Ready to Wear by Chloe Taylor

Author:Chloe Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

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Back FROM School

Well, thanks, everyone, for all your messages. I have to say they were nice to see—especially after what turned out to be a real roller coaster of a day. Yes, maybe I got a few more What are you wearing? looks than You look so amazing! compliments, and there was a certain teacher, who shall remain nameless (and whose name rhymes with Attila the Hun), who couldn’t resist making a joke. And the “usual suspects” had to say something, of course, but I was expecting that.

Honestly, though, there were some high highs and some low lows. I’m glad it’s over! But it also helped me realize something that I guess I always knew: I don’t want to be like everyone else. I just want to be me, and if that means getting a little bit of heat in middle school, I think I can handle it.

It sure helps having my own personal cheerleading team online! I couldn’t have gotten through it without you. Where did you all come from? I saw the other day that my blog traffic is up to three hundred unique visitors a day. I don’t even know that many people in real life! I have two best friends, but you made me feel like I have three hundred more friends when I really needed them. Thanks!

Now I guess I have to get back on the horse. I haven’t picked out my outfit for tomorrow yet, but here’s a sketch of an outfit I came up with earlier today, when I was considering leaving school and moving to a desert island. Don’t worry, I got over it!

Of course, Zoey didn’t design a whole new outfit for every day of school. But she never went out the door in the morning without carefully thinking through everything she wore. It was like homework: What was the point of doing it if you turned it in without your name? What was the point of getting dressed, she decided, if it didn’t at least kind of match who she was? The tough thing was, she wasn’t exactly sure who she was yet, or at least what her style was. Half the fun was playing around with it and trying new looks and finding new inspiration!

And yes, there were definitely times when she wished she hadn’t mixed so many plaids and checked fabrics in one outfit. Or forgotten she had gym before picking out a dress that took major maneuvering to get on and off in the locker room. But never, not once, was she sorry that she felt like her true self in her clothes. And besides, for every snarky jab she got from Ivy, Shannon, or Bree, there were comments from other kids that were complimentary.

“Did you make that shoelace necklace? Cool!”

“I love your bubble skirt! Where’d you get it?”

Not to mention the undeniable nod of approval that the principal, Ms. Austen, greeted Zoey with every morning. It was like an immunity booster that helped power her through the day.

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