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Lady Vivian Duskbourne

Vivian offers 700 for her first dress, and her exhibition dress asks for more glamour than any other card. Velvet is counted on two of her cards.

Name
Lady Vivian Duskbourne
In Twillford
a night owl with expensive taste
Cards
7
Story achievement
Good Girl Gone Vlad, 1.1% of players
Vivian in Dressmaker

Measurements (bust / waist / hips, cm): 95.7 / 71.4 / 101.8. ≈ means approximate. Check fit and the measuring tape.

Vivian’s Exotic Moth: find the line that is still red

Exotic Moth dress with Quality, Elegant, Glamour, Velvet and Tassel requirements passing
The completed history dress has green checks on all five lines. The request at the upper right belongs to another commission; this picture does not provide a complete pattern-and-fabric recipe.

Velvet below 50%

Check Velvet panel area divided by all pattern-panel area. A small Velvet collar does not make half the dress Velvet, and the skirt’s style weight is not its area share.

Check individual panel areas

Tassel below 5

Check the decorations placed on the dress. Type Tassel contributes a placement; Tassel beads on some trims can also contribute. Plain trim without Tassel beads does not.

Browse separate tassel items

A style or Quality line is red

Elegant needs 50 and Glamour needs 50. Pattern effects can raise or lower both. Actual Quality still needs 80; adding more Velvet or tassels does not replace accurate sewing and fit.

Check Vivian’s actual Quality inputs

One simple decoration route is 5 separate Blue Bulb Tassel items: rank 0, 2 gold each, 10 gold in total. This only addresses the Tassel line; it is not a complete passing-dress recipe. Read the final card count after placing them.

The designer cannot infer the number of Tassel beads generated along a trim from length alone. If its result says “+ beads”, check that count in game. Compare Velvet fabrics, costs and the full Exotic Moth checklist · Plan the material and style choices · Check the finished dress.

Vivian’s commission requirements at a glance

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

CommissionRequirementsBudgetTry the design
Nocturnal GlamourQuality: 77+; Risqué: 20+; Gothic: 40+; Glamour: 30+; Velvet: at least 50%Budget 700Planner · Checker
Art AppreciatorQuality: 80+; Risqué: 50+; Glamour: 80+; Gothic: 40+; Elaborate: 50+; Sequin: 50Budget 500Planner · Checker
Exotic MothQuality: 80+; Elegant: 50+; Glamour: 50+; Velvet: 50; Tassel: 5Budget 400Planner · Checker
Comfortable CoffinQuality: 80+; Risqué: 60+; Gothic: 75+; Cool: 50+; Use only: SilkBudget 300Planner · Checker
Dark EmissaryQuality: 80+; Elaborate: 50+; Gothic: 75+; Black: at least 25%; Yellow: at least 25%; Use 10cm of Trim; Jewel: at least 3Budget 1250Planner · Checker
Midnight WarriorQuality: 80+; Elaborate: 25+; Gothic: 60+; Glamour: 40+; Jewel: at least 10Budget 750Planner · Checker
Unstained BeautyQuality: 80+; Risqué: 80+; Gothic: 60+; Glamour: 50+; Use only: RedBudget 400Planner · Checker
Who Vivian is, and her style profile

She arrives with “Fresh blood in Twillford.” and a remark about your predecessor, “The last dressmaker left town almost ten years ago.” Your cat is not won over; her reply: “How disappointing. The feline does not return my tender feelings.” Then the name: “I am the Lady Vivian Duskbourne.”

Her introduction only hints at what she is: the cat does not warm to her, her achievement is called Good Girl Gone Vlad, and one of the answers you can give when she introduces herself is that you are going to buy garlic.

What Vivian's cards ask for

Quality asked: 77 to 80

  1. Gothic756 cards
  2. Glamour805 cards
  3. Risqué804 cards
  4. Elaborate503 cards
  5. Cool501 card
  6. Elegant501 card

Card rules: Velvet: at least 50% · Use only: Silk · Black: at least 25% · Yellow: at least 25% · Use 10cm of Trim · Jewel: at least 3 · Jewel: at least 10 · Use only: Red

Vivian’s commissions

  1. She is out at night a good deal and wants lush velvet: “I want something risqué, gothic, and glamorous.” The card counts velvet as at least half the dress. Her thanks is brief: “You've pleased me, Dressmaker.”

    1. Vivian wants a velvet dress in which to stalk the night.

      • Quality77+
      • Risqué20+
      • Gothic40+
      • Glamour30+
      • Velvet: at least 50%

      Budget 700

  2. For Priya’s exhibition: Glamour 80, the highest Glamour on any card, with Sequin 50 and Elaborate 50 as well.

    1. Vivian wants a sequined dress to attend Priya's art exhibition.

      • Quality80+
      • Risqué50+
      • Glamour80+
      • Gothic40+
      • Elaborate50+
      • Sequin50

      Budget 500Priya's exhibition opening

  3. Velvet again, Tassel 5, and Elegant and Glamour at 50.

    1. Vivian wants a dress inspired by an exotic moth.

      • Quality80+
      • Elegant50+
      • Glamour50+
      • Velvet50
      • Tassel5

      Budget 400

    1. Vivian needs a silk dress to achieve the best possible beauty rest.

      • Quality80+
      • Risqué60+
      • Gothic75+
      • Cool50+
      • Use only: Silk

      Budget 300

    1. Vivian needs a new dress to serve as Adora's dark envoy.

      • Quality80+
      • Elaborate50+
      • Gothic75+
      • Black: at least 25%
      • Yellow: at least 25%
      • Use 10cm of Trim
      • Jewel: at least 3

      Budget 1250

    1. Vivian needs a fearsome dress to strike terror into the heart of her enemies.

      • Quality80+
      • Elaborate25+
      • Gothic60+
      • Glamour40+
      • Jewel: at least 10

      Budget 750

    1. Vivian wants a red dress, so that stains won't ruin it.

      • Quality80+
      • Risqué80+
      • Gothic60+
      • Glamour50+
      • Use only: Red

      Budget 400

Dressmaker | New Release | First Look | Part 1Cem Black · 7:56:19 · from 4:42:06Starts where Vivian first comes into the shop.

For the moth-inspired order, check Velvet area and tassel counts in the Exotic Moth guide. If Gothic Collar is missing after her friendship reward, compare its compatible necklines in the Gothic Collar check.

The hidden achievement

One of her conversations about animals offers a leech option; picking it earns the hidden achievement Sucker for Punishment. It is missable: take the leech answer when it appears. When the talk turns up is on missable achievements.

Friendship with Vivian

  1. Star 1 Twilight Hour Bodice, Widow's Peak Collar, Twilight Hour Skirt
  2. Star 2 Viper Bodice, Viper Collar, Viper Skirt
  3. Star 3 Belladonna Bodice, Belladonna Collar, Belladonna Skirt
  4. Star 4 Gothic Collar, Angel's Trumpet Sleeve, Arwen Sleeve

A gift earns her a full star if it meets her gift card: Quality 80, Gothic 40, Risqué 40, Velvet: at least 50%, Black: at least 50%. 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 Vivian’s story

Complete all of Vivian's major commissions. That earns Good Girl Gone Vlad, which 1.1% of Steam players have. Compare it with the other 31 on all 32 achievements.