I’d buy that dress for her.

I like how her eyes shrink.

Wow this is such a nice dress!  
>sees price tag  
I don’t like it anymore >.<

Loved this so much; it’s great to see little background vignettes like this making a comeback.

… Anatomically correct mannequins?

Every.  
Damn.  
Day.

Al Bundy would be pleased

@mathprofbrony  
The Apple Family would be making a fortune on the Zap Apple Jam… unfortunately, Filthy Rich is making it instead.

I’m gonna buy you that dress!

So subtle, it’s awesome! XD

But Sea Swirl, it’s on sale.

When it’s too pricey to even begin to bargain.
 
“This is neat!  
Not that neat.”

It was even a “closing day sale” according Rarity and still the pricetag was too much for this pony.

@dt  
Here, yeah. Ponyland might not operate on the same values, is all I’m saying.

@Solitude  
They’re plentiful IRL, they’re still expensive.

The gems themselves might not be expensive, but owning a small business that has expanded to a second franchise location in what can’t be cheap real estate means Rarity must be doing pretty well for herself.
 
Most of the money will go back into the operation of the business, of course – businesses are expensive - much like the Apple family probably churns through an amount of revenue and expenditure over the course of a season that you wouldn’t believe if you’ve never spent time on a farm. However, the profit is almost certainly nothing to sneeze at, even with that.
 
Rarity can easily be matched in our world to “successful small business owner.”

Yeah, that was pretty funny.
 
@dt  
I’unno. If “A dog and pony show” is anything to go by gems might be a dime a dozen, so to speak.

@Hellfire  
They’re probably not cheap to make either, with all the gems and shit.

 
Every time I go to buy clothes they become more and more expensive . -.

She can go back to Ponyville and get the same dress for under half that price. She’s no fool.

@Mori  
Ditto

I know that feeling:  
“If you have to know, you can’t afford it.”

@Mori  
Thought as well. xD

I first though she stole something.

Wait a second, if the mass-produced dress was also 400… And she had over 200 orders… That’s 80’000…………. I think we just found one of the two greatest sources of income in ponyville.