Is there only one correct dress for a commission?

No. Different combinations can satisfy the same requirement set, which is why published walkthroughs are a starting point rather than a single answer. The solver keeps every dress the search validated and lists them under Other dresses that work.

Why does my quality score differ from the one shown here?

Quality is scored while you cut and sew, not when you choose the pattern. The solver covers the design requirements: style, fabric, colour, trim, accessories and budget. Your final quality depends on grain alignment, rotation, how accurately you fit the mannequin, and how cleanly the seams land.

Can I solve a commission with only unlocked items?

Usually yes. Switch to Use My Unlocks, enter your Prestige level and your relationship level with each client, and the solver only considers dresses you can make right now. If nothing qualifies it names the single unlock you are missing and where it comes from.

What does "Cheapest Found" mean?

It means the cheapest validated dress in the dataset, not a mathematical minimum. The search explores the game's item combinations within a budget, so a cheaper dress may exist that it never reached. The label stays honest about that.

Why can't the solver guarantee the quality requirement?

Because quality is a crafting outcome. The solver can prove the design passes, and it tells you exactly what the brief asks for, but only your cutting, fitting and sewing decide the final number.

Why does one commission show no dress at all?

One brief in this build asks for an item that no normally obtainable item can match. Rather than invent a dress, the solver publishes the brief and the exact requirement it could not satisfy.

Dressmaker Commission Solver

Choose a commission, set any budget or item restrictions, and find validated dress builds that satisfy its requirements.

Based on game data, not a single fixed walkthrough.Validated recipes for 87 of 88 commissions in build 25482629.

Customer brief

Detective Dorothy

Dorothy · Step 8 of 8

Only available after

Comfortable Coffin · Failed

Style

Professional≥ 50
50
Professional at least 50
Gothic≥ 40
40
Gothic at least 40

Materials

Wool≥ 50%
50
Wool at least 50

Craftsmanship

Quality≥ 80
80
Quality at least 80

Budget

750 available

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Dorothy selected

Validated recipes for 87 of 88 commissions in build 25482629.

My dress

Valid Solution Found

Uses starting items only

Validated

Bodice
Cinched Keyhole Blouse
Skirt
Pencil Skirt
Sleeve
Flounce Sleeve
Collar
No Collar

Fabrics

Accessories

Gunmetal Shank Button2 used
Skinny Bow Black2 used

This dress passes the brief.

Requirement check

Professional65 / 50
Professional: 65 reached, 50 required · Professional at least 50
Gothic69 / 40
Gothic: 69 reached, 40 required · Gothic at least 40
Wool50% / 50%
Wool: 50 reached, 50 required · Wool at least 50

Craft requirement

Quality≥ 80
Craft requirement · Quality at least 80

Quality still depends on your cutting, fit and sewing.

How quality is scored

Estimated materials: 13
Budget: 750

737 remaining

Best validated cost

Fabric: 7
Accessories: 6
Estimated fabric use: 2,13

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My dress

What to use

Every piece below is the one the validated recipe actually used.

Garment

Fabrics

Uses 2 fabrics

Accessories

Validated

Why this works

Where every style point in this dress comes from.

Professional

65 / 50Need 50

Black Wool Pinstripes50%+50
Fabric
Pencil Skirt+20
Pattern
Cinched Keyhole Blouse+15
Pattern
Burlap50%−10
Fabric
Flounce Sleeve+5
Pattern
Gunmetal Shank Button2 used+5
Accessory
Skinny Bow Black2 used+2
Accessory

Gothic

69 / 40Need 40

Black Wool Pinstripes50%+80
Fabric
Cinched Keyhole Blouse+20
Pattern
Pencil Skirt+10
Pattern
Burlap50%−10
Fabric
Flounce Sleeve+5
Pattern
Skinny Bow Black2 used+5
Accessory

These are the weights the game declares on each piece. The validated score above is the game's own total.

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Craft requirement

Design requirements pass

Quality still depends on your cutting, fit and sewing.

This commission asks for Quality 80+.

Aim for

Grain lined up with the pattern
An accurate fit on the mannequin
Clean, straight sewing

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Alternatives

Other valid builds

Different dresses that also satisfy this brief. Each label names what that dress is best at.

The validated search only found one dress for this brief. Another may exist that it did not reach.

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About this commission

Dorothy

Commissions: 8 commissions
Relationship levels: Relationship up to 5

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13

Design requirements met

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Validated

How the Dressmaker Commission Solver works

A Dressmaker commission is a set of requirements: style scores, fabric composition, colour percentages, trim lengths, accessory counts, a quality threshold and a budget. The solver stores validated dress recipes that satisfy a requirement set, alongside the exact score each recipe reaches for every requirement, so you can see the margin instead of trusting a claim.

Recipes are found by a bounded search over the game's own items, not by one hand-written walkthrough. That is why the cheapest dress is labelled "Cheapest Found": it is the cheapest the search actually validated, not a proof that nothing cheaper exists. Unlock requirements are read from the same data, so the lowest-prestige and relationship-based routes come from the game rather than from guesswork.

Validated

Commission solver questions

Is there only one correct dress for a commission?
No. Different combinations can satisfy the same requirement set, which is why published walkthroughs are a starting point rather than a single answer. The solver keeps every dress the search validated and lists them under Other dresses that work.
Why does my quality score differ from the one shown here?
Quality is scored while you cut and sew, not when you choose the pattern. The solver covers the design requirements: style, fabric, colour, trim, accessories and budget. Your final quality depends on grain alignment, rotation, how accurately you fit the mannequin, and how cleanly the seams land.
Can I solve a commission with only unlocked items?
Usually yes. Switch to Use My Unlocks, enter your Prestige level and your relationship level with each client, and the solver only considers dresses you can make right now. If nothing qualifies it names the single unlock you are missing and where it comes from.
What does "Cheapest Found" mean?
It means the cheapest validated dress in the dataset, not a mathematical minimum. The search explores the game's item combinations within a budget, so a cheaper dress may exist that it never reached. The label stays honest about that.
Why can't the solver guarantee the quality requirement?
Because quality is a crafting outcome. The solver can prove the design passes, and it tells you exactly what the brief asks for, but only your cutting, fitting and sewing decide the final number.
Why does one commission show no dress at all?
One brief in this build asks for an item that no normally obtainable item can match. Rather than invent a dress, the solver publishes the brief and the exact requirement it could not satisfy.