The new outfit by KF_NDN

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One Saturday in May, I woke up very early. The sun was shining brightly and I was in a really good mood. I got up and went to the bathroom, took a shower and got ready for the day without an idea what to do today. I looked at myself in the mirror and was not really satisfied with what I saw. I looked at myself and noticed that I looked totally inconspicuous. Since I was a teenager I had the same inconspicuous outfit, my light brown curly hair went up to my shoulders. I had let it grow longer and longer over the last few years without having any idea how to style it or what would fit me well. Since I was in my early 20s, I went to the hairdresser's at most 3 times a year and had my hair always trimmed a little bit, without attaching any value on changing anything. All of a sudden I asked myself how long this should go on. In the meantime I was in my mid-20s and thought I should pay more attention to my appearance.

As the weather was so nice, I went for a shopping trip through the city right after breakfast. I strolled through different shops and stood in front of the shelves, but didn't really have a clue what would suit me. I realized I was always looking for the same boring outfit I had been wearing for years. I decided that I just had to keep my eyes open and look for guys that I liked visually and then just buy the same outfit. But that wasn't really going on like that. The sun was shining, it had become really warm. I decided to buy an ice cream first. As I stood on the shopping street with my ice cream, I looked at myself in a shop window and realized that there was no way around a new hairstyle. I needed something cooler. It had to be kind of trendy. But even with hairstyles, I didn't really know anything about them. What could I say to the hairdresser when I didn't know what I really like? I had finished my ice cream. I walked further through the city and saw a big advertising sign in front of the window of a modern shop saying: "Looking for a new outfit? Only here! Only today! Complete new outfit from head to toe for a special price: When you buy a shirt, trousers, shoes and a jacket, we will give you the matching haircut for free".

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR!!

I went straight to the store and saw that there were a lot of guys around. I noticed that I'm actually quite a nerd. I was never really interested in my fellows, not even in the boys in my age. I had no idea what I had missed until then. Unfortunately, I was quite overwhelmed with the large number of outfits. I went to the first floor of the store and looked around further. Suddenly it happened: I saw a guy, about 28 years old walking around. He looked really top-styled and hit me like lightning. I did not have to think long: This is what I was looking for: He was wearing a white polo shirt, blue jeans and very nice boots and a light green college jacket. His hair was styled into a quiff at the top, the sides were shaved to a few millimetres. I was sure, this is exactly how I wanted to look. I looked at the guy carefully and thought about what I should do now and had no idea. Then I saw another guy in his age walk up to him. They seemed to know each other and hadn't seen each other for a long time, he said: "Hey, I haven't seen you for ages. You look very different but damn good." I kept thinking and looking around. I walked in the direction from where the young guy came from about a minute ago and suddenly found myself in a hair salon that was integrated right inside the fashion store. There were four barber chairs in the store and a few waiting places. Two boys were just getting their haircuts, nobody was waiting and I saw a young hairdresser walking towards me. Hectically I asked myself what I should do now to get exactly the look I wanted. I had to act quickly. The barber greeted me, "Hi. How can I help you?" I explained to him that I want to join the outfit campaign and I want to have exactly the same look as the young guy who just came out of the shop two minutes ago."

He looked at me briefly and said: Great idea! It'll be quite a change, but we'll manage. He got a handheld device and explained to me that I could still vary the colours of the clothes. I decided on the blue jeans, the white polo shirt with the green jacket. He advised me to take mint green, which was brand new and would fit with my skin perfectly. I only had to tell him my size. He advised me to wear a size bigger for the boots, because the wearing comfort would be better. After the order was entered, he asked me to sit on the barber chair. He would just send the order quickly and have the things brought here for me, then I could try the new outfit directly with the new hairstyle without attracting strange looks at me, after all the old hairstyle doesn't really fit my new outfit any longer.

Meanwhile two friends with full shopping bags took a seat on the waiting bench. After a few minutes my hairdresser came back and said: "Okay, your clothes are available in your size. A colleague is already picking them out and will bring them by in a few minutes. And I have good news for you: Our store wants to push our promotion today and capture the before and after experience of the customers. Since you've decided to make a complete change, we want to motivate other guys to be as brave as you to trust us doing a makeover. Therefore we would like to stream your haircut with the camera to the ground floor and on our website. Maybe you'll motivate others to decide for a fresh new look like yours. And there is one special thing: If you agree, the complete makeover is free for you!" I could hardly believe my ears. This must be my lucky day. I got a big grin on my face, and my barber just said, "Seems like this a yes?" I nodded and said, "Sure, that's a yes. After all, that's an offer you can't refuse.

The hairdresser said, okay, then we'll just have to change place so the cameras can film you well. I was led to a mobile barber chair, around which two cameras were positioned. Due to that I didn't have a mirror in front of me, but I didn't care. I only thought about the handsome guy from before and was looking forward to walking out of the shop just as attractively as he did before.

I was caped, the hairdresser asked me again if I was absolutely sure that I wanted to have my long hair cut off, but the question was absolutely unnecessary. I could hardly wait and said: As sure as anything, then a colleague unlocked the stream and the transformation action began.


To be continued

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