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Respectful Funeral
Formal ≥ 50, Elegant ≥ 40, Simple ≥ 40, Black ≥ 50%, Quality ≥ 75
- Validated dress available
- Budget 300
Customer Brief
5 requirements
Style
- Formal≥ 50
What does this mean?
Formal at least 50
See the best Formal items - Elegant≥ 40
What does this mean?
Elegant at least 40
See the best Elegant items - Simple≥ 40
What does this mean?
Simple at least 40
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Colour
- Black≥ 50%
What does this mean?
Black at least 50
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Craftsmanship
- Quality≥ 75
What does this mean?
Quality at least 75
How Quality is judged
Budget
300
Craft
Quality is scored while you sew
A quality threshold is not something a recipe can prove. The dress below settles every design requirement; this number is decided by your hands on the machine.
Need 75 or more
What decides the final number
- Grain — cutting the fabric on the correct line
- Fit — how closely the garment follows the body
- Sewing accuracy — how cleanly the seams are run
Recommended solution
A Validated Dress That Works
One dress checked against every requirement of this brief, piece by piece, using the game's own score data.
Validated against game data
Patterns
Bodice
Strapless Bodice
Skirt
Pencil Skirt
Sleeve
Flounce Sleeve
Collar
Viper Collar
Accessories
Met
Why it passes
- Formal50 / 50Formal: 50 reached, 50 required · Formal at least 50
- Elegant64 / 40Elegant: 64 reached, 40 required · Elegant at least 40
- Simple64 / 40Simple: 64 reached, 40 required · Simple at least 40
- Black50% / 50%Black: 50 reached, 50 required · Black at least 50
Smallest margin: Formal at 50 / 50
Recipe details
The exact dress this page was built from.
Shopping list
- Strapless BodicePatternsBodice
- Formal+15
- Elegant+20
- Simple+25
- Pencil SkirtPatternsSkirt
- Formal+20
- Elegant+15
- Simple+20
- Flounce SleevePatternsSleeve
- Formal+10
- Elegant+10
- Viper CollarPatternsCollar
- Formal+5
- Elegant+5
- BurlapFabrics46% of the dress
- Formal−10
- Elegant−10
- Black CottonFabrics50% of the dress
- Simple+50
- Green Swirling Serpent Cotton PrintFabrics4% of the dress
- Formal+50
- Elegant+50
- Pearl Shank ButtonAccessories×7
- Elegant+3
Why This Works
The declared weight behind each style this brief scores, so you can see which piece is carrying it.
Why this dress reaches Formal 50 / 50
50 / 50
Brief asks for 50
Where the weight comes from
- Pattern+50
- Fabric+40
- Green Swirling Serpent Cotton Print+504%
- Burlap−1046%
Why this dress reaches Elegant 64 / 40
64 / 40
Brief asks for 40
Where the weight comes from
- Pattern+50
- Fabric+40
- Green Swirling Serpent Cotton Print+504%
- Burlap−1046%
- Accessory+3
- Pearl Shank Button+37 used
Why this dress reaches Simple 64 / 40
64 / 40
Brief asks for 40
Where the weight comes from
- Fabric+50
- Black Cotton+5050%
- Pattern+45
Fabric and colour composition
This brief measures part of the dress by area, so here is what the recommended dress is actually made of.
- The rule
- Black ≥ 50%
- Reached
- 50% / 50%
Measured areas
- Brown
46% of the dress
- Black
50% of the dress
4% of the dress
Shares are the recipe's own measured fabric areas. A fabric that carries two colours counts towards both, so the rows are areas rather than a colour-by-colour percentage.
Browse commissions asking for BlackThese are the weights the game declares for each piece. They explain the dress; the build does not publish how several sources are folded into the final style score, so nothing here is added up into a total.
Cost and fabric usage
What this dress spends, and how much cloth it consumes.
Estimated material cost
16
- Fabric9
- Accessories7
- Budget limit
- 300
- Left over
- 284
Estimated fabric usage
2,99metres
- Burlap46% of the dress
- Black Cotton50% of the dress
- Green Swirling Serpent Cotton Print4% of the dress
Cutting estimates from the recipe itself, with each fabric's measured share of the dress beside it.
