Dressmaker Off the Rack
Quick answer: instead of delivering every piece, you can sew pieces for your shop window and sell them to walk-in customers. The loop is the same making process with a sales goal at the end.
Prerequisites
- An atelier with a shop window available in your progression.
- Designs and fabrics unlocked (see Fabrics).
- The same making skills as commission work: brief-free, quality-first cutting and sewing.
Step-by-step
- Choose a design to make for sale — no client brief, so style/quality are your own targets.
- Pick fabric, lay pattern pieces on the grain, and cut cleanly (see Grain Quality, Pattern Layout).
- Sew the piece and finish with trims as the design allows (see Sewing, Trims & Lace).
- Put the finished piece in the shop window.
- When a customer buys it you earn the sale; cycle repeats with the next piece.
Common off-the-rack mistakes
| Mistake | Fix |
|---|---|
| Losing money on materials | Track material cost against sale income; exact market math is unverified — keep pieces efficient |
| Shop window empty too long | Queue the next piece before the current one sells |
| Quality slips without a brief | Still cut on the grain — quality drives customer satisfaction |
Unverified — economy numbers
Sale prices, customer demand rates, material profit margins and market formulas are Unverified — do not rely on this yet. They will be added once recorded from the release version, never estimated.
Will this change after official updates?
Shop sales are a likely target for balance patches; this page is re-verified after each official update that mentions the shop or economy.
Sources & verification note
Source 1: official gameplay description (deliver or sell from the shop window). Source 2: release-version shop behaviour. All numeric economy data stays unverified.
FAQ
Common questions about this topic.
What is 'off the rack'?
Pieces made for your shop window and sold to customers, instead of a client commission delivery.
Is off-the-rack profit better than commissions?
Unverified — the economy numbers are not published until recorded from the release version.
Do I need a special unlock for the shop window?
Progress-gated in the release version; the exact unlock step is unverified in detail.