Marie Laroche

Marie is the third funeral client, and by her own account “As a matter of fact, I never met the late duke. This is my first time in Twillford.” Her first dress has to be sensibly black; after that her cards swing to patterned and eclectic, which is what she says she really wears.

Name

Marie Laroche

In Twillford

a diplomat's assistant home from abroad

Cards

7

Story achievement

G.O.A.T., 1.4% of players

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Measurements (bust / waist / hips, cm): 93.6 / 70.5 / 102.2. ≈ means approximate. Check fit and the measuring tape.

Only Off the Rack showing? Find the missing commission in the sketchbook.

Marie’s commission requirements at a glance

On a phone, swipe the table to see budgets and planning tools.

Marie: Formal has a ceiling on Goat Mediation

Goat Mediation

Formal must stay at or below 40, while Patterned needs 50 and Eclectic needs 50. If Formal is red because it is too high, adding more Formal makes it worse.

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Perfect Picnic

For the picnic, check Patterned, Cool, Daywear and Eclectic separately. Compare starting fabrics, then test the actual dress rather than reusing the funeral outfit unchanged.

Choose the picnic fabrics

Use the Goat Mediation planner to compare pattern and fabric contributions, then check Quality with grain, fit and sewing.

Keep the skirt; recut the yellow bodice in cotton

This separate planning example uses starting patterns and fabrics: Milkmaid Bodice with Puffy Gathered Tiered Skirt, no sleeves or collar, and the first shape variants. Leave the Sunset Hibiscus Silk skirt unchanged.

Before · bodiceHoney Yellow Silk 50 gold / m · rank 0

After · same patternHoney Yellow Cotton 10 gold / m · rank 0

Modelled tag scores; this is not the pictured dress’s recipe

Card check	Silk bodice	Cotton bodice
Formal: at most 40	55	32
Patterned: at least 50	54	54
Eclectic: at least 50	64	59

The yellow colour tag and both pattern shapes stay the same; silk becomes cotton, so the surface and drape will differ. New bodice fabric value is about 3.31 gold in the fixed-area model, paid again. It is not a purchase-length quote or a refund for the old silk.

Load the failing silk exampleLoad the cotton repair

Skirt, sleeves and collar are locked in these links; the repair finder only swaps bodice fabric with the same colour tags. Change your actual fabrics or accessories before using it for your dress. You still need Quality at least 80: check Marie’s fit, grain and sewing. No in-game pass has been tested for this example.

Marie’s commissions

1. “It must be simple, formal and elegant. Very demure, very mindful of the occasion.” The card wants at least half the dress in black, not all of it. Her verdict on delivery: “Even my mother couldn't complain”. Afterwards the gossip paper can praise her sensible dress and report her in serious conversation with Duke Hassan.

   1. Respectful Funeral

      Marie needs a sensible black dress to attend the late Duke's funeral.

      • Quality75+
      • Formal50+
      • Elegant40+
      • Simple40+
      • Black: at least 50%

      Budget 300The Duke's funeral

2. An old friend is visiting from Charmeuse, and “I wish for it to be bright and patterned, so that my friend doesn't feel out of place wearing her clothes from Charmeuse.” Four tags to reach at once (Patterned and Cool 50, Daywear and Eclectic 40) with Quality 80.

   1. Perfect Picnic

      Marie is giving her friend a tour of Twillford, and needs a picnic dress.

      • Quality80+
      • Patterned50+
      • Cool50+
      • Daywear40+
      • Eclectic40+

      Budget 500

3. A dress to give her confidence for settling a dispute over a goat. Formal is capped at 40 here, so the dress that worked at the funeral is the wrong starting point.

   1. Goat Mediation

      Marie needs a dress that gives her confidence, so she can solve a dispute involving a goat.

      • Quality80+
      • Patterned50+
      • Eclectic50+
      • Formal40 max

      Budget 250

4. For the Spring Fete she swings back to evening: romantic eveningwear in silk only, with Elaborate 30.

   1. Spring Fete

      Marie needs a romantic dress for the Spring Fete!

      • Quality80+
      • Elaborate30+
      • Romantic50+
      • Eveningwear60+
      • Use only: Silk

      Budget 500The Spring Fete

5. 1. Diplomatic Outreach

      Marie is going to the royal coronation, and needs a fancy dress.

      • Quality80+
      • Elaborate50+
      • Glamour25+
      • Eclectic50+
      • Eveningwear40+

      Budget 1500

6. 1. Marie's Wedding

      Show the brief (story spoiler)

      Marie is going to be a DUCHESS! She needs a wedding dress.

      • Quality80+
      • Elaborate50+
      • Formal50+
      • Eclectic40+
      • Different colours: at least 3

      Budget 2500

7. 1. Poetic Muse

      I produced a terrible poem, and Marie wants to make it a dress.

      • Quality80+
      • Depends on your earlier answer: Cute 50 or Elegant 50 or Risqué 60
      • Depends on your earlier answer: Flowers 50 or Gothic 50 or Different colours: at least 5
      • Depends on your earlier answer: Romantic 50 or Professional 50 or Uncomfortable 30

      Budget 500

For the picnic order, compare starting fabrics and all five requirements in the Perfect Picnic walkthrough.

Friendship with Marie

1. Star 1 Coat Dress Bodice, Mandarin Collar, Coat Dress Skirt, Long Cuffed Sleeve
2. Star 2 Front Lace Bodice, Bow Skirt, Godiva Sleeve
3. Star 3 Halter Neck Bodice, Straight Begonia Bodice, Handkerchief Godet Skirt
4. Star 4 Kaftan Wrap Bodice, Kaftan Skirt

A gift earns her a full star if it meets her gift card: Quality 80, Eclectic 50, Elegant 50, Silk: at least 40%, Orange: at least 40%, Use 10cm of Trim. Any dress whose Quality without her measurements (40% grain, 60% sewing, rounded) is 81 or more earns the full star too. The rules are on gifts, and every pattern with where it comes from is on pattern unlocks.

Finishing Marie’s story

Complete all of Marie's major commissions. That earns G.O.A.T., which 1.4% of Steam players have. Compare it with the other 31 on all 32 achievements.