Work out another buildOther Solutions
The same brief, solved a different way. Every dress here clears the design requirements and leaves the craft to you.
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- The recommended dress above is also the cheapest solution we found.
- It also asks for less progress than any other dress we found.
Other Dresses That Work
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Everything this dress depends on, and the level that opens it.
Required unlocks
8 unlock rules behind this dress
Works from Prestige 25
Requires Vivian Relationship 2
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Set my progressWhy isn't my dress passing?
The reasons this particular brief turns a dress down, written for the requirements it actually contains.
Formal is still too low
Your dress needs Formal 50. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Formal
See the best Formal itemsElegant is still too low
Your dress needs Elegant 40. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Elegant
See the best Elegant itemsSimple is still too low
Your dress needs Simple 40. Look at the pattern and the fabric first: those two carry most of a style score, and accessories add on top of them.
Simple
See the best Simple itemsBlack is not registering
This brief measures area, not pieces: at least 50 of the dress has to be Black. Adding one small item in that colour rarely moves the number.
Black
Browse commissions asking for BlackQuality is below 75
Quality is not decided by what you chose, but by how the dress was made. Check the grain line, the fit and how cleanly the seams were sewn.
Quality
Work out my Quality scoreThe dress is right, the finish is not
A dress can match every design requirement and still miss the quality threshold. Re-cut it with an eye on grain and fit before changing the recipe.
Need 75 or more
Estimate the quality of a dressTips for This Commission
The things this particular brief makes easy to get wrong.
Prioritise Formal
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Formal weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 50.
See the best Formal itemsPrioritise Elegant
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Elegant weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 40.
See the best Elegant itemsPrioritise Simple
Patterns and fabrics carry the most Simple weight, so settle those two before adding accessories for the last few points towards 40.
See the best Simple itemsThink in area, not in pieces
The brief measures Black by area, asking for 50 of the dress. The largest panels of the garment move this number; small trims barely do.
Browse commissions asking for BlackLeave room for the finish
This brief needs Quality 75. A dress that only just clears the design requirements leaves you no slack on the machine, so aim a little higher on style.
How Quality is judged
Questions about this commission
Does Respectful Funeral have only one solution?
This brief currently has no validated dress in the build data. The requirements above are still exact, but there is no recipe to copy.
What does the brief actually require?
This one scores Formal ≥ 50, Elegant ≥ 40, Simple ≥ 40. Fabric, colour, accessory and craft rules, where present, are listed on the brief card at the top of the page.
What Quality do I need?
The brief asks for Quality 75. That number comes from how the dress is cut and sewn, not from the recipe, so no outfit can guarantee it for you.
Can I use another fabric?
This brief sets no fabric rule, so any cloth is allowed. Colour, style weight and cost are the only things to weigh up.
Why doesn't my dress pass?
Work through the requirements one by one: a dress fails on the first rule it misses. Style and composition rules are decided by what you chose, Quality by how you sewed it, so the fix is different for each.
Which unlocks does this dress need?
The recommended dress leans on: Works from Prestige 25, Requires Vivian Relationship 2. Anything else on the list is available from the start.
What comes after this commission?
The next commission for this customer is Goat Mediation. Completing this one may raise their relationship level, which is what unlocks the patterns you will want for it.
Where this commission fits
Every commission for this customer in the order the game gives them.
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- Step 5 of 8Goat Mediation
About Marie
8 commissions, relationship up to level 5.
Relationship
What Marie unlocks as you grow closer
A completed commission raises this relationship. Patterns arrive when the level itself goes up, not when a single commission is handed in.
Patterns waiting at each level
Relationship 1
4 patterns
Relationship 2
3 patterns
Relationship 3
3 patterns
Relationship 4
2 patterns
Relationship 5
No patterns at this level
If finishing this commission raises the relationship to the next level, the patterns listed at that level unlock at the same time.
Related styles and items
Where the requirements on this page lead, and what else the game says is worth using.
Styles this brief scores
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Used in this recipe
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Strong contributors to the styles this brief scores, ranked by the weight the game itself declares.
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- Alexandria Printed VelvetStrong Elegant contributorElegant+50
- Amber SilkStrong Simple contributorSimple+50
- Amber VelvetStrong Simple contributorSimple+50
- Aurora BodiceStrong Elegant contributorElegant+25
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