the ivory tower time of "I can get away with it no matter how I try and make mistakes", so I went around to take part-time jobs to experience life. When I was bored in my circle of friends, I happened to see that the antique shop that had bought clothes before was urgently recruiting part-time jobs. It probably said that I would have time to wear love clothes, so I immediately went to the store for an interview and decided on the spot. I started my class at the end of September, and I went to work for five or six days a week. Of course, I always took a leave with the shopkeeper because of things at school. I've been working part-time for about two months now. If I'm a fishing fool who loves clothes, then the clerk in an antique shop can be said to be a poor but relaxed and happy job. I'm here to share my experience as a reference ~

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First of all, I'll answer the main puzzles I saw on the Internet about antiques:

1. Antique/vintage.

Vintage: in English, an article that is close to an "antique" must be a fine product with historical value. The common saying is that it has a history of more than 3 years and has a cultural symbol.

antique: this name comes from the Japanese word "ふるぎ", which can refer to second-hand clothes that are really dated and have been discontinued. It can be said that it is the second cycle of fashion brands. These clothes can clearly reproduce the true miniature of that era when the clothes were produced, regardless of the fabrics used, the tailoring of details and even the use. Its commemorative "stop production" feature and exquisite fabric cutting make it different from the second-hand clothes that are still in sale.

Middle Ages: originated from Japanese "ちゅぅここ", which mostly refers to the second-hand luxury goods with years. Due to Japan's economic bubble in the late 198s and early 199s, the selling of second-hand goods became a common social phenomenon after the bursting of the economic bubble, which also formed Japan's medieval goods flowing culture and the mature industrial chain at present.

Second-hand: Literally, "second-hand" is a broader concept, and vintage, antique and medieval can all be said to be second-hand items. As for the concept of "second-hand clothes" that we often talk about, the clothes taken off by any person can be said to be "second-hand clothes". Generally speaking, they are new products that are still in production and on the market, and there is no collection value added by the age.

The ancient works in our store are mainly foreign minority brands with a long history, and some popular luxury brands such as Burberry, Dior, Carhart, jean paul gaultier and Double Crown. What surprises me most is that there are still two rows of cotton coats in the army during World War II in the store, which are particularly thick and warm. You can even see the army number on the label of the clothes.

2. What should I pay attention to when buying antiques in antique shops?

during the daily shop visits, the landlord often finds that many antique shops are sold with some minority clothes on sale on Taobao and a small amount of foreign trade scraps in stock. Therefore, after you look at clothes in antique shops, you can take pictures on Taobao first. Some courageous shops will also sell fake goods with labels. Before, a guest shared with our shop assistant the jacket he wore from Carhart, which was found in other antique shops. At first glance, the shop assistant found that the risk at the sign was very chaotic, and there were some prominent threads. Then, at first glance, the names of other brands were clearly written on the buttons of the clothes. In addition, there are some black label and blue label products specially produced by branch companies, which are agents of luxury brands. The workmanship and anti-counterfeiting measures are slightly inferior to those of big-name direct supply. It can be understood that big-name manufacturers choose to cooperate with some foundries to produce and name their own trademarks in order to quickly integrate into the local market. Therefore, when you go shopping in antique shops, you should carefully turn over the internal standard of clothes, and many antique metal buttons will also be printed with the brand name. I have seen many people worry about the safety of antiques on the Internet before. You can rest assured that most regular antique shops will disinfect, wash and iron their goods (except for some so-called antique shops that can smell obvious pungent smell as soon as they enter the door on Lingshi Road in Shanghai, of course). When shopping, you can also talk to the shopkeeper and ask about the material, origin and age of the clothes. If the shopkeeper carefully selects the goods, he should be able to talk about every piece of clothes ~

? 3. Why did you choose to work part-time in an antique shop?

The landlord usually likes to collect some clothes with a sense of the times, wearing a wool roll that will be welded to his head forever. The essay "I want to be a fashion designer when I grow up" has been written from primary school to junior high school, and even if I go back to primary school to visit my teacher, I will be teased. Then when there are no guests in the shop, I can look for the clothes in the shop at will. As for the epiphany of "I have the ability to work in antique shops", it was because when I tried on clothes in other antique shops with better marketing, some people who were part-time in the store asked if they wanted to try part-time sales and dressing models in their stores, but because of some Taobao map-reading behavior, I found that the store was mixed with too many Taobao and foreign trade goods, so I gave up.

I chose this antique shop as a part-time job because I am really doing antiques seriously. There are no foreign trade goods and Taobao goods in the shop. Although the price is expensive, it has texture and personality. The shop owner's attitude towards purchasing goods is: he will enter the store no matter whether he sells it well or not, such as the medieval bag in jean paul gaultier and a row of ethnic carpet craft jackets that he feels can't sell for half a month. Because it is the storefront under the cooperation of three antique shop owners, it is very big and the clothes are dazzling.

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antique dolls collected by the owner

? 4. How can I get a job in an antique shop?

When the owner interviewed me, she emphasized several qualities that she hoped the shop assistant could possess:

Love and have a certain understanding of fashion

Aesthetic, like to wear

Careful and enthusiastic, good expression ability

Strong hands-on ability, plus points for having relevant experience in the art field

After working in the antique shop, I found that the average tailor in the shop has many years of art study history, and some clothes in the shop are also owned by the owner remake. However, both the new shop assistant and I belong to the category of people with low eyes but high skills, so the handicapped party can also rush ~

The channel through which I got this part-time job was the part-time job information I accidentally brushed in my circle of friends, but if you want to try to experience the life of working in an antique shop, you can go directly to your favorite antique shop and ask the boss if it is hiring. I feel that the antique shops here in Hangzhou are still short of people, because a model friend who came to our store said that the employees of several antique shops had passed, and finally only one shop was chosen, and our store would also recruit some part-time jobs during holidays.

