Charlotte Beverwil, Janie Farrish, Melissa Moon, and Petra Greene attend the exclusive Winston Prep, a private school in Hollywood. But the girls' similarities end there. Friends? No way...Janie is a scholarship student and lives for vintage sales and fashion designs. Charlotte is a self-confessed Francophile and believes she was born a century too late. The beautiful Petra is a postmodern hippie; concerned about the environment, she likes to wear clothes made from organic cotton or hemp to class. Melissa, whose father is a hip-hop god, is a self-centered preppy girl with somewhat questionable taste in fashion... So what happens when these four are forced by the school to create their own fashion label? Chaos, with a capital "C." They hate each other, and aside from their shared interest in fashion, they can't agree on anything. Janie thinks Melissa and Charlotte are nothing more than spoiled rich girls who spend thousands of dollars on their image. Both believe Janie is a Valley loser trying to fit in with a world she doesn't belong in. And Petra? She doesn't care. As if the forced coexistence weren't enough, Charlotte is in love with Janie's twin brother, while Janie is torn between Charlotte's older brother and the cute guitarist in her best friend's band. Petra and Melissa's problems only get worse when they return home... Can a sophisticated girl, a shy rocker, a hippie goddess, and a stuck-up egomaniac overcome their differences and create a stylish clothing line? At Winston Prep, survival depends on fitting in... and wearing what looks good on you. With exclusive DIY outfits from Compai, Poseur: Fights, Boys, and Style is the funny and biting debut novel by Rachel Maude. She grew up in Hollywood, California, and studied music and illustration at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and graduated with a B.I. Beta Capa from the University of California. Rachel is currently writing the next books in the Poseur series, so throw away your Dutch clogs and burn your hair frills because all crimes against fashion will be noticed and duly reported.
