Shop rank and prestige: how it rises, and what each rank unlocks
Your shop rank is your prestige rounded down, from 0 to 50; it sits under your gold as, for example, Rank 7 – Novice III. Each new rank puts that rank’s new fabrics, and usually some accessories, in the shop, and every rank adds 1% to what a dress sells for. Prestige comes from dresses, but the dresses count for less and less; the big jumps come from the newspaper.
Rank 1 adds 16 fabrics and 6 accessories. By now the shop sells 172 of 348 fabrics and 121 of 330 accessories.
Fabrics
Arctic Linen 20 a metre
Blue Jay Linen 20 a metre
Blue Pansy Gradient Silk 30 a metre
Blush Linen 20 a metre
Daffodil Linen 20 a metre
Eclectic Winter Scallop Embroidered Cotton 15 a metre
Harvest Linen 20 a metre
Lime Technicolour Velvet 80 a metre
Mauve Linen 20 a metre
Mossy Green Linen 20 a metre
Olive Green Linen 20 a metre
Peony Linen 20 a metre
Rosewood Linen 20 a metre
Sage Green Linen 20 a metre
Terracotta Linen 20 a metre
Wisteria Linen 20 a metre
Accessories
Diamond Silk Leaf Appliqué Appliqué, 3
Ginkgo Silk Leaf Appliqué Appliqué, 3
Hastate Silk Leaf Appliqué Appliqué, 3
Oval Silk Leaf Appliqué Appliqué, 3
Reniform Silk Leaf Appliqué Appliqué, 3
Orange Diamond Embroidered Button Button, 2
Tag scores for everything here: fabric finder and accessory finder.
Where prestige comes from
| Passed commission | 1 point, scaled down (below). |
|---|---|
| Failed commission | A quarter point, scaled down. You are still paid the budget. |
| Selling a dress | Quality ÷ 100 points, scaled down: a Quality 100 dress sold off the rack is worth as much as a passed commission. Selling for gold is on off the rack. |
| Gift | Nothing when the gift lands; a quarter point, scaled down, when it misses. More on gifts. |
| Newspaper report | 2 to 4.5 points, never scaled down, once per report. |
Why your rank slows down
Everything that comes from a dress is multiplied by 6 ÷ (6 + the dresses you have finished so far). Commissions and dresses you sold both count as finished dresses; gifts do not. Your first dress is worth a full point, the seventh half a point, and the sixtieth about a tenth. Here is what a run of passed cards (or Quality 100 sales) adds up to on its own:
| Dresses finished | 5 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestige from them | 3.9 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 21.7 |
So dresses alone stall in the teens and twenties. The 13 newspaper reports that can appear add 39.5 points between them, and with all of them read, about 27 such dresses reach rank 50. A sale counts as a finished dress too, so selling adds prestige but makes every later card worth a little less.
The newspaper reports and what they are worth
Each report runs once, the next time you are at the front desk after its commission is handed in, whether the dress passed or failed. The commission that sets each one off:
| After this commission | Client | Prestige |
|---|---|---|
| Bold Tigress | Rose | +4.5 |
| Dark Emissary | Vivian | +4.5 |
| Never the Bride | Prudence | +3.5 |
| Another Encore | Edith | +3 |
| Carrot Promotion | Edith | +3 |
| Respectful Funeral | Marie | +3 |
| Spirited Exercise | Alice | +3 |
| Spring Fete | Marie | +3 |
| A-maze-ingly Lost | Fiona | +2.5 |
| Art Appreciator | Vivian | +2.5 |
| Beloved Ox | Fiona | +2.5 |
| Painted Dream | Prudence | +2.5 |
| Constellation Inspiration | Priya | +2 |
Rank titles
Every five ranks share a title, numbered I to V; rank 50 is Grandmaster.
- Unknown 0–4
- Novice 5–9
- Apprentice 10–14
- Journeyman 15–19
- Respected 20–24
- Professional 25–29
- Renowned 30–34
- Revered 35–39
- Illustrious 40–44
- Master 45–49
- Grandmaster 50
The rank bonus on sales and the rest of the sale price are on making money. What each fabric and accessory does for a card’s tags is in the fabric finder.