
Train Skirt
- Elegant +20
- Eveningwear +20
- One cut
- 12 panels
- High fabric use
- Alice Lv. 4
Read from game data build 25482629, not written by hand.
What is Train Skirt good for?
Four answers, all read from the pattern's own variants.
Unlock
Reach relationship level 4 with Alice and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Alice's page, not here.
Variants
The game ships one way to cut Train Skirt.
Style contribution
Raises 8 styles and lowers 5.
- Elegant+20
- Eveningwear+20
- Formal+20
- Gothic+20
- Romantic+20
- Elaborate+10
- Uncomfortable+10
- Warm+10
- Casual−5
- Daywear−5
- Professional−5
- Risqué−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
2.919
Compared with the other Skirt variants: High.
Lower than 67% 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
- 12 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 Train Skirt
Alice · Relationship Lv. 4
Reach relationship level 4 with Alice and this pattern is handed over. What raises that relationship belongs to Alice's page, not here.
One of 117 patterns a relationship level hands over.
Why is this still locked?Where this pattern helps
What Train Skirt contributes, and the dresses the game itself validates with it.
Styles it brings
Briefs that ask for these styles
The commission board indexes the styles Train Skirt raises, so each of these opens on the briefs asking for one of them.
Lay Poetic Muse 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.
- Petal Peplum Skirt12 panelsHigh+20 Cute−20 GothicUnlocked earlierCompare with Petal Peplum Skirt

- Gathered Ballgown Skirt6 panelsHigh−20 Gothic+10 Cute6 fewer panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Gathered Ballgown Skirt

- Split Skirt11 panelsHigh+25 Glamour−20 Gothic1 fewer panelsUnlocked earlierCompare with Split Skirt

- Poinsetta Skirt18 panelsHigh+10 Cute−10 Elegant6 more panels1 more variantsCompare with Poinsetta Skirt

Use this pattern
Everything above is about Train Skirt on its own. These are the pages where it becomes a dress.
- Use in Dress BuilderPut Train Skirt in the Skirt slot and build the rest of the dress around it.
- Compare Train 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 12 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 | 16% of the cut |
| Skirt Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 15% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 13% of the cut |
| Skirt Right back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 13% of the cut |
| Skirt Left Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 13% of the cut |
| Skirt RIght Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 13% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 5% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Left Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Right Back | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 3% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Left Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 2% of the cut |
| Skirt Train Right Front | Straight grain | Not bias cut | 2% 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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