Mandarin Collar
Mandarin Collar is a Collar pattern that adds Casual +5, Daywear +5, Eclectic +5, Professional +3. It uses 1 panel and its fabric use is Low. It unlocks at relationship level 1 with Marie.
- Casual +5
- Daywear +5
- 2 variants
- 1 panel
- Low fabric use
- Marie Lv. 1
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Mandarin Collar 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 1, and the pattern is yours.
How to unlock Mandarin Collar
Marie · Relationship Lv. 1
- Character
- Marie
- Relationship level
- 1
Complete Marie's commissions and raise the relationship to level 1, 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 Mandarin Collar. The numbers below follow the variant you pick.
- Variant 11 panelLow fabric use · 0.0771 panel on the bias
- Variant 21 panelLow fabric use · 0.0711 panel on the biasLess 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.
- 1 piece
- All cut on the bias
No piece in this cut names a position on the garment.
Need help with cutting?
Did you cut every Mandarin Collar piece?
Tick the pieces you have cut. Whatever is left unticked is what the pattern still owes you.
Missing 1 of 1: Unnamed piece 1
What styles does Mandarin Collar add?
Raises 6 styles and lowers 0.
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 Collar variants: Low.
Lower than 92% of Collar variants.
- Estimated use
- 0.071
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 Mandarin Collar- Panels
- 1 panel
- Grain directions
- On the bias
- 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 Mandarin Collar is useful
What Mandarin Collar contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles Mandarin Collar helps with
Commissions using Mandarin Collar
No validated commission solution is cut from Mandarin Collar. The briefs that ask for the styles it raises are the ones it can still contribute to.
Other commissions asking for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Mandarin Collar raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Check what a dress costs and whether it passes, before you cut into anything.
Open in the solverMandarin Collar alternatives
Other Collar patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Peter Pan Collar1 panelLow+5 Cute−5 Eclectic1 fewer variantsUnlocked earlierMandarin Collar vs Peter Pan Collar
- Pointed Collar1 panelLow+5 Cute−5 Eclectic1 fewer variantsUnlocked earlierMandarin Collar vs Pointed Collar
- Qipao Collar1 panelLow+5 Cute−5 Eclectic1 fewer variantsMandarin Collar vs Qipao Collar
- Pussybow Collar1 panelLow+5 Cute−5 Eclectic1 fewer variantsUnlocked earlierMandarin Collar vs Pussybow Collar
Use this pattern
Everything above is about Mandarin Collar on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use Mandarin Collar in Dress BuilderPut Mandarin Collar in the Collar slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Mandarin CollarTake it into the finder's comparison tray, then pick a second pattern to weigh against it.
- All Collar patternsEvery pattern of the same part, with the finder's own filters and sort orders.
Mandarin Collar questions
How do I unlock Mandarin Collar?
Marie hands it over at relationship level 1.
Which styles does Mandarin Collar raise?
Its strongest contributions are Casual +5, Daywear +5, Eclectic +5, Professional +3.
How many pieces does Mandarin Collar have?
It uses 1 panel.
Does Mandarin Collar use bias cut?
Yes — some of its panels are cut on the bias.
Is Mandarin Collar fabric-efficient?
It sits in the Low band — lower than 92% of Collar patterns.
What commissions use Mandarin Collar?
No validated solution uses it. The commissions that ask for the styles it raises can still make use of it.
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.
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