Former Brandy Melville employee, Delaney Rinke, opened up to PEOPLE about her 'miserable' work experience at the controversial teen retailer. Read the exclusive interview.
Delaney Rinke, 22, tells PEOPLE that she was scouted to work at the controversial clothing retailer when she was just 14 years oldCatherine Santino is a Style Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She began as a contributor for PEOPLE in 2022 and joined the staff full-time in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in The Zoe Report, Popsugar, Insider and more.Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on TODAY.
“They had asked to take a picture of my outfit and then asked if I was interested in a job,” she recalls. “My mom was shopping around at the time, so she didn't see them take a picture, but she didn't think much of it.” Representatives for Brandy Melville have not responded to PEOPLE's multiple requests for comment about both the claims in the documentary and from former staffers on social media.working at Brandy Melville, Rinke said that in her early employment, she had no idea who the outfit photos were being sent to.
According to accounts from several former staffers in the documentary, Brandy Melville's Italian founder, Silvio Marsan, along with his son and company cofounder Stephan, allegedly required employees to send "store style" photos of their outfits.Workers were allegedly told that the photos would be used as a way to audition for modeling opportunities at the brand.
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