Lights Camera Fashion – Chloe Taylor

There would be other dances. But she might never get another opportunity to be a guest judge on Fashion Showdown. “Okay, I’m going to New York,” she said. “But you have to promise to take tons of pictures, okay? And tell me everything!” “We will,” Priti promised. “And you have to tell us everything about being on Fashion Showdown,” Libby said. “I will,” Zoey said with a grin. “All the juicy details.” After school, Zoey headed to Marcus’s room to see if he could give her a ride to A Stitch in Time.

“Sure—just give me a few minutes to finish up this problem,” he said, not looking up from his homework. While she was waiting for Marcus, Zoey experimented with sketches for her idea. She wanted to make the same thing for all her friends, but have each one match her friends’ dresses and personalities. “So what’s today’s fashion emergency?” Marcus asked on the way to the store. Zoey explained how she’d been thinking of bailing on Fashion Showdown and how her awesome friends made her realize she had to go.

“Whoa! I’m glad the crew talked you out of it,” Marcus said. “You love this stuff, Zo. You light up the minute you start talking dresses and design with Aunt Lulu. It’s like music for me—or sports for Dad.” “I know. . . . Anyway, I want to make something special for Priti, Libby, and Kate.

I’ve got an idea and I’m hoping Jan can help me with it.” “Well, here we are,” Marcus said, pulling into a parking space. “I’m going to get coffee at Roast. Meet me there when you’re done.” “Hi, Zoey!” Jan greeted her from behind the big counter in the middle of the store. “What brings you here today?”

– – – – Chapter 1 – – – – To Thine Own Self Be . . . Blue? When I thought seventh grade would be so much better than sixth grade, I forgot that CERTAIN PEOPLE—mainly one certain person—would still think their job is to make life at Mapleton Prep difficult. Everyone always says you just have to ignore those people, but it’s not easy, because they’re in school every day.

When I feel blue about it, Dad says I should follow Shakespeare’s advice and “Above all, to thine own self be true,” which is a fancy way of telling me to be myself and stop caring so much what everyone else thinks. It’s easy for him to say—he’s not in middle school. Speaking of being true to yourself, Aunt Lulu took me to see a Frida Kahlo exhibit at the art museum over the weekend.

Frida’s life was so sad, but her art . . . WOW! It jumped off the walls and hit you in the face, as if it was saying, “This is me. Deal with it!” For a person who was often in pain, her paintings were bursting with energy. Anyway, what I loved the most was that her self-portraits showed off her style: She mixed and matched bright colors, paired embroidered square tunics with lace-trimmed skirts, and wore flowers or ribbons in her hair (which kind of made it look like she was wearing a crown, at least to me.)

I loved it all and would give just about anything to go shopping in her closet. And I totally want to wear flowers in my hair from now on. I did a sketch of a few outfits inspired by Frida’s wardrobe with a silk flower, lace, and tons of embroidery. Maybe it seems like too much, but if I make it, I’ll just wear it with confidence like Frida did. I also want to go to Mexico someday to visit Frida Kahlo’s house, La Casa Azul.

There are so many places I want to go! But the only place I can go right now is to bed. Dad just shouted, “Lights out!” since it’s a school night. Feeling less blue already! Thanks for listening. xo, Zoey “I think you’re going to love this one,” Ms. Brown said, winking at Zoey Webber as she handed her a copy of what the class was going to read next.

Zoey turned the book over. When she saw the title, The Misfits, her heart sank. English was her favorite class and her teacher, Ms. Brown, seemed to really understand her. Did Ms. Brown think she was a misfit? Not that she wanted to be just like everyone else, but .

. . “misfit” implied there was something wrong with her, like she was an odd piece in a puzzle that would otherwise fit together perfectly.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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