👗 The Personal Shopper

Who plays who

• A — The Personal Shopper: you bring the options, you hold the curtain, and you never rush a decision.
• B — The Customer: you are shopping for lingerie and every outfit needs a second opinion.
• A leads Acts 1–3 from outside the curtain. B leads Act 4, because the final choice is theirs.

What you need

• Three or four pieces of lingerie from your own drawers — your own clothes, nothing bought for this
• A mirror you can both stand in front of, full-length if you have one
• A room about the size of a fitting room — a bathroom, a walk-in, or a curtained corner
• A curtain, a sheet or a scarf to hang as the fitting-room door
• A chair or stool just outside the curtain for the shopper

Act 1 — 🕯️ Setup

The curtain goes up between the bedroom and the "shop floor", and A sets the first three pieces out on the bed like stock. B stays behind the curtain and does not come out. The fitting room is only big enough for two, and the shopper is invited in, not in charge.

Beats

• A presents three pieces and describes each one out loud, in a shopkeeper's voice.
• B stays behind the curtain and sends the rejects back out over the top.
• Nobody is undressed yet. This act is entirely the look and the suggestion.

Lines to say

• "This one is new in. It would suit you."
• "Try it on. I'll wait right here."
• "You don't have to choose yet. Take your time with it."

Act 2 — 🔥 Build

The curtain goes back far enough for A to step in, and the room becomes exactly the size of two people. Every outfit gets a second opinion now, and the second opinion is hands-on, or it does not count. The mirror does most of the work.

Beats

• Each outfit gets worn, judged, and changed, with A's hands involved in the verdict.
• B has to say out loud what they think of each piece before it comes off.
• The curtain stays shut. Nobody leaves the fitting room for the whole act.

Lines to say

• "Turn around. Let me see the back."
• "That one sits wrong. Let me fix it."
• "Say what you think. I can tell when you're being polite."

Act 3 — ⚡ Escalate

The clothes stop being the subject. The mirror is still there and you watch each other in it rather than turning to face each other, which turns out to be harder. The pile of rejects is on the floor now and nobody is picking it up.

Beats

• Everything happens facing the mirror, with the two of you looking at each other's reflection.
• The lingerie is dealt with one piece at a time, and B names each thing before it moves.
• No third outfit. This act is about the one being worn.

Lines to say

• "Look at yourself. Then look at me."
• "That stays on. The rest doesn't."
• "Tell me what you want to keep."

Act 4 — 💥 Climax

The curtain is forgotten and the mirror is the only audience. Everything that was being judged is being used now. No more options, no more second opinions — just the one outfit, on the floor or not, and the two of you.

Beats

• Whatever was chosen in Acts 2 and 3 is what gets used here.
• Keep the mirror in the scene the whole way through — somebody is always in the reflection.
• Let it end the way you both want, not the way a fitting ends.

Lines to say

• "Watch us. Don't look away from the glass."
• "Stay right there."

Act 5 — 🤍 Aftercare

The curtain comes down, the mirror stops being a stage, and the clothes get picked up off the floor. Two people in their own bedroom, with a pile of lingerie that needs folding.

Beats

• Come back into your own names and your own voices before anything else.
• Fold and put the clothes away together — a plainly ordinary job that ends the game.
• One thing each you liked, and one thing you want next time.

Lines to say

• "That was a very good fitting. Thank you for the second opinions."
• "Next time I want to be the one behind the curtain."

Aftercare

Clothes folded and put away, water, and a proper sit-down with no mirror in the room. Say one thing you liked out loud, and tell whoever played the Personal Shopper clearly that they were wanted — not just looked at.

Ground rules and consent

• The lingerie is our own, from our own drawers. There is no real shop, no real shop assistant, and no third person on the other side of that curtain.
• The fitting room is a room in our own home. Nobody is actually queuing, waiting, or listening.
• "Coatrack" opens the curtain immediately, said by either of us, with no explanation owed.
• Being looked at is the game. Either of us can step out of the light at any point, and that is allowed to be part of it.

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