Client measurements, and a check for a bad reading
Every commission starts with the tape. If a reading comes out wrong, the mannequin may not size to it. Check your three numbers here before you move on.
All ten clients
| Client | Bust | Waist | Hips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose | 86.3 | 68.8 | 95.8 |
| Prudence | 96.2 | 69.5 | ≈ 103.6 |
| Priya | 104.1 | 78.6 | ≈ 112.8 |
| Marie | 93.5 | 70.5 | 102.2 |
| Edith | – | 89.6 | ≈ 120.6 |
| Dorothy | 98.4 | ≈ 83.2 | – |
| Fiona | ≈ 114.6 | 92.9 | ≈ 125.5 |
| Alice | 86.8 | 70.3 | 97.6 |
| Vivian | 95.7 | 71.4 | ≈ 101.8 |
| Adora | ≈ 91.3 | ≈ 71.5 | – |
| Mannequin minimum | 81.5 | 61.4 | 92.1 |
Careful readings land within a few tenths of these; a ≈ marks a number to treat as approximate.
Taking a clean reading
- Drag the tape onto the yellow guide lines on the body and hold it still until the reading records.
- If a reading will not register, try dragging the tape inward across the body rather than around the outside of it.
- Do bust, waist and hips one at a time. A reading several units away from the numbers above usually means the tape was off the line.
- The mannequin is sized to these numbers, and its dials stop at about 81.5 bust, 61.4 waist and 92.1 hips, so a reading below those cannot be matched.
If a reading went wrong
It matters: a bad reading of the client pulls the dress’s Quality down, even when every piece is cut and sewn at 100%. The game saves each client’s measurements. When she comes back for her next dress you get to measure her again, so a wrong number can be put right on the next visit. If you skip measuring on a later visit, the saved numbers are used. More on what drags Quality down is on getting 100% quality.
The measuring box jumping about is on known bugs and fixes, and the whole run from measuring to Finish Dress is on how a dress gets made.