Shocking footage has emerged of a mother going into a furious rage at a popular formal dress boutique because her daughter missed out on her “dream” dress.
Staff at Gossip Gowns in Brisbane’s Coorparoo had just started filming content for one of their popular TikTok videos when the unhinged ‘Karen’ burst into the store demanding to speak to a manager.
The staff member continued filming, but pointed her phone at the floor as the off-camera woman went on a tirade about how another girl ‘snuck in’ and ‘stole’ her daughter’s formal dress.
The video, titled ‘Crazy Karen Encounter’, has gone viral since it was posted two days ago.
Staff explained online that like many other formal boutiques in Brisbane, Gossip Gowns keeps a record of customers from each school so that their classmates are not sold the same dress.
The woman’s daughter had been told about the store’s policy when she was looking at dresses the day before, but she left the boutique without purchasing one to “think about her options.”
Meanwhile, another girl from the teen’s school visited the boutique and reserved the dress.
But the mother demanded that the store let her daughter have the “blue dress” because she “fell in love” with it.
The mother of a teenager confronted staff at a Brisbane formal dress boutique and demanded they give her daughter the blue dress she wanted. A shocked member of staff is pictured after the woman stormed out of the store.
“Everyone knows she wanted the blue dress, everyone talks about it and a little poacher came in and took her dress,” the mother said.
‘I want (my daughter) to have the dress she has always dreamed of.
“So we have to fix this.”
The woman then insisted on knowing which teenager had the audacity to buy the dress of her dreams without considering her daughter.
“Pick it up and show it to me… I bet I know who it is,” he said.
A staff member responded: “We can’t reveal that information to customers.”
This answer went down well with Karen.
‘No, I’m actually demanding that you tell me because if it’s the person I’m thinking of, she’d look so much better in a pink dress – it’s indecisive.
‘Put them green, put them pink.
‘Leave the blue to my girl. Please.’
When the staff member said “we’re sorry,” the woman interrupted with the phrase that Karen everywhere uses as a weapon.
‘You’re going to lose a client. I tell you. “I know a lot of people and I have a lot of young girls on the way,” the mother threatened.
Many formal stores keep a register and staff said they explained this to the teenager who had been in the store the day before but left without buying the dress so she could think about other options (stock image)
After the staff calmly explained that they still couldn’t give her daughter the dress, the woman stormed out of the boutique.
“You’ll hear from me,” he said.
The video also said that the woman had somehow discovered who the girl was and was allegedly “stalking” her.
Dozens of online viewers praised the young staff members for how they handled the incident.
Others were stunned by the mother’s audacity.
“Please let this be a parody,” said one.
Another wrote: “This can’t be real,” another wrote.
A third added: “I’m demanding it,” okay? Is that a magic spell?
The viral video caught the attention of popular Australian influencer Indy Clinton, who also praised the staff.
“I can’t stop laughing, but you guys handled it very well,” Clinton said.
Some thought it was a joke or a marketing ploy and believed ‘Karen’ sounded like Kath or Kim, or like comedian Mel Buttle, who has a character called ‘Lyn’ who is known for being a ‘Karen’.
Gossip Gowns is a popular formal boutique in Brisbane with a large following on TikTok
“That’s 100 percent Mel Buttle. There’s no way this isn’t a parody,” one wrote.
“Looks like Lyn has had enough @MelButtle,” another added.
The Australian comedian has since uploaded her own hilarious TikTok as her character Lyn, denying that she was the one in the boutique.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Gossip Gowns for comment.