Rarity was busy sowing her dress for the Grand Galloping Gala, when Gilda, Rainbow, Sunset and Cloud entered the boutique. Rarity smiled “Hello, what can I do for my favourite couples?”

Rainbow and Gilda blushed as Sunset and Cloud rolled their eyes, Sunset shook her head “Well it’s quite simple we were hoping you could make us dresses for the Gala, if it’s not too much trouble? Gilda included, Celestia sent another ticket for us.”

Rarity smiled “It’s no trouble at all, in fact think I should make all eight of us dresses.”

Rainbow frowned “Are you sure you aren’t overdoing it, we don’t want you too be overworked?”

Rarity waved a hoof “It will be fine, I have worked under stricter deadlines than this and I can even do a fashion show with them.”

Cloud nodded “As long as your sure you can do all of this, without causing you too many problems.”

Gilda nodded with a smile “Wish you luck.” she then turned to Rainbow “come on I want to stretch my wings.” Rainbow grinned at Gilda running outside in a flash followed by the griffin.

Sunset smiled “Thank you Rarity.”

Cloud smiled as well “I’m grateful for you help.”

Rarity smiled “Don’t worry about it dears, I’ll have the dresses done ahead of time I can assure you.”

Rarity smiled as the two ponies left the boutique with a smile, she begun to sing as she levitated fabrics of golds, red and shadowy blues

Thread by thread, stitching it together
Sunset’s dress, fiery and passionate
Wild and yet restrained an interesting conundrum
I’m stitching Sunset’s dress

The finished product was a flaming dress that had jagged red edges around the flanks that led into smooth shadowy blues around the barrel, near the tail it was glowing with fiery reds and yellows while around the neck it was a shadowy blue that would contrast Sunset’s fiery red and yellow mane.

A free spirit of incredible resolve
Cloud’s Dress, friendly and warm,
Promiscuous and free, yet strong and sincere
It’s Cloud’s marvellous dress

Cloud’s dress near her tail was wide as showing as much of her flank yet becoming more constrained as it fled from her flanks. Loving reds diminished to warm autumn oranges to strong blues as it approached the front of the mannequin.

Rough and Violent, Strength and Power
Gilda’s Dress, a challenge to be sure
Combining elegance with Power
Combing beauty with Violence
A tribute to Gilda’s power and beauty

A thick heavy dress made of incredible durable materials, the powerful red colours exemplified the power while the dresses thick rugged curves would exemplify Gilda’s power.

Rarity had completed all the dresses for her friends, she smiled at her friends “Open you eyes, I hope you like them.”

Gilda grinned as she poked the dress “Now this a dress worthy of a griffon.”

Sunset smiled looking at hers “I’d say we’re all set, right Cloud.”

Cloud grinned “Absolutely, the Gala is going to be a blast. We will make the Gala, the best Gala ever.”

Rainbow nodded with a grin “I know, it will be amazing!”

Gilda blinked “What are you three talking about?’

Rainbow gave her a coy grin “Something fun, I promise you we will tell once we are away from prying ears.” Her eyes flicked to Rarity before turning back to Gilda.’

Applejack shrugged as she looked at the dress “Rarity, Ah’m going to be honest Ah’m not the best at judging dresses. Ah trust that ya did a good job.”

Rarity turned to Fluttershy and Pinkie who were looking at their dresses, Fluttershy frowned “I’m not sure about this Rarity?”

Rarity blinked “What’s wrong?”

Fluttershy sighed “Well if you want to know. 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 overdesign is reminiscent of prêt-à-porter and not true French haute couture.”

Pinkie Pie then bounced “I want balloons and streamers and lollipops on mine.”

Rarity took a deep breath “Okay, I’ll make dresses with those changes in mind.”

Sunset, Cloud, Rainbow and Gilda exchanged concerned looks as they saw Rarity get back to work. Rarity was putting together the two new dresses, she sighed as she looked at the abominations she had made.

Fluttershy and Pinkie came win, they both smiled at the two dresses. Fluttershy smiled “It’s perfect.”

Pinkie Pie smiled “Woo hoo, that Hoity Toity pony will love them.”

Rarity paled as the other girls entered, she took a deep breath hoping that the other dresses would make up the difference. The fashion show was set up and the group of eight emerged on stage, the crowd smiled at six of the dresses while gasping in horror at Fluttershy and Pinkie’s dresses.

Hoity Toity frowned “Who designed these dresses?”

Rarity trotted forward nervously “It was me, and…”

Hoity Toity shook his head “Most of your designs are good, as for the two on the end it seems you you struggle to say no. It is a common problem that many designers struggle with, I wish you luck in your future endeavours.”

After the show was over, Fluttershy approached Rarity.

Fluttershy looked down “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for this to happen.”

Rarity gave her a hug “It’s alright, Fluttershy. I should have been honest about how I felt about all this and…”

Rarity was knocked over by a pink blur who was wailing “I”M SO SORRY, PLEASE DON’T STOP BEING MY FRIEND!”

Rarity rolled her eyes “I won’t stop being you friend, just take a deep breath and calm down.” The three ponies soon joined in a quiet hug as their other friend’s watched.

Author's Note

I feel what Applejack said was kind of weird, on a day such as the Gala it wouldn't rain as Pegasi control the weather. Rain wouldn't be scheduled on such an important day. I'll chalk up the mistake due to it being the first season and the world was still being established.