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Dressmaker Companion

Dressmaker Style Tag

Shimmering

Find patterns, fabrics and accessories that contribute to Shimmering, then work toward the score you need.

Shine above all: satin, sequins and surfaces that catch the light.

How this site reads the style. The game ships no description for any of them.

What is behind this style

Strong sources
Fabrics · Accessories
Asked for by
no brief in this build
Contributors in the catalogue
no pattern · 37 fabrics · 36 accessories
Build toward ShimmeringCalculate my Shimmering score
Shimmering from Dressmaker
Build toward a Shimmering dress

How to raise Shimmering

Four things decide it, and none of them is a formula you have to work out here.

  1. Cut patterns that add it

    A pattern declares Shimmering as a trait of the cut, before any cloth is laid on it. The strongest are listed below with their weight.

  2. Choose fabric that supports it

    Cloth carries the style through the parts of the dress it covers, so the same fabric counts for more on a larger piece.

  3. Place accessories that contribute

    A bow, a button or a length of trim adds its own weight where it sits, and each further one on the same style counts for less than the last.

  4. Check the whole dress

    The score a brief reads belongs to the finished dress rather than to any one of its parts. Measure it once the dress is built.

What Shimmering score do you need?

No brief in this build states a Shimmering score, so there is no value to suggest. Enter a target of your own if you want one.

Patterns that add Shimmering

The six strongest cuts for Shimmering, by the weight the game gives the pattern itself. Two patterns on the same weight are ordered by how much cloth they take.

No pattern in this build declares Shimmering. Fabrics and accessories are what move it, and the finder would answer the same way.

Fabrics that contribute to Shimmering

The six strongest fabrics for Shimmering, in three orders. Two fabrics on the same weight are ordered by price.

6 of 37

Ordered by the weight the game gives it, strongest first.

See all 37 Shimmering fabrics

Accessories that help raise Shimmering

The six strongest decorations for Shimmering, in three orders. Two on the same weight are ordered by price.

6 of 36

Ordered by the weight the game gives it, strongest first.

See all 36 Shimmering accessories

Need a cheaper or earlier option?

The lists above show the strongest choices. These are the single cheapest and the single earliest in each catalogue, drawn from everything that carries Shimmering and not only from the six.

Lowest cost

A pattern costs no money, so the pattern here is the one that takes the least cloth.

Available from the start

What a save already has on its first day.

Briefs that ask for Shimmering

Every published brief whose requirements state a Shimmering score, the hardest first.

No brief in this build asks for Shimmering. The style is still carried by the catalogue, and the finders sort by its weight.

Browse every brief that asks for Shimmering

What affects Shimmering?

Three things carry a style, and they do not carry it the same way.

  • Patterns

    Some patterns add Shimmering directly, as a trait of the cut itself.

  • Fabrics

    A fabric contributes through the parts of the dress it covers, and through how much of each part it covers.

  • Accessories

    Decorations add their weight where they are placed, and several on the same style count for less each time one is added.

A finished score is not those three added together. It depends on every pattern, fabric and accessory in the dress and on how much of the dress each one covers, which is why the number belongs to the finished garment rather than to any list on this page.

See the full style-score explanation

Working toward Shimmering?

This page says what carries the style. These four do the building, the measuring, the repairing and the aiming.

Styles that share a brief with Shimmering

Other styles the game names, A to Z.

All 22 styles