Daniel opened the door for Marie, the personal shopper and seamstress that he had hired. He'd spoken with her via video call a few times, but this was her first visit to his place for measurements and a discussion about what he wanted to get for his closet. Marie had a carry on bag with some clothes for Daniel to try, just to get an idea of fit and style.
Daniel was 21, in his first apartment, and ready for his first internships and jobs that would be, at least occasionally, in person. He was starting from pretty much nothing as far as wardrobe.
Marie was 45 and striking out on her own as a personal shopper, style consultant and seamstress after years selling clothes at stores like Nordstroms.
"Marie? Hi, it's so nice to meet you in person," Daniel said, opening his door and gesturing for Marie to come in.
"Thanks Daniel." Marie smiled and came in pulling her bag. She was dressed comfortably for work, jeans and a t-shirt. She had a lot of moving around to do measuring and bringing outfits over. Daniel was the first young man she had as a client in her fairly new operation she had started.
"Want to work in here?" Daniel asked, when they got to the living room. "It has the most open space."
"Good thinking, but we want mirrors. Do you have a full length mirror somewhere?" Marie answered.
"I do in my bedroom," Daniel offered, seeming sheepish about bringing this mature woman into his bedroom.
"That would be ideal then," Marie said. "I can see your other clothes then, too." Marie noticed Daniel's discomfort and smiled to herself as she followed him.
They moved into Daniel's bedroom. It was a little tighter there, but there was enough space for Marie's bag and the both of them to work.
"OK, why don't we get started," Marie said, smiling and slapping her hands to her sides. She pulled out her tape measure and a pad, positioned Daniel and took some measurements. The close contact with Marie, mature, with dark brown hair, a great smile and welcoming eyes, and the curves women his age didn't seem to have, was making him concerned he would get excited and she'd notice. Of course she'd notice, she was putting her hands all over him to measure him.
Marie had Daniel try on a few outfits in the connecting bathroom and come in, but none of them fit very well. She wasn't sure exactly why.
"There's something I'm not accounting for that's making these outfits not quite work. Something I'm not measuring," she said. "Would you mind changing here so I can see if I can figure it out?"
"Yeah, I guess that would be fine," Daniel said. He wasn't certain that would be fine, but it seemed like a reasonable request. He pulled off his shirt and took off the undershirt he had on, too. Not sure if he was supposed to do that, but it seemed like Marie was looking for something. He undid the pants and pulled them off, too.
"Oh," Marie said. "Those are great underwear, the way they fit you so snuggly around the legs and your butt."
Daniel gulped at being so closely examined. She was talking about his butt.