Reese Witherspoon's Giveaway Didn't Go As Planned

Reese Witherspoon, like many others wanted to help any way she could during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Her lifestyle brand Draper James took to instagram their "well-intentioned" giveaway....

What seemed to be a great giveaway for teachers, quickly turned into a failure.

With only 250 dresses to give away, Draper James ended up with almost a million online applications for a dress.

Teachers have taken their thoughts to social media and are especially upset because they have been receiving unsolicited emails from the brand with coupons for their merchandise.

Wow. @draperjames clearly doesn't know how much teachers make. "We love teachers! Here's 30% off our ridiculously expensive dresses." If I'm spending over $100 on an "everyday dress," it better also grade essays.

Here's what the brands Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing had to say:

We were really overwhelmed. It was way more volume than the company had ever seen. We expected the single-digit thousands.

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