"The Hills" star Audrina Patridge headed to DDC LAB -- a clothing company known for making clothes out of fashion-forward materials like Kevlar and envelope-packing materials -- for a little shopping with friends on Tuesday afternoon, and Hollywood.tv caught the auburn-tressed beauty in the act as she stocked up on bikinis and dresses.

Audrina joked with the paps as she exited the store, when one of them asked, "Who do you like better, paparazzi or surfers?"

She evaded the question by joking, "You are multi-talented. You are eating lunch while you shoot."

Audrina, whose bikini-ready body will be featured on the cover of next week's TV Guide, is currently filming a new season of MTV's "The Hills" along with Lauren Conrad and Lauren "Lo" Bosworth.