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Dressmaker Style Tag

Eveningwear

Find patterns, fabrics and accessories that contribute to Eveningwear, then work toward the score you need.

Dressed for the evening: longer, richer and more dramatic than the day.

How this site reads the style. The game ships no description for any of them.

What is behind this style

Strong sources
Patterns · Fabrics · Accessories
Asked for by
9 briefs
Contributors in the catalogue
93 patterns · 201 fabrics · 72 accessories
Reach a Eveningwear targetBuild toward Eveningwear
Eveningwear from Dressmaker
Build toward a Eveningwear dress

How to raise Eveningwear

Four things decide it, and none of them is a formula you have to work out here.

  1. Cut patterns that add it

    A pattern declares Eveningwear as a trait of the cut, before any cloth is laid on it. The strongest are listed below with their weight.

  2. Choose fabric that supports it

    Cloth carries the style through the parts of the dress it covers, so the same fabric counts for more on a larger piece.

  3. Place accessories that contribute

    A bow, a button or a length of trim adds its own weight where it sits, and each further one on the same style counts for less than the last.

  4. Check the whole dress

    The score a brief reads belongs to the finished dress rather than to any one of its parts. Measure it once the dress is built.

What Eveningwear score do you need?

The quick values are the scores this build's briefs actually state for Eveningwear.

Patterns that add Eveningwear

The six strongest cuts for Eveningwear, by the weight the game gives the pattern itself. Two patterns on the same weight are ordered by how much cloth they take.

6 of 93

Ordered by the weight the game gives it, strongest first.

  • Junon Skirt from Dressmaker
    Junon SkirtSkirt

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantLow fabric use

    Unlock route not documented

  • Ruched Sweetheart Bodice from Dressmaker
    Ruched Sweetheart BodiceBodice

    Eveningwear +25

    2 variantsLow fabric use

    Prudence · relationship 2

  • Strapless Bodice from Dressmaker
    Strapless BodiceBodice

    Eveningwear +25

    4 variantsLow fabric use

    Available from the start

  • Sweetheart Bodice from Dressmaker
    Sweetheart BodiceBodice

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantLow fabric use

    Available from the start

  • Venus Skirt from Dressmaker
    Venus SkirtSkirt

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantLow fabric use

    Unlock route not documented

  • Plunging Neckline Bodice from Dressmaker
    Plunging Neckline BodiceBodice

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantMedium fabric use

    Available from the start

See all 93 Eveningwear patterns

Fabrics that contribute to Eveningwear

The six strongest fabrics for Eveningwear, in three orders. Two fabrics on the same weight are ordered by price.

6 of 201

Ordered by the weight the game gives it, strongest first.

See all 201 Eveningwear fabrics

Accessories that help raise Eveningwear

The six strongest decorations for Eveningwear, in three orders. Two on the same weight are ordered by price.

6 of 72

Ordered by the weight the game gives it, strongest first.

See all 72 Eveningwear accessories

What pulls Eveningwear down

Some pieces carry Eveningwear as a negative weight, so a dress built around them loses points instead of gaining them. These are the strongest of them.

The figure is the weight the game gives that piece on its own. What a whole dress loses also depends on how much of the dress the piece covers.

Need a cheaper or earlier option?

The lists above show the strongest choices. These are the single cheapest and the single earliest in each catalogue, drawn from everything that carries Eveningwear and not only from the six.

Lowest cost

A pattern costs no money, so the pattern here is the one that takes the least cloth.

  • Pattern

    Junon Skirt from Dressmaker
    Junon SkirtSkirt

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantLow fabric use

    Unlock route not documented

  • Fabric

    Snow Petal Lace from Dressmaker
    Snow Petal LaceLace

    Eveningwear +50

    Cost 15

    Prestige 14

  • Accessory

    Black Silk Square Bow from Dressmaker
    Black Silk Square BowBow · Individual

    Eveningwear +3

    Cost 2

    Available from the start

Available from the start

What a save already has on its first day.

  • Pattern

    Bias Cut Skirt from Dressmaker
    Bias Cut SkirtSkirt

    Eveningwear +25

    1 variantHigh fabric use

    Available from the start

  • Fabric

    Amber Silk from Dressmaker
    Amber SilkSilk

    Eveningwear +50

    Cost 50

    Available from the start

  • Accessory

    Black Silk Square Bow from Dressmaker
    Black Silk Square BowBow · Individual

    Eveningwear +3

    Cost 2

    Available from the start

Briefs that ask for Eveningwear

Every published brief whose requirements state a Eveningwear score, the hardest first.

Eveningwear scores the briefs ask for

How many briefs state each score, so a target can be read against what the game actually demands.

  • 40 or more3 briefs
  • 50 or more3 briefs
  • 60 or more3 briefs
Browse every brief that asks for Eveningwear

Pick a source for Eveningwear

Sort the strongest patterns, fabrics and decorations that carry Eveningwear by how hard they push, what they cost and how soon you can have them.

Looking for

Order

Price

A pattern costs cloth rather than coin, so a price ceiling applies to fabrics and decorations.

Enter your Prestige and every gate is checked against where your save actually is.

31 of 31 sources

Every source that carries Eveningwear is here, sorted by how hard it pushes. A piece that never appears can still belong in a Eveningwear dress — it just does not move the style on its own.

What affects Eveningwear?

Three things carry a style, and they do not carry it the same way.

  • Patterns

    Some patterns add Eveningwear directly, as a trait of the cut itself.

  • Fabrics

    A fabric contributes through the parts of the dress it covers, and through how much of each part it covers.

  • Accessories

    Decorations add their weight where they are placed, and several on the same style count for less each time one is added.

Two numbers that are not the same

Source value

The Eveningwear figure printed on a pattern, a fabric or a decoration. It belongs to that piece and says how strongly the piece leans that way.

Final style score

What the finished dress reads once every part and every weighting is counted. Only a dress has one, which is why no piece on its own can promise a score.

A finished score is not those three added together. It depends on every pattern, fabric and accessory in the dress and on how much of the dress each one covers, which is why the number belongs to the finished garment rather than to any list on this page.

See the full style-score explanation

Working toward Eveningwear?

This page says what carries the style. These four do the building, the measuring, the repairing and the aiming.

Styles that share a brief with Eveningwear

The styles the same briefs also score, most shared first.

All 22 styles

Eveningwear questions

  • How do I get Eveningwear in Dressmaker?

    93 patterns, 201 fabrics and 72 decorations carry Eveningwear. Any of them counts toward it, and the finished score belongs to the dress rather than to one piece.

  • Which patterns give Eveningwear?

    93 patterns carry Eveningwear. The strongest is Junon Skirt, which counts 25 of it.

  • Which fabrics carry Eveningwear?

    201 fabrics carry Eveningwear. Absynthe Lace is the strongest, at 59.

  • Which decorations carry Eveningwear?

    Black Silk Square Bow is the strongest of the 72 decorations carrying Eveningwear, at 3.

  • How do I reach Eveningwear 40?

    Set the goal to 40 in the style calculator and it searches for dresses that reach it, naming the piece behind every point.

  • Why did a second decoration give less Eveningwear than the first?

    Because the game scales repeated pushes at one style down. The first decoration adds its full weight, the second adds a fraction of its own, and each one after that a fraction of the fraction.

  • Can an item lower Eveningwear?

    Yes. 6 pieces count Eveningwear below zero, and Burlap does it hardest at -20. On a dress they take those points away rather than adding them.

  • Does a fabric always give the same Eveningwear score?

    No. Cloth counts through the parts of the dress it covers and through how much of each part it covers, so one fabric moves Eveningwear by different amounts in two different dresses.