fashion sense just dawned on me {aurora}

[CARLY BARRETT]

Carly loved shopping like Ozzie Wagers loved food, like Adriana Delacroix loved One Direction, like Stella Hines loved to run, like Jackson Hirsch loved G... no, that was still too awkward. So many levels. Plus, who she was shopping with today was obviously who he should love (not that she'd ever mess with someone's relationship, of course)! One of her brand new best friends, one of the cutest most precious people in the entire universe, Aurora Rigby! She heard that she went by the nickname Aura, but Aurora was so beautiful and so fitting, that Carly referred to her as such. They had recently become friends (oh my, Carly couldn't even remember how they started talking!), and Carly vowed to take the new girl under her wing and acclimify her to the big city. She was from a small town, after all, and it was so different, and a big move deserves some new clothes! That was definitely her division, as Andie Read would say.

So Carly did what she always did and invited Aura to go with her to the mall! She loved Grimm Avenue and only went to another mall if she was back in Los Angeles for a premiere or something of the like! The boutiques were all gorgeous and had the cutest clothes that weren't directly from a designer themselves. Luckily, her parents new movie was only in pre-production, so the tabloids weren't all over her. If it wasn't her, it was likely Georgia Princeton, and she didn't really wear white skirts and black cardigans and coral everything else, so she was safe. The hat hid her face and most of her hair, so the poor reporters who got assigned to waiting outside Baum until one of the celebrities did something interesting didn't recognize her.

When she and Aurora arrived at Grimm Avenue mall, Carly insisted they go to the third floor immediately. All the cute clothes are up there, and she didn't want them to get distracted as this was a mission for fashion and fashion only! She was smiling all the way up the escalator, that same smile that's always plastered on her face before she leaves her dorm. The same one she practices in the mirror as she's adjusting her outfit or her makeup.

With that thought, she adjusted her cardigan, like a phantom itch that you had to scratch once you thought about it. It had been a little uneven, though no one would have noticed unless they were really looking or they were Carly Barrett.

When they reached the third floor, Carly clapped her hands together and smiled. "Isn't it just so wonderful? There's Maurices, they have cute things. And Forever 21! Let's go there, you'll love it!" She practically skipped off, grabbing Aurora's arm and dragging her gently. This was one of her favorite stores in the whole world!

Immediately, she saw things she thought would look so super cute on Aurora. "Ooh, this cardigan with this top would look cute." She draped them over her arm, looked around, and spotted some more tops. "Oh, everyone needs something casual. And something flirty!" She draped those tops over her arms and turned to Aurora. "Oh! You need things in your favorite colors! Lavendar... green... what's the other one, darling? Is it gold? I bet it's gold. It looks complements your skin tone and not many people can wear it as nicely as you!"

[/color] Without waiting for an answer, she grabbed three lavendar tops, three green tops (one had polka dots!!) and one gold top since the other ones were so sequin'd and too hard to look at. "But we can't get you just tops now, can we? We need some jeans too! And skirts, skirts are so presh."[/color] She went over to the jeans and grabbed three pairs in Aurora's favorite colors, then went to skirts and did the same, adding one extra one similar to the one she was wearing that she thought was cute. "Now go try these on, and tell me if you don't like something or you need a different size." Carly was skilled at guessing sizes, but she could never be sure. She handed her the enormous pile of clothes, hoping she could manage to carry all those cute precious things! She was a cute precious person so Carly was sure she could manage. "Oh! Shoes! We can't forget shoes! I'll find you some." She went over to the shoe section and grabbed boxes of pairs she thought were wonderlicious. "Come on, let's get you a dressing room, they're back here!" [/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

{ punny thread title is funny }
{ yeah if you need me to change anything just let me know she just kind of went along }
{ the clothes she picked out that we're pretending are available in this store }
{ carly's coral clothing }

[AURORA RIGBY]

For someone who thought she was going to have a very hard time making friends, Aurora had quite a few new ones. She had made friends easily in elementary and middle school, but that had been when the only things they had to worry about were cooties and skinned knees. High school in Fairfield had been a smidge more trying and despite having grown up with a lot of the students, they just wouldn’t give her the time of day. Clichés and all that, she supposed. When she’d moved to New York, she thought she’d especially have trouble given that she’d heard how rude a lot of New Yorkers were.

Despite her general unluckiness, she’d been very lucky in finding good people. There was her lovely roommate, Casper in Culinary helping her to become a vegetarian, Grace in English which Aurora would have failed had it not been for her, Jackson of course, and Carly Barrett who had taken her under her wing without a second thought. Having come from such a small town, there weren’t a lot of stores to shop at and it was usually all the same things, just in different sizes. When she’d moved to New York, she hadn’t had a lot of clothes. It’d been sort of embarrassing, the idea of having to wear the same thing every other week.

Luckily, she had Carly Barrett. The girl always wore the cutest outfits and she rocked every single one. Aurora could only hope to look as nice as Carly did. She’d been rather nervous their entire way to the mall, partly because Aurora had only been once before and didn’t want to get lost, part because she was worried they wouldn’t find anything for her. Sizes for girls were always awkward and uncomfortable, and she usually gave up after a few tries. That was always a hit to her self-esteem and the last thing she wanted was for Carly to see her like that. The third floor had such a better look and feel and she suddenly worried there was no way she would be able to afford anything up here.

Smiling nervously, Aurora allowed her friend to drag her over to Forever 21. She’d had luck here before, at least. Immediately, Carly was grabbing things. She automatically held her arms out to hold the tops and bottoms, but Carly had it taken care of. She blushed a little, suddenly finding it hard to believe that she had such a wonderful friend. “How did you…?” A lot of days, Aurora hardly thought herself important enough for anybody to remember her favorite colors, much less superstar Carly Barrett. The girl was famous, for goodness sake! What was she doing spending time with Aurora Rigby??

Not even sure what sizes Carly had picked, Aurora still easily noticed that a lot looked like they’d fit her as Carly handed over the large pile of clothes. She sagged a little under the weight but still found herself immensely pleased at all the options. Following Carly through the store, exuding all that confidence of hers, was making Aurora feel a lot better. These would fit and she’d be able to make some super cute precious outfits and her own self-esteem would soar and she’d be good for a couple weeks (at least). “I can’t… I don’t even know how to thank you, Carly.

[/color]” She didn’t have a moment to say much else before an employee showed them to the dressing rooms.

The woman seemed a little miffed that she hadn’t been able to help in the selection, but the manager lurking nearby looked positively ecstatic at the possibility of such a big purchase. Aurora hung all of the clothes up, separating them by tops and bottoms, skirts and pants. “Okay. I’ll try mixing and matching before coming out to show you?[/color]” It wasn’t often she went shopping with somebody else, so she wasn’t sure how the whole thing went. Did she show off everything she put on? Did she change tops, but wear the same jeans, or vice versa? Oh well, she was sure it’d sort itself out!
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