Sex, Dating, and Self- Confidence [Tuesday]

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Today, when the students entered the classroom, they wouldn't find Irene perched on her desk. Nor would they find last week's assortment of art supplies.

No, today the room was filled with racks upon racks of expensive yet fully moddable clothing. Don't ask where Irene had gotten it all; she had connections for such things, even now.

"The semester's rather flown by, hasn't it?" Irene asked, frowning a little from where she was rearranging a rack of cashmere scarves. "Today, we're going to tackle a huge, huge portion of developing some self-confidence, or maintaining it." She grinned at them, spreading her hands out. "Faking it. And the best way to fake it, in my well-traveled opinion, is by looking confident. Clothes that make you feel comfortable will help, yes -- no one here needs to lace themselves into anything restrictive, or anything like that. But today, I want you to peruse the racks here and see if you can't find something that makes you feel stunning."

"Clothes," she added, straightening her skirt, "are just a tool, yes. But someone who walks with their head high in something well-tailored and sexy -- that's someone who looks confident. And looking confident is half the battle. Now, that's going to mean something different for all of us. You've seen how I dress -- " Irene gestured expansively to herself. "This is what works for me. Maybe you'd feel more confident showing a touch more skin in your every day -- that's fine, if it works for you, though it's always a good idea to be aware of what situation you're dressing for. Maybe you'd feel more at ease in something with much less skin showing -- great for you. The idea here is to look presentable in a way that makes you feel ready to take on the world. So browse, try things on," she waved towards the privacy screens she'd set up in the back of the room, "and feel free to ask questions."

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Sign in [12/2]

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All fancy.

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[notamascot]

Kaylin Neya

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[tigerundercover]

Raven Darkholme

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana

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Elsa of Arendelle

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy Li

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Ichabod Crane

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Clothes! Yay!

Try on clothes! [12/2]

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

Everything is totally moddable, but generally skewed towards higher-end and designer, so go wild in fancy, fancy clothes.

Re: Try on clothes! [12/2]

[notamascot]

Kaylin froze. Even with privacy screens she didn't want to put any of the clothes on. How could she be sure her marks wouldn't show?

So, she stood still, just staring - a bit like a deer in headlights.

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[tigerundercover]

Raven, on the other hand, was completely at home doing the class assignment version of "playing dress up". So when she saw one of the other students looking like they were having trouble, she headed over.

"Not seeing anything you like?"

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[notamascot]

Kaylin spun around, hands going to where her daggers should have been, then relaxed and blushed when she saw it was Raven. "No. No, I..."

She blushed again. "I can't change - can't try on clothes. Not here where people could see..."

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[tigerundercover]

Raven nodded. "The changing screens don't help," she guessed. "Maybe we could ask if you could take the clothes down to the bathroom and change there instead?"

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[notamascot]

"I can't..." She bit her lip. "I need to be all covered. No one can - I just have to be."

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[tigerundercover]

"I bet there's clothes here that would cover all of you?" Raven tried. "And if no one comes into the bathroom while you're there, then no one can see you when you're not all covered. I could guard the door, if you like."

If Kaylin objected again, Raven would give up. Pressing the girl would only make her even more uncomfortable. But it was worth one more try.

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana loved having the chance to try on clothes she'd never get on her own in a million years. She started in a white off-the-shoulder frock that seemed a little too shepherd-y, tried on a hippie outfit with ripped jeans and a long dreadlocked wig for the sheer fun of it, and ended up in something slinky and green.

"Do you think I can just wear this home?" she wondered aloud, fingers stroking at the soft green fabric.

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Ichabod remembered a small girl with wings who had been quite happy about her outfit, and he smiled. "I think your younger self would approve," he said.

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana laughed at the reminder of their last conversation. "At least, she would be once she got over it not being pink," she speculated. "And thanks for the ice cream breakfast, by the way. You were decent to her."

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[spin_kick_snap]

"I think you look awesome," Kathy assured her, skating past in a bright red wig.

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[not_a_moonie]

"Thanks," Alana called after her, then: "Oh my god, where did you find that skirt?"

The rest of the outfit was ... well. But the skirt was flawless.

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[spin_kick_snap]

By this point, Kathy was just having fun--hence the red wig and the roller skates. (And if Alana had wanted to see terrible, she should have seen Kathy's first roller derby iteration.) "I had to do some digging," she admitted. "We can go back to where I found it and see if there's another?"

Though if Alana really liked it, Kathy had no problems handing it over and wearing something else. "Do you think she'll really let us keep this stuff?"

Because there were so many outfits she wanted to bring home with her.

[Thanks bb!]

Re: Try on clothes! [12/2]

[not_a_moonie]

"I don't know," Alana admitted. "Maybe?"

Her eyes slanted to Irene. "She didn't actually say we couldn't."

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Why on earth would he need other clothes? Ichabod really didn't see a reason to change his style, but at least he looked through what was available, and eventually held up a pair of very skinny designer jeans.

"Why would anyone want to wear something like this freely?"

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[spin_kick_snap]

At first, Kathy was a bit hesitant. Before coming to Fandom, she'd spent most of her time in a school uniform or a workout gear for her gymnastics classes, so she'd never really gotten into fashion the way a lot of other girls had. Even coming to Fandom, her clothes were a mixture of comfortable, nerdy, or a weird handmedowns from one of the families in the neighborhood, because why waste money on new clothes when someone was offering you serviceable clothes for free?

There was a reason Sparkle often despaired of her.

The first few outfits she tried on were terrible, with Kathy trying for sophisticated and hitting dowdy instead. She probably would have given up entirely if she hadn't found the cutest little kitty dress ever, which didn't make her feel confident or sexy or anything of the things Ms. Adler had mentioned, but did stop her from feeling like she should just don a potato sack and be done with it.

It also helped her realize that, you know? She didn't really mind showing off her legs. Most hemlines couldn't be any worse than a leotard, right? After years of gymnastics and yoga, her legs were probably her best feature.

Rather than looking for clothing that she thought looked appropriately grownup to help her fake confidence, she started looking for cute clothes with increasingly shorter hemlines until she found an outfit that she thought made her look as cool and confident as she'd always wanted to be.

Back straight, chin up, head high, Kathy took a minute to pose in the mirror, hardly able to believe that was her body language she was seeing.

You know, Ms. Adler seemed to have a point. Huh.

OOC [12/2]

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My coworker is out for the day with a pet-related emergency, so this is a very mod-your-own-fun class, sorry!