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A gift for Marie
Eclectic ≥ 50, Elegant ≥ 50, Silk ≥ 40%, Orange ≥ 40%, Trim ≥ 10 cm, Quality ≥ 80
- Validated dress available
- Budget 1,000
Customer Brief
6 requirements
Style
- Eclectic≥ 50
What does this mean?
Eclectic at least 50
See the best Eclectic items - Elegant≥ 50
What does this mean?
Elegant at least 50
See the best Elegant items
Materials
- Silk≥ 40%
What does this mean?
Silk at least 40
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Colour
- Orange≥ 40%
What does this mean?
Orange at least 40
Browse commissions asking for Orange
Details
- Trim≥ 10 cm
What does this mean?
Craftsmanship
- Quality≥ 80
What does this mean?
Quality at least 80
How Quality is judged
Budget
1,000
Craft
Quality is scored while you sew
A quality threshold is not something a recipe can prove. The dress below settles every design requirement; this number is decided by your hands on the machine.
Need 80 or more
What decides the final number
- Grain — cutting the fabric on the correct line
- Fit — how closely the garment follows the body
- Sewing accuracy — how cleanly the seams are run
Recommended solution
A Validated Dress That Works
One dress checked against every requirement of this brief, piece by piece, using the game's own score data.
Validated against game data
Patterns
Bodice
Cinched Keyhole Blouse
Skirt
Bias Cut Skirt
Sleeve
No Sleeves
Collar
No Collar
Accessories
Met
Why it passes
- Eclectic59 / 50Eclectic: 59 reached, 50 required · Eclectic at least 50
- Elegant60 / 50Elegant: 60 reached, 50 required · Elegant at least 50
- Silk41% / 40%Silk: 41 reached, 40 required · Silk at least 40
- Orange41% / 40%Orange: 41 reached, 40 required · Orange at least 40
- Trim10 / 10Trim: 10 reached, 10 required · Trim at least 10
Smallest margin: Trim at 10 / 10
Recipe details
The exact dress this page was built from.
Shopping list
- Cinched Keyhole BlousePatternsBodice
- Eclectic+20
- Elegant+20
- Bias Cut SkirtPatternsSkirt
- Eclectic+10
- Elegant+25
- No SleevesPatternsSleeve
- No CollarPatternsCollar
- BurlapFabrics39% of the dress
- Eclectic−10
- Elegant−10
- Summer Orange CottonFabrics20% of the dress
- Blue Flame Gradient SilkFabrics41% of the dress
- Eclectic+50
- Elegant+50
- Red Embroidered ButtonAccessories×5
- Eclectic+5
- Diamond Cut Jade JewelAccessories×3
- Eclectic+3
- Elegant+3
- Lime Green PipingAccessories×1
Why This Works
The declared weight behind each style this brief scores, so you can see which piece is carrying it.
Why this dress reaches Eclectic 59 / 50
59 / 50
Brief asks for 50
Where the weight comes from
- Fabric+40
- Blue Flame Gradient Silk+5041%
- Burlap−1039%
- Pattern+30
- Accessory+8
- Red Embroidered Button+55 used
- Diamond Cut Jade Jewel+33 used
Why this dress reaches Elegant 60 / 50
60 / 50
Brief asks for 50
Where the weight comes from
- Pattern+45
- Fabric+40
- Blue Flame Gradient Silk+5041%
- Burlap−1039%
- Accessory+3
- Diamond Cut Jade Jewel+33 used
Fabric and colour composition
This brief measures part of the dress by area, so here is what the recommended dress is actually made of.
- The rule
- Silk ≥ 40%
- Reached
- 41% / 40%
Measured areas
- Brown
39% of the dress
- Orange
20% of the dress
- Orange
- Purple
41% of the dress
Shares are the recipe's own measured fabric areas. A fabric that carries two colours counts towards both, so the rows are areas rather than a colour-by-colour percentage.
Browse commissions asking for SilkThese are the weights the game declares for each piece. They explain the dress; the build does not publish how several sources are folded into the final style score, so nothing here is added up into a total.
Cost and fabric usage
What this dress spends, and how much cloth it consumes.
Estimated material cost
68
- Fabric28
- Accessories40
- Budget limit
- 1,000
- Left over
- 932
Estimated fabric usage
2.53metres
- Burlap39% of the dress
- Summer Orange Cotton20% of the dress
- Blue Flame Gradient Silk41% of the dress
Cutting estimates from the recipe itself, with each fabric's measured share of the dress beside it.
Work out another buildOther Solutions
The same brief, solved a different way. Every dress here clears the design requirements and leaves the craft to you.
0 validated solutions found
- The recommended dress above is also the cheapest solution we found.
- It also asks for less progress than any other dress we found.
Other Dresses That Work
A few more dresses that meet the same brief, if the recommended one does not suit your wardrobe.
No further validated dress was found for this brief.
Find more combinationsCan I Make This Yet?
Everything this dress depends on, and the level that opens it.
