Dressmaker Game Characters: Every Customer and What She Wants
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Dressmaker has ten customers with full story arcs, all living in the town of Twillford. Below is each one — who she is, every commission card with its exact requirements and budget, the achievement for finishing her story, and a link to her first visit in a recorded playthrough.
All 10 Dressmaker characters
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- RoseTown librarian — your first client7 cardsTop budget 2,50012.8% finish her story
- Prudence MortimerWould-be duchess with a secret at home9 cardsTop budget 3,0008.3% finish her story
- Lady Priya SummerArtist, and the Duke's sister9 cardsTop budget 3,0008.7% finish her story
- Marie LarocheDiplomat's assistant, back from abroad7 cardsTop budget 2,50010.3% finish her story
- Edith SwanRetired stage singer8 cardsTop budget 1,5009.1% finish her story
- FionaFarmer building a vegetable business8 cardsTop budget 75011.4% finish her story
- Alice WrenStudent followed by two spirits6 cardsTop budget 75013.2% finish her story
- Lady Vivian DuskbourneNight owl with expensive taste7 cardsTop budget 1,2509.6% finish her story
- Dorothy ParkerPigeon keeper and town gossip7 cardsTop budget 75011.9% finish her story
- Adora ThimblethreadNewcomer trained in five sports7 cardsTop budget 5,0009.9% finish her story
Rose
Town librarian — your first client
Quiet, practical and easy to overlook. Her problems are small and domestic — moths in the wardrobe, a cold front desk, mice in the cupboards — and each one becomes a card.
- First card budget
- 200
- Story achievement
- A Rose By Any Other Name (12.8% of players)
- Measurements
- 86.3 / 68.7 / 95.8
Rose's commissions (7)
Budget 200
A dress for work.
- Quality 60+
- Professional 40+
Budget 350
Something warmer for evenings at the front desk.
- Quality 70+
- Professional 50+
- Warm 50+
- Cute 20 max
- Romantic 20 max
Budget 300
A dress for… gravedigging.
- Quality 70+
- Workwear 50+
- Simple 40+
- Elaborate 5 max
- Avoid white
Budget 300
She wants to befriend the mice eating her clothes.
- Quality 70+
- Cute 50+
- Playful 50+
- Sequin 10%
- Pink 30%
Budget 200
Professional and impressive for an important conference.
- Quality 70+
- Professional 50+
- Formal 25+
- Daywear 30+
- Linen 25%
- Wool 25%
Budget 500 · The Summer Ball
A glamorous tiger-striped look for the Summer Ball.
- Quality 80+
- Glamour 50+
- Risqué 40+
- Elegant 40+
- Sequin 10%
- Only orange and black
Budget 2,500
The dress you would choose for her.
- Quality 80+
- Cool 50+
- Cotton only
Tip: Her cards contradict each other: Chilly Overtime caps Cute and Romantic at 20, then Rodent Relations wants Cute 50. Don't reuse one base dress for her.
Rose's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Rose's first visit in a recorded playthrough →
Prudence Mortimer
Would-be duchess with a secret at home
Determined to marry Duke Hassan and deeply competitive about it. Behind the airs, her brother inherited the family estate and treats her as an unpaid maid — which she'd rather nobody found out.
- First card budget
- 300
- Story achievement
- Prudence and Prejudice (8.3% of players)
- Measurements
- 96.0 / 69.5 / 103.4
Prudence's commissions (9)
Budget 300 · The Duke's funeral
To stand out at the Duke's funeral.
- Quality 75+
- Elegant 65+
- Glamour 40+
- Avoid black
Budget 250
An elegant dress… for housework.
- Quality 75+
- Elegant 50+
- Daywear 50+
- Simple 25+