Mermaid Skirt
- Eveningwear +25
- Glamour +25
- 2 variants
- 6 panels
- High fabric use
- Available from the start
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Mermaid Skirt good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
Unlock
This pattern comes with the save. There is no relationship level or quest standing between you and cutting it.
Variants
Every way the game cuts Mermaid Skirt. The numbers below follow the variant you pick.
- Variant 16 panelsHigh fabric useNo bias cut
- Variant 212 panelsHigh fabric useNo bias cut6 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.
Style contribution
Raises 9 styles and lowers 5.
- Eveningwear+25
- Glamour+25
- Gothic+25
- Risqué+25
- Formal+20
- Elegant+15
- Uncomfortable+15
- Elaborate+10
- Warm+10
- Casual−5
- Daywear−5
- Playful−5
- Professional−5
- Workwear−5
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
2.265
Compared with the other Skirt variants: High.
Lower than 47% of Skirt 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
- 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 this page shows both as published.
How to unlock Mermaid Skirt
Available from the start
This pattern comes with the save. There is no relationship level or quest standing between you and cutting it.
One of 40 patterns available from the first day of a save.
Why is this still locked?Where this pattern helps
What Mermaid Skirt contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles it brings
Validated dresses cut from it
- Raven RisingIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 40+25 Glamour, against a brief asking at least 50+15 Elegant, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Eveningwear, against a brief asking at least 50
- New AestheticIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Glamour, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Eveningwear, against a brief asking at least 50
- Poetic MuseIn a validated dressAs the Skirt+15 Elegant, against a brief asking at least 50+25 Gothic, against a brief asking at least 50+15 Uncomfortable, against a brief asking at least 30
Briefs that ask for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Mermaid Skirt raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Raven Rising out on the solver's board and see what a dress that passes it is made of.
Open in the solverSimilar patterns
Other Skirt patterns, each compared on its first cut, with the differences already worked out.
- Tulip Hip Skirt10 panelsHigh−25 Gothic−15 Risqué4 more panelsUnlocked laterCompare with Tulip Hip Skirt
- Belladonna Skirt12 panelsHigh−15 Uncomfortable+5 Casual6 more panels1 fewer variantsCompare with Belladonna Skirt
- Corset Skirt12 panelsHigh−15 Eveningwear+15 Professional6 more panels1 fewer variantsCompare with Corset Skirt
- Kaftan Skirt6 panelsHigh+25 Eclectic−25 GothicUnlocked laterCompare with Kaftan Skirt
Use this pattern
Everything above is about Mermaid Skirt on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use in Dress BuilderPut Mermaid Skirt in the Skirt slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Mermaid SkirtTake it into the finder's comparison tray, then pick a second pattern to weigh against it.
- All Skirt patternsEvery pattern of the same part, with the finder's own filters and sort orders.
Show the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skirt Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 20% of the cut |
| Skirt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 17% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 16% of the cut |
| Skirt Right back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 16% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 15% of the cut |
| Skirt RIght Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 15% 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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