Style Quest: Varick's Shop

Varick held the keys to his new room at the Parchment Imp Inn. He had worked hard for this day and done so much paperwork, but it was finally here. Once the mahogany Clydesdale opened this door, it would transform to fit his needs. The tailor needed a shop. Sure, Varick could’ve bought a shop in Drakethorpe, but he didn’t want to steal business from his parents. Plus, since the inn moved around occasionally, selling to different markets and picking up new styles and materials would be easy.

 

Immediately as the blonde horse entered his new shop, it expanded to the size of a small shop with wooden plank floors. It was the perfect size to fit everything Varick needed while still maintaining a cozy atmosphere. He made a mental note to have Raine put some of their paintings on the wall so they weren’t empty. Large windows appeared along the front of the store, and little pedestals for display mannequins appeared. Hopefully, that would help attract people to come in and order clothing.

 

Three booths with curtain rods across the top sprang up along the back wall. Varick would use the two closest to the back corner as dressing rooms and the third larger one that stood apart as a measuring room. He’d need to get some curtains up before officially opening. A large solid wood L-shaped desk popped up mid-way back from the door. The equine tailor could use it as a workstation and to conduct his business. On the wall behind the desk sat a swinging door leading to the back storage room. A back door keyed with a portal directly to Varick’s new house was in the storage room.

 

With the shop set up according to his envisioned store plans, the tailor started to bring in big wooden crates of different shop accessories. The first thing out of the containers and assembled were the clothing racks. There wasn’t much room to set up aisles like in a chain store, so Varick made a rectangle with an open spot in the middle. The mahogany Clydesdale put six mannequins dressed in different styles on some low shelves. Next to these displays sat some catalogs of everything the tailor had ever made in case a customer didn’t see what they were looking for on sale. Each rack was stuffed full of premade clothes for those who didn’t need something custom-made.

 

Smaller window display mannequins with eye-catching clothes filled the shop’s front facade. Special curtains that were enchanted only to be opened by Varick or the person who closed them hung in front of the dressing and measuring rooms. Finally, hundreds of yards of fabrics in almost any color imaginable filled the back room with thousands of thread spools. The finishing touches, loading the desk with supplies and hanging an open sign, completed the shop and made opening day ready. Now, Varick could finally live his dream of owning his shop. Well, maybe after he got some paintings on the walls.