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Dark Emissary
Elaborate ≥ 50, Gothic ≥ 75, Black ≥ 25%, Yellow ≥ 25%, Trim ≥ 10 cm, Jewel ≥ 3, Quality ≥ 80
- Validated dress available
- Budget 1,250
Customer Brief
7 requirements
Style
- Elaborate≥ 50
What does this mean?
Elaborate at least 50
See the best Elaborate items - Gothic≥ 75
What does this mean?
Gothic at least 75
See the best Gothic items
Colour
- Black≥ 25%
What does this mean?
Black at least 25
Browse commissions asking for Black - Yellow≥ 25%
What does this mean?
Yellow at least 25
Browse commissions asking for Yellow
Details
- Trim≥ 10 cm
What does this mean?
- Jewel≥ 3
What does this mean?
Craftsmanship
- Quality≥ 80
What does this mean?
Quality at least 80
How Quality is judged
Budget
1,250
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
Corset Bodice
Skirt
Corset Skirt
Sleeve
Flounce Sleeve
Collar
No Collar
Accessories
Met
Why it passes
- Elaborate54 / 50Elaborate: 54 reached, 50 required · Elaborate at least 50
- Gothic85 / 75Gothic: 85 reached, 75 required · Gothic at least 75
- Black25% / 25%Black: 25 reached, 25 required · Black at least 25
- Yellow25% / 25%Yellow: 25 reached, 25 required · Yellow at least 25
- Trim10 / 10Trim: 10 reached, 10 required · Trim at least 10
- Jewel5 / 3Jewel: 5 reached, 3 required · Jewel at least 3
Smallest margin: Black at 25% / 25%
Recipe details
The exact dress this page was built from.
Shopping list
- Corset BodicePatternsBodice
- Elaborate+10
- Gothic+25
- Corset SkirtPatternsSkirt
- Elaborate+15
- Gothic+25
- Flounce SleevePatternsSleeve
- Elaborate+5
- Gothic+5
- No CollarPatternsCollar
- BurlapFabrics50% of the dress
- Elaborate−10
- Gothic−10
- Honey Yellow CottonFabrics25% of the dress
- Black Wool PinstripesFabrics25% of the dress
- Gothic+80
- Black Silk Square BowAccessories×5
- Gothic+5
- Oblong Ruby JewelAccessories×5
- Elaborate+5
- Gothic+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 Elaborate 54 / 50
54 / 50
Brief asks for 50
Where the weight comes from
- Pattern+30
- Fabric−10
- Burlap−1050%
- Accessory+5
- Oblong Ruby Jewel+55 used
Why this dress reaches Gothic 85 / 75
85 / 75
Brief asks for 75
Where the weight comes from
- Fabric+70
- Black Wool Pinstripes+8025%
- Burlap−1050%
- Pattern+55
- Accessory+8
- Black Silk Square Bow+55 used
- Oblong Ruby Jewel+35 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
- Black ≥ 25%
- Reached
- 25% / 25%
Measured areas
- Brown
50% of the dress
- Yellow
25% of the dress
25% 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 BlackThese 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
93
- Fabric8
- Accessories85
- Budget limit
- 1,250
- Left over
- 1,157
Estimated fabric usage
2.64metres
- Burlap50% of the dress
- Honey Yellow Cotton25% of the dress
- Black Wool Pinstripes25% 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 14
Requires Edith Relationship 1
See Edith's unlocks
Your progress
Enter the levels you have and this page will tell you what is still missing.
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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.
Elaborate is still too low
Your dress needs Elaborate 50. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Elaborate
See the best Elaborate itemsGothic is still too low
Your dress needs Gothic 75. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Gothic
See the best Gothic itemsBlack is not registering
This brief measures area, not pieces: at least 25 of the dress has to be Black. Adding one small item in that colour rarely moves the number.
Black
Browse commissions asking for BlackYellow is not registering
This brief measures area, not pieces: at least 25 of the dress has to be Yellow. Adding one small item in that colour rarely moves the number.
Yellow
Browse commissions asking for YellowTrim 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 briefJewel count is wrong
This brief asks for 3 Jewel. Check that each placed accessory matches the required accessory type, and that all of them were placed on the dress.
Jewel
Find Jewel 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 Elaborate
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Elaborate weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 50.
See the best Elaborate itemsPrioritise Gothic
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Gothic weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 75.
See the best Gothic itemsThink in area, not in pieces
The brief measures Black by area, asking for 25 of the dress. The largest panels of the garment move this number; small trims barely do.
Browse commissions asking for BlackThink in area, not in pieces
The brief measures Yellow by area, asking for 25 of the dress. The largest panels of the garment move this number; small trims barely do.
Browse commissions asking for YellowMeasure 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 Dark Emissary 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 Elaborate ≥ 50, Gothic ≥ 75. 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 sets no fabric rule, so any cloth is allowed. Colour, style weight and cost are the only things to weigh up.
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 14, Requires Edith Relationship 1. Anything else on the list is available from the start.
What comes after this commission?
The next commission for this customer is Comfortable Coffin. 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.
Commission 6 of 8
- Step 5 of 8Nocturnal Glamour
- You are hereVivianYou are here
- Step 7 of 8Comfortable Coffin
About Vivian
8 commissions, relationship up to level 4.
Relationship
What Vivian 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
3 patterns
Relationship 2
3 patterns
Relationship 3
3 patterns
Relationship 4
3 patterns
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.
- Corset BodiceBodiceElaborate+10
- Corset SkirtSkirtElaborate+15
- Flounce SleeveSleeveElaborate+5
- No CollarCollar
- Burlap50% of the dressElaborate−10
- Honey Yellow Cotton25% of the dress
- Black Wool Pinstripes25% of the dressGothic+80
- Black Silk Square BowUsed ×5Gothic+5
- Oblong Ruby JewelUsed ×5Elaborate+5
- Lime Green PipingUsed ×1
Good alternatives
Strong contributors to the styles this brief scores, ranked by the weight the game itself declares.
- Absynthe LaceStrong Gothic contributorGothic+80
- Black Magic VelvetStrong Gothic contributorGothic+80
- Black PlaidStrong Gothic contributorGothic+80
- Alexandria Printed VelvetStrong Elaborate contributorElaborate+50
- Artemis Gradient SequinsStrong Elaborate contributorElaborate+50
- Azura SequinsStrong Elaborate contributorElaborate+50
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