This TikToker Put in 2022 Reviewing Luxurious-Keep Bogs

Julie, a.k.a. @jkimdee on TikTok, typically starts her online videos the very same way: “Come acquire a shit with me,” she suggests with the very same upbeat lilt as any other working day-in-the-lifestyle “come store with me” vlogger. But alternatively than take her 45,000 followers alongside as she drops hundreds of dollars at Rolex or Van Cleef & Arpels (which she can and could), she goes at the rear of shut doorways to expose what comes about when you are out searching and you have actually gotta go. About the previous yr, she’s has designed it her mission to review a quantity of luxurious-keep bogs throughout Houston, in which she lives, and supply testimonials about the state of these extremely special and often uncharted spaces. In the Cartier bathroom, for illustration, she famous that there was thick Charmin toilet paper and branded disposable towels. The Hermès toilet, even so, was a “bit disappointing” (no nice smells or napkins).

As an avid shopper, Julie, who understandably just wishes to go by her initial identify, has a superior eye. But she’s also obtained a good sense of humor, which helps make her movies stand out in a sea of often vapid-seeming luxury content. “When I applied to look at some of the luxury material on YouTube, I was like, This shit is unexciting,” she instructed the Cut just one afternoon this wintertime. “I really don’t want to see you acquire things. Like, who needs to view that?” But just after a fateful afternoon at a Louis Vuitton salle de bain in Paris, she realized she may possibly be in a position to present a different and more, properly, relatable stage of watch. Underneath, we spoke about her bathroom series and her top rated No. 2’s.

How did this collection occur about?
In August, my spouse and I went to Paris. We hardly ever had a honeymoon, so we remaining the little ones and did it 3 yrs later. In any case, we’re buying in Paris, and the time big difference is a ton, so I was so fatigued and functioning on coffee, but I preferred to continue to be awake. At each individual keep we go to, they’re like, “Do you want espresso? Champagne?” I’m a affordable drunk, so I was like, “You’ll have to have me out of here if I have Champagne, but I would really like espresso.” French espresso is powerful as shit, while — it’s like minimal shots — and I’m drinking them all working day. Not a fantastic thought. So we’re procuring at Louis Vuitton, and our gross sales associate is so sweet, but he’s like, chatting, speaking, chatting. And I’m like, I can not target. My belly — like, I cannot do this. But I also really don’t want to go back again to the lodge because I know if I do I’ll just crash and then our procuring trip will be around. So I’m walking via the whole store striving to discover a lavatory, and it’s so gorgeous over there. It’s big. I assumed people on TikTok would like to see how the retail store appears, and who doesn’t want to see a neat bathroom, appropriate? And then I saw the black rest room, and I was like, This is quite unusual, but I like this. I stored the online video in my drafts for a even though simply because it’s so bizarre. I figured it was weekend material — like, nobody’s heading to see this. And then it went viral.

What were being some of the reactions you obtained?
People today loved it. It was so favourable. They ended up perhaps the most beneficial comments I have ever gotten. Typically with luxury written content, it’s like, “Oh, she’s so pretentious this is all she cares about.” But as a substitute men and women had been like, “This is the written content I want to see. This is the content I never ever realized I needed.”

Have any loos surprised you?
I believed Hermès would seem far better, but I’m not stunned it doesn’t. I was like, This basically resembles a fuel-station lavatory. Nicely, perhaps a notch up, but not far from it.

Why weren’t you amazed by that? 
Hermès does factors so unconventionally, and I consider they have a track record of not genuinely making an attempt to impress their clientele mainly because their purchasers are cult people today like me.

Has anyone at any time gotten upset with you for filming?
It relies upon on the retail outlet. At Fendi, they’re so enjoyable. Identical matter with Van Cleef. Most of the time, I’m not like, “Hey, can I go movie your rest room?” The 1st one particular was super-genuine. With another one, my son had to go, and I was like, We have no alternative. Fortunately, it is not like I have to explain the scenario. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there, and with any luck , it will not be uncomfortable.

So you’ve been to bogs at Louis Vuitton, Rolex, Cartier, Hermès, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Rolex experienced an orchid in its bathroom. Van Cleef had Diptyque scent. Cartier experienced Charmin, which I thought was funny…  
And their fuckin’ napkins! I acted like a nuts girl. I took the Cartier branded napkins simply because they had been so awesome.

What’s the nicest rest room you have been in?
I would say the Louis Vuitton in Paris appears to be just total different. It’s possible it is because of the colour scheme and the aesthetics that they had. With the colour of the toilet and the lights in Louis Vuitton, it felt like, Wow, I’m taking a shit in somewhere high-class. This is the daily life. 

Are you heading to retain the sequence likely next yr?
Honestly, likely. I’d like to film a several extra like Fendi and Dior. But I just lately booked a journey to Italy and Paris for June 2023, so I consider that’s likely in which I’m likely to film a good deal more articles due to the fact I consider the loos around there just glance so pleasant.

I’m genuinely delighted that it’s something folks have liked and that it makes you men chortle. Luxury material can be really severe, but that’s just not my persona. I’m glad that individuals found it to be relatable. Which is something I’m seeking to incorporate a lot more into my content since it is really hard with this variety of stuff. Most folks are like, Fuck you, that’s my rent. How are you relatable to me? But even while it looks all deluxe and whatnot, I necessarily mean, folks do the exact shit.

Everybody poops! 
Exactly.