- Rarity: [desiring Fluttershy's opinion on the dress she made for her] Tell meeee...
- Fluttershy: No... i-it's fine...
- Rarity: Tell me.
- Fluttershy: I-I-I like it!
- Rarity: Tell me tell me tell me tell me TELL ME!
- Fluttershy: All right. Since you *really* wanna know...
- [inhales; speaks faster]
- Fluttershy: The armscye's tight, the middy collar doesn't go with the shawl lapel, the hems are clearly machine-stitched, the pleats are uneven, the fabric looks like toile, you used a backstitch here when it clearly called for a topstitch, or maybe a traditional blanket stitch, and the overall design is reminiscent of prêt-à-porter and not true French haute couture...
- [slows down and resumes her shy nature]
- Fluttershy: But... uh... you know... um... whatever you want to do is fine...
- Pinkie Pie: Rarity? You OK in there? You haven't come out for days...
- Rarity: I'm never coming out! I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again! I used to be somepony! I used to be respected! I made dresses - beautiful, *beautiful* dresses! But now, everypony is *laughing* at me! I'm nothing but a *laughing stock*!
- Twilight Sparkle: You're not a laughing stock, Rarity.
- Rainbow Dash: [rather loudly] She kind of is.
- Twilight Sparkle: Shh! Come on out and talk to us...
- Rarity: LEAVE ME ALONE! I *want* to be alone! I want to wallow in... whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in!... Do ponies wallow in pity?... Oh, listen to me! I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'm so PATHETIIIIIC!
- Twilight Sparkle: Now what do we do?
- Fluttershy: Uh, panic?
- Rainbow Dash: That's your answer for everything!
- Applejack: Well we can't just leave Rarity like this...
- Pinkie Pie: She'll become a crazy cat lady!
- Twilight Sparkle: She only has *one* cat.
- Pinkie Pie: Give her time...
- Rarity: [singing] Thread by thread, stitching it together/Twilight's dress, cutting out the pattern snip by snip/Making sure the fabric folds nicely/It's the perfect color and so hip/Always gotta keep in mind my pacing/Making sure the clothes' correctly facing/I'm stitching Twilight's dress.
- Rarity: Yard by yard, fussing on the details/Jewel neckline, don't you know a stitch in time saves nine?/Make her something perfect to inspire/Even though she hates formal attire/Gotta mind those intimate details/Even though she's more concerned with sales/It's Applejack's new dress.
- Rarity: Dressmaking's easy, for Pinkie Pie something pink/Fluttershy something breezy/Blend color and form;
- [to Opalescence]
- Rarity: Do you think it looks cheesy?
- Rarity: Something brash, perhaps quite fetching/Hook and eye, couldn't you just simply die?/Making sure it fits forelock and crest/Don't forget some magic in the dress/Even though it rides high on the flank/Rainbow won't look like a tank/I'm stitching Rainbow's dress.
- Rarity: [chorus] Piece by piece, snip by snip/Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip/Thread by thread, primmed and pressed/Yard by yard, never stressed/And that's the art of the dress!
- Applejack: [seeing Rarity's first-try dresses] They sure are... uh... somethin'...
- Twilight Sparkle: Yes! Something!
- Pinkie Pie: I like "something"! "Something" is my favorite!
- Fluttershy: It's... nice.
- Spike: [speaking into a microphone to start Rarity's fashion show for Hoity Toity] Since the beginning of time, the Elite of Equestria have longed for pony fashions that truly express the essence of their very souls. Patiently waiting decades - No! Centuries - for the perfect pony gown. Today, at long last, Equestria, your wait is over. Let's hear it for the breathtaking designs... of Ponyville's own... RARITY!
- [Rarity's five friends walk out with the dresses they over-designed]
- Hoity Toity: Oh those amateurish designs look like a piled-on mishmash of everything but the kitchen sink! It's a travesty, that's what it is! Those outfits are the ugliest I've ever seen! Oh, for shame! Who is responsible for objecting our eyes to such *horrors*? Not to mention, wasting *my* valuable time!
- Rarity: [sees the dress her friends made for her] HUH?
- Pinkie Pie: We all finished your dress for you!
- Applejack: Thanks to Fluttershy's freaky knowledge of sewin'...
- Fluttershy: Do you like it?
- Rarity: Like it? *Like* it?
- Fluttershy: Uh oh. She doesn't like it...
- Rarity: No, I DON'T *like* it... I LOVE IT!
- Rainbow Dash: [Rarity looks back and forth from the dress she designed for Rainbow Dash to Rainbow herself, expectantly; Rainbow says "what" as if being accused] What?
- Rarity: Aren't you going to tell me to change something too?
- Rainbow Dash: [leaning against a table] No, I just want my dress to be cool.
- Rarity: Do you not like the color?
- Rainbow Dash: The color's fine, just make it look cooler.
- Rarity: Do you not like the shape?
- Rainbow Dash: The shape's fine, just make the whole thing... you know, cooler.
- [music stops briefly]
- Rainbow Dash: It needs to be about twenty percent cooler.
