
Front Lace Stays
- Cute +25
- Gothic +25
- One cut
- 16 panels
- High fabric use
- Fiona Lv. 1
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Front Lace Stays good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
Unlock
Reach relationship level 1 with Fiona and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Fiona's page, not here.
Variants
The game ships one way to cut Front Lace Stays.
Style contribution
Raises 10 styles and lowers 0.
- Cute+25
- Gothic+25
- Elaborate+20
- Eveningwear+20
- Romantic+20
- Elegant+15
- Daywear+10
- Formal+10
- Playful+10
- Uncomfortable+10
This pattern adds its own style contribution. The fabric you cut it in changes the final dress score further, and so do the other three patterns.
How style scores workFabric use & construction
Estimated use
1.259
Compared with the other Bodice variants: High.
Lower than 94% of Bodice variants.
The export's own estimate. The game data records no unit for it, which is why the band and the percentile beside it are the parts to compare.
- Panels
- 16 panels
- Grain directions
- Mixed grain directions
- Grain is read from the direction each panel is laid in the export. Bias cut is the game's own per-panel flag rather than a reading of that vector, and where the two disagree this page shows both as published.
How to unlock Front Lace Stays
Fiona · Relationship Lv. 1
Reach relationship level 1 with Fiona and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Fiona's page, not here.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Where this pattern helps
What Front Lace Stays contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles it brings
Validated dresses cut from it
- Love LabyrinthIn a validated dressAs the Bodice+20 Romantic, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Cute, against a brief asking at least 60+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 40

- Poetic MuseIn a validated dressAs the Bodice+25 Cute, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+20 Romantic, against a brief asking at least 50

- A gift for AliceIn a validated dressAs the Bodice+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Cute, against a brief asking at least 50

Briefs that ask for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Front Lace Stays raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Love Labyrinth out on the solver's board and see what a dress that passes it is made of.
Open in the solverSimilar patterns
Other Bodice patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Elevated Stays14 panelsHigh−20 Eveningwear−5 Gothic2 fewer panels1 more variantsCompare with Elevated Stays

- Front Lace Bodice13 panelsMedium+20 Eclectic−15 Elaborate3 fewer panelsLower fabric useCompare with Front Lace Bodice

- Dirndl13 panelsHigh−20 Eveningwear+20 Workwear3 fewer panelsUnlocked laterCompare with Dirndl

- Off-Shoulder Begonia Bodice9 panelsHigh−25 Gothic+15 Cool7 fewer panelsUnlocked laterCompare with Off-Shoulder Begonia Bodice

Use this pattern
Everything above is about Front Lace Stays on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use in Dress BuilderPut Front Lace Stays in the Bodice slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Front Lace StaysTake it into the finder's comparison tray, then pick a second pattern to weigh against it.
- All Bodice patternsEvery pattern of the same part, with the finder's own filters and sort orders.
Show the 16 panelsHide the panels
Pattern construction
Every panel in the selected variant, largest share of the cut first.
| Panel | Grain | Bias cut | Share of the cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undershirt Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 25% of the cut |
| Undershirt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 21% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 8% of the cut |
| Undershirt Frill Front | Cross grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Undershirt Frill Back | Cross grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Left Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Right Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Left Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Right Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Front Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 4% of the cut |
| Bodice Stays Front Right | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 4% of the cut |
| Stays Strap L | On the bias | Bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Stays Strap R | On the bias | Bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Bodice Eyelet Placket Left | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 2% of the cut |
| Bodice Eyelet Placket Right | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 2% of the cut |
| Stays Ribbon | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 1% of the cut |
Shares are of this variant's own cut, not of the whole dress.
The systems behind this page
This page used four rules without teaching them. These pages own them.
How Style Scores Work
What a pattern's tag, a fabric's weight and an accessory's pull each do to the final score.
OpenCutting & Bias
What laying a panel on the bias does to the way a dress falls, and when it is worth the cloth.
OpenFabric Usage
How much cloth each part of a dress takes, and where the estimate on this page comes from.
OpenProgression Unlocks
Which relationships and levels hand over which patterns, across the whole catalogue.
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