Making the Cut

Making the Cut — page 7 — just got out of the shower and she’s wearing an oversized gray hoodie and leggings She kicks off her black high-tops they’re one of the only cool retro things she owns but I try not to make a big deal about it because otherwise she’ll probably throw them away Alex thrusts a bag of chips into my hands as she makes a beeline for the living room Let’s do this she says heading straight for the couch in front of the TV She plops down makes herself comfortable and picks up the remote I shake my head and smile Alex loves Design Diva because of the snarky judges As for fashion She couldn’t care less If someone offered Alex a million dollars to tell them which shoes look best with which jeans she’d probably just shrug and not even

Making the Cut — page 8 — even pretend to be sad about losing the money I told her this one time and she just told me I’ll take the loss if it means I don’t have to hurt my brain thinking about it Besides that’s what I have you for Alex and I may be best friends but we’re total opposites when it comes to caring about clothes I learned a long time ago not to push my fashion ideas onto her But even though Alex may not care about which shirt or shoes go with what her ability to think outside the box is mind-boggling I can be stuck on a design idea for days and all Alex has to do is look at my patterns and drawings for two seconds and boom She comes up with some idea that works perfectly but is not at all what I would’ve come up with alone Here’s a perfect example Last week I

Making the Cut — page 9 — was trying to come up with an outfit for the school’s carnival I had my black jeans and a loose sleeveless white blouse draped over my chair with a pair of flat black gladiator sandals on the floor I liked the combo but I wanted a little oomph Alex opened my closet stood there for about half a second and pulled out my red-and-black paisley scarf The same scarf I’d passed over for being too busy Done she’d said I had my doubts but when I held the scarf up of course she was totally right Poof The outfit came together Alex was also the one who gave me the

Making the Cut — page 10 — SCHOOL CARNIVAL THANKS ALEX Design SLEEVELESS BLOUSE RED BLACK PRINT SCARF GLADIATOR SANDALS BLACK SKINNY JEANS

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