- Pinkie Pie: [singing] All we ever want is indecision,
- Rainbow Dash: All we really like is what we know.
- Twilight Sparkle: Gotta balance style with adherence,
- Fluttershy: Making sure we make a good appearance.
- Applejack: Even if you simply have to fudge it,
- Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack: Make sure that it stays within our budget!
- Rarity: Got to overcome intimidation/Remember, it's all in the presentation!
- Rarity: Piece by piece, snip by snip/Croup, dock, haunch, shoulders, hip/Bolt by bolt, primmed and pressed/Yard by yard, always stressed/And that's the art of the dress!
- Twilight Sparkle: Dear Princess Celestia: This week my very talented friend Rarity learned that if you try to please everypony, you often times end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this: when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
- Hoity Toity: Rarity, my congratulations. You are the most impressive fashion maven. Would you do me the great honor of allowing me to feature your couture in my best of the best boutique in Canterlot?
- Rarity: [gasps happily]
- Hoity Toity: Now, I'll need you to make a dozen of each dress for me by next Tuesday.
- [Rarity snaps under the sudden pressure in shock]
- Rarity: [referring to Fluttershy's second dress] If you don't like it, you should just tell me.
- Fluttershy: Oh, but I *do* like it.
- Rarity: Like it, or *love* it?
- Fluttershy: Um... both?
- Rarity: Exile... I guess, technically, I'd have to move *away* to live in exile. Where would I go? And what would I pack? Oh, it's going to take me forever to do all of that packing. What are you supposed to pack when you go into exile? Are you supposed to pack *warm*?
- Twilight Sparkle: Now, the stars on my belt need to be technically accurate. Orion has three stars on his belt, not four.
- Rarity: [singing] Stitch by stitch, stitching it together/Deadline looms, don't you know the client's always right?/Even if my fabric choice was perfect/Got to get them all done by tonight/Pinkie Pie, the color's too obtrusive/Wait until you see it in the light/I'm sewing them together!
- Pinkie Pie: Don't you think my gown would be more "me" with some lollipops?
- Rarity: Well, I think...
- Pinkie Pie: Balloons?
- Rarity: Well...
- Pinkie Pie: [excited] DO IT!
- Rarity: [singing] Hour by hour, one more change/I'm sewing them together, take great pains./Fluttershy, you're putting me in a bind/Rainbow Dash, what is on your mind?/Oh my gosh, there's simply not much time/Don't forget, Applejack's duds must shine...
- Rarity: Dressmaking's easy, every customer's call/Brings a whole new revision/Have to pick up the pace, still hold to my vision.
- Twilight Sparkle: [everyone is criticizing Rarity's designs and calling for changes] That constellation is Canis *Major*, not Minor.
- Fluttershy: French haute couture, please.
- Rarity: Ugh...
- Applejack: What if it rains? Galoshes!
- Pinkie Pie: More balloons! Oh no, that's too many balloons. More candy! Oh, less candy. Oh wait, I know. Streamers!
- Rarity: [incredulous and tired] Streamers?
- Pinkie Pie: Whose dress is this?
- Rarity: [reluctant] Streamers it is.
- Applejack: [showing off the dresses they designed at Rarity's first showing] Why's everypony lookin' at us like that?
- Twilight Sparkle: Oh dear.
- [she notices how absurd their dresses really are]
- Rainbow Dash: You think we overdid it?
- Applejack: Nah.
- [pause]
- Applejack: Okay, maybe a little.
- Hoity Toity: [at Rarity's second fashion show, held exclusively for Hoity] All right, I haven't got all day.
- Hoity Toity: Take two.
- [the show begins with lights and different music that changes to match the theme and personality of each character]
- Hoity Toity: [Twilight's dress: Midnight blue with star-shaped decorations, and light blue slippers] Hello... Oh, this can't be the same designer.
- Hoity Toity: [Applejack's dress: Primarily brown and green with a "cowgirl" feel; green hoofcovers/boots] Simply magnificent! And suddenly I have a fresh craving for some Dutch apple pie. Candied apples on a stick? Apple turnovers? Apple cobbler?
- Hoity Toity: [Pinkie Pie's dress: Mostly pink and white with some light blue; various candies are attached to it, and she wears a white hat] Brilliant!
- Hoity Toity: [Rainbow Dash's dress: Rainbow-colored with light blue highlights, golden Greek-style fake olive leaves, and golden hoofcovers] Oh, spectacular!
- Hoity Toity: [Fluttershy's dress: Green and leafy with a nature motif, light blue butterfly decorations for her chest and mane, green grass-based slippers] Now this is a fashion show. All of these dresses are absolutely amazing. Who is responsible? Step forward, show yourself!
- Hoity Toity: [Rarity shows herself and her dress, which is mostly magenta pink with some purple underneath; she wears a tiara] Bravo! Bravo! Magnifico! Encore!
- Rarity: Oh, thank you. Thank you! Oh, thank you so much!
- Rainbow Dash: Hmmm... It needs to be about 20 percent cooler.
- Rarity: [puts hoof to her face in "face-hoof"]