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Dressmaker Companion

Dressmaker Style Tag

Formal

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

For occasions with rules — ceremonies, weddings and receiving lines.

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

What is behind this style

Strong sources
Patterns · Fabrics · Accessories
Asked for by
10 briefs
Contributors in the catalogue
117 patterns · 205 fabrics · 27 accessories
Build toward FormalCalculate my Formal score
Formal from Dressmaker
Build toward a Formal dress

How to raise Formal

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 Formal 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 Formal score do you need?

The quick values are the scores this build's briefs actually state for Formal.

One brief asks for Formal to stay low instead of reaching a score. It is marked in the brief list below.

Patterns that add Formal

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

6 of 117

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

See all 117 Formal patterns

Fabrics that contribute to Formal

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

6 of 205

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

See all 205 Formal fabrics

Accessories that help raise Formal

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

6 of 27

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

See all 27 Formal 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 Formal 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.

  • Pattern

    Bias Cut Skirt from Dressmaker
    Bias Cut SkirtSkirt

    Formal +20

    1 variantHigh fabric use

    Available from the start

  • Fabric

    Amber Silk from Dressmaker
    Amber SilkSilk

    Formal +50

    Cost 50

    Available from the start

  • Accessory

    Green Floral Trim from Dressmaker
    Green Floral TrimTrim · Trim & edge

    Formal +3

    Cost 5

    Available from the start

Briefs that ask for Formal

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

One of these briefs pays for Formal to stay low rather than to reach a score. It is marked, and a higher score does not help it.

Formal scores the briefs ask for

How many briefs state each score, so a target can be read against what the game actually demands.

  • 25 or more1 brief
  • 40 or more1 brief
  • 50 or more5 briefs
  • 75 or more1 brief
  • 80 or more1 brief

1 further briefs ask for Formal to stay low and are not in this list.

Browse every brief that asks for Formal

What affects Formal?

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

  • Patterns

    Some patterns add Formal 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 Formal?

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 Formal

The styles the same briefs also score, most shared first.

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