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5. Basic benefits and job contents of antique shops

Let's talk about the basic salary. I go to work from 12 noon to 9 pm every day (of course, there is a lot of fishing time, which may turn into our clerk's ootd game when I'm in class). If I work part-time, I don't get a commission for one day. If I work full-time, I have a single day off. I have a basic salary of 3,6 a month, but I get a commission. However, I feel that if I add a commission, my monthly Because our store is located in a remote creative park, there is less passenger flow on weekdays, and the commission depends on luck besides sales. If there is any exhibition in the park, the commission can be hundreds a day if there is more traffic. As well as our employees buying antiques in their own stores, there are quite large employee discounts, including friends who usually bring their friends over to buy things. What clothes do I usually look at in the store? The boss often tempts me with discounts, which leads to where my monthly salary basically goes back and forth. .

my main part-time job is to sort out goods, do shopping guide and give full play to my professional expertise to do some online operation publicity for the store (this part is extra price). My full-time little brother is doing the daily bookkeeping. When there are guests, greet them and dress them. Every day, I see a beautiful sense in strangers, which is often praised by everyone. When there are no guests, they are doing some trivial but mindless work, such as ironing clothes, taking measurements, and then taking photos of clothes to prepare something new. The boss also bakes afternoon tea for us to drink in the small courtyard in front of the store, quietly peels grapefruit, eats the home-cooked food cooked by the boss and mother, learns how to read the logo age of Levi's from the ancient introduction books in the store, assembles storage boxes and shelves together, experiences the game of changing clothes, dresses like thieves who steal abandoned sports cars from rich people in dubai international airport, and will be sent to the market to set up stalls, which can be said to be a brand-new experience of life.

Market stalls

Afternoon tea in the yard in front of the store

6. Observation diary of working in an antique shop

Two full-time shop assistants and their boss and sister are both very interesting. The boss is a beautiful sister, who can make her own clothes. She likes to transform all kinds of display racks in the store and turn them upside down every day. Virgo's perfectionism and laziness genes often fight. A full-time shop assistant brother is one year older than me, graduated from graphic design, dressed in hip-hop and shoulder-length hair. In my eyes, everything he wears is male model, from hairstyle to face to voice and intonation of speech, which I secretly regard as Yang Yingge's meal substitute. Every day, I like to use clothes in the shop as work clothes and fart in front of the mirror, saying that the lights in the shop are too bright and dazzling, so I still wear sunglasses to work.

After I worked part-time for a month, there was another full-time brother in the store. He was an unknown male model who had just signed a show in Shanghai (hereinafter referred to as male model). When I saw the male model at first sight, I thought of the male bodhisattva who really had a literal meaning in the world: because he shaved his head, he was born with a big mole on his brow, and he felt like a bodhisattva who would personally recommend himself to the seller of Taobao robes if he couldn't receive the business order. So I walked to a nearby temple hundreds of meters to eat vegetarian food. The male model's speech is very interesting and very lively. On weekends, I will call my friends who are modeling to come to the store to dress and shoot them. Thank you for letting me know a lot of handsome men and beautiful women and raising the fashion level of the store.

One of the similarities observed from the boss to the shop assistants is that they are very relaxed, and all of them are nurtured by family of origin's full AIDS. Everyone has a very sensitive sense of smell for this kind of "pampered and grown up" smell. When they are ripe, they also said the same judgment to each other: "In fact, from the first day I saw you, I felt that you grew up in such a family atmosphere, because so did I." Everyone has no great ambition, but even if they don't follow the inertia of life at some moments, they still have a strong sense of self-assurance. Whether it's the choice of some life forks or the dress at the end of the smallest branch, passers-by should see their determination to find their way only by intuition.

Another common feature of * * * is that everyone's gender temperament is neutral, which gives me a natural sense of intimacy and security in getting along, whether in dressing style or in the expression of some topics or opinions.

The most fulfilling part of your daily work must be that the guests buy the clothes they match, because it seems that you have created a desire for others, whether it is "finding a dress that only suits you" or "being a person like the magnetic field brought by clothes". Doing sales assistance in antique shops is more like a subtle identification of the magnetic field between people and a close affirmation. A few days ago, a sister came to the store to buy clothes and wanted to take a photo of Wang's sunglasses, but when she tried on many clothes with high saturation and compared with Hong Kong style, she always felt a little relieved. In the middle of a fitting, she suddenly put on her cold hat. When I saw it, I muttered in my heart: Ah, this is the feeling, a little hippie depressed, and the lightness of falling with her as if she had nothing. So later, I recommended a red printed long skirt with a gray sleeveless vest skirt with a simple totem pattern carved on it. I wanted to wear a hemp belt around my waist, and my sister took it away happily. It is such moments that I feel that I am giving strength to others, not only aesthetically, but also self-confirming.

Photo with the shopkeepers

Summary:

In fact, the content of this part-time job in an ancient shop is no different from that of a clothing shopping guide in a shopping mall, but I still enjoy and cherish this experience: because there are more interesting friends here; Customers who come here will be more interesting, and they will meet many strangers who specialize in clothing or art, and they will meet many strange but energetic people. I feel more satisfied than the salary. People often say that "you are beautiful with your own style" or "this dress has your feelings". Every moment like this, I feel that I am no longer recognized because I am a functional part of the mainstream social standard, but because I throw away all the references and express myself. I spend too many hours working here, because I believe that as long as I stick to what I want to create and express, I will be favored and relaxed.

In two months, I also updated my view on fashion: I no longer believe that "the completion of fashion depends on my face". Fashion is a certain feeling of finding my own direction, while beauty is a matter of vitality. Therefore, I also wish everyone that they can always find, truly perceive and release their vitality.