Required unlocks
10 unlock rules behind this dress
Works from Prestige 49
Works from Prestige 4
Your progress
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Set my progressWhy isn't my dress passing?
The reasons this particular brief turns a dress down, written for the requirements it actually contains.
Eclectic is still too low
Your dress needs Eclectic 50. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Eclectic
See the best Eclectic itemsElegant is still too low
Your dress needs Elegant 50. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Elegant
See the best Elegant itemsSilk is not registering
The rule counts area. You need 40 of the dress cut from Silk, so a trim or a lining will not be enough on its own.
Silk
Browse commissions asking for SilkOrange is not registering
This brief measures area, not pieces: at least 40 of the dress has to be Orange. Adding one small item in that colour rarely moves the number.
Orange
Browse commissions asking for OrangeTrim length is short
The brief asks for 10 of Trim. Length is measured as placed, so a longer trim on fewer pieces can beat short pieces used everywhere.
Trim
Find Trim for this briefQuality is below 80
Quality is not decided by what you chose, but by how the dress was made. Check the grain line, the fit and how cleanly the seams were sewn.
Quality
Work out my Quality scoreThe dress is right, the finish is not
A dress can match every design requirement and still miss the quality threshold. Re-cut it with an eye on grain and fit before changing the recipe.
Need 80 or more
Estimate the quality of a dressTips for This Commission
The things this particular brief makes easy to get wrong.
Prioritise Eclectic
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Eclectic weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 50.
See the best Eclectic itemsPrioritise Elegant
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Elegant weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 50.
See the best Elegant itemsChoose the cloth first
You need 40 of the dress in Silk. Decide that before the pattern, because swapping fabric later usually means re-cutting every piece.
Browse commissions asking for SilkThink in area, not in pieces
The brief measures Orange by area, asking for 40 of the dress. The largest panels of the garment move this number; small trims barely do.
Browse commissions asking for OrangeMeasure Trim
This brief asks for 10 of Trim. Longer pieces are worth more than many short ones, so place the longest trim the design allows.
Find Trim for this brief
Questions about this commission
Does A gift for Marie have only one solution?
This brief currently has no validated dress in the build data. The requirements above are still exact, but there is no recipe to copy.
What does the brief actually require?
This one scores Eclectic ≥ 50, Elegant ≥ 50. Fabric, colour, accessory and craft rules, where present, are listed on the brief card at the top of the page.
What Quality do I need?
The brief asks for Quality 80. That number comes from how the dress is cut and sewn, not from the recipe, so no outfit can guarantee it for you.
Can I use another fabric?
This brief does have a fabric rule: Silk ≥ 40%. Any cloth of the right kind can work as long as the measured areas still satisfy it.
Why doesn't my dress pass?
Work through the requirements one by one: a dress fails on the first rule it misses. Style and composition rules are decided by what you chose, Quality by how you sewed it, so the fix is different for each.
Which unlocks does this dress need?
The recommended dress leans on: Works from Prestige 49, Works from Prestige 4. Anything else on the list is available from the start.
What comes after this commission?
The next commission for this customer is Diplomatic Outreach. Completing this one may raise their relationship level, which is what unlocks the patterns you will want for it.
Where this commission fits
Every commission for this customer in the order the game gives them.
About Marie
8 commissions, relationship up to level 5.
Relationship
What Marie unlocks as you grow closer
A completed commission raises this relationship. Patterns arrive when the level itself goes up, not when a single commission is handed in.
Patterns waiting at each level
Relationship 1
4 patterns
Relationship 2
3 patterns
Relationship 3
3 patterns
Relationship 4
2 patterns
Relationship 5
No patterns at this level
If finishing this commission raises the relationship to the next level, the patterns listed at that level unlock at the same time.
Related styles and items
Where the requirements on this page lead, and what else the game says is worth using.
Styles this brief scores
Each style target opens the page that owns it, so you can find strong pieces yourself.
Used in this recipe
The shopping list behind the recommended dress.
- Cinched Keyhole BlouseBodiceEclectic+20
- Bias Cut SkirtSkirtEclectic+10
- No SleevesSleeve
- No CollarCollar
- Burlap39% of the dressEclectic−10
- Summer Orange Cotton20% of the dress
- Blue Flame Gradient Silk41% of the dressEclectic+50
- Red Embroidered ButtonUsed ×5Eclectic+5
- Diamond Cut Jade JewelUsed ×3Eclectic+3
- Lime Green PipingUsed ×1
Good alternatives
Strong contributors to the styles this brief scores, ranked by the weight the game itself declares.
- Absynthe LaceStrong Elegant contributorElegant+59
- Amber SilkStrong Eclectic contributorEclectic+50
- Amethyst Purple Floral SilkStrong Eclectic contributorEclectic+50
- Blossoming Blanc Embellished VelvetStrong Eclectic contributorEclectic+50
- Aged Copper SilkStrong Elegant contributorElegant+50
- Alexandria Printed VelvetStrong Elegant contributorElegant+50
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