
Halter Neck Bodice
Halter Neck Bodice is a Bodice pattern that adds Cool +20, Daywear +15, Eclectic +15, Romantic +15. It uses 6 panels and its fabric use is Low. It unlocks at relationship level 3 with Marie.
- Cool +20
- Daywear +15
- 4 variants
- 6 panels
- Low fabric use
- Marie Lv. 3
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Halter Neck Bodice good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
What is it best for?
How do I unlock it?
Complete Marie's commissions and raise the relationship to level 3, and the pattern is yours.
How to unlock Halter Neck Bodice
Marie · Relationship Lv. 3
- Character
- Marie
- Relationship level
- 3
Complete Marie's commissions and raise the relationship to level 3, and the pattern is yours.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Variants
Every way the game cuts Halter Neck Bodice. The numbers below follow the variant you pick.
- Variant 15 panelsLow fabric use · 0.407No bias cut
- Variant 26 panelsLow fabric use · 0.506No bias cut1 more panels than variant 1More cloth than variant 1
- Variant 35 panelsLow fabric use · 0.414No bias cutMore cloth than variant 1
- Variant 46 panelsLow fabric use · 0.514No bias cut1 more panels than variant 1More cloth than variant 1
Only the construction numbers change with the variant. The style contribution is declared on the pattern, so every cut brings the same of it.
Pattern pieces
Select a piece to see where it sits on the garment and which way its grain runs.
- 6 pieces
Body position
Front
Some pieces do not say where they go. Those are listed without a position.
6 pieces means a print, a stripe or a gradient has to be lined up across the seams. Matching a repeating print
Need help with cutting?
Did you cut every Halter Neck Bodice piece?
Tick the pieces you have cut. Whatever is left unticked is what the pattern still owes you.
Missing 6 of 6: Bodice Back Strap, Bodice Neck Strap, and Bodice Front Strap and 3 more
What styles does Halter Neck Bodice add?
Raises 9 styles and lowers 3.
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
Compared with the other Bodice variants: Low.
Lower than 78% of Bodice variants.
- Estimated use
- 0.514
The export's own estimate. The game data names no unit for it, which is why the band and the percentile beside it are the parts to compare.
Calculate fabric use for Halter Neck Bodice- Panels
- 6 panels
- Grain directions
- Straight grain
- 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 both are shown as published.
Where Halter Neck Bodice is useful
What Halter Neck Bodice contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles Halter Neck Bodice helps with
Other commissions asking for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Halter Neck Bodice raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Perfect Picnic out on the solver's board and see what a dress that passes it is made of.
Open in the solverHalter Neck Bodice alternatives
Other Bodice patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Strapless Bodice6 panelsLow+25 Eveningwear−15 Eclectic1 more panelsUnlocked earlierHalter Neck Bodice vs Strapless Bodice

- Katarina Bodice5 panelsLow+15 Eveningwear−10 Cool2 fewer variantsUnlocked earlierHalter Neck Bodice vs Katarina Bodice

- Sweetheart Bodice6 panelsLow+25 Eveningwear+15 Cute1 more panels3 fewer variantsHalter Neck Bodice vs Sweetheart Bodice

- Heart Princess Bodice6 panelsLow+20 Eveningwear+20 Formal1 more panels2 fewer variantsHalter Neck Bodice vs Heart Princess Bodice

Use this pattern
Everything above is about Halter Neck Bodice on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use Halter Neck Bodice in Dress BuilderPut Halter Neck Bodice in the Bodice slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Halter Neck BodiceTake 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.
Halter Neck Bodice questions
How do I unlock Halter Neck Bodice?
Marie hands it over at relationship level 3.
Which styles does Halter Neck Bodice raise?
Its strongest contributions are Cool +20, Daywear +15, Eclectic +15, Romantic +15.
How many pieces does Halter Neck Bodice have?
It uses 6 panels.
Does Halter Neck Bodice use bias cut?
No. Every panel is laid on the straight grain.
Is Halter Neck Bodice fabric-efficient?
It sits in the Low band — lower than 78% of Bodice patterns.
What commissions use Halter Neck Bodice?
It is cut into 1 validated commission solutions.
Learn the systems behind this pattern
Style scores, cutting, cloth and unlocking each have a page of their own.
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 fabric-use estimate comes from.
OpenProgression Unlocks
Which relationships and levels hand over which patterns, across the whole catalogue.
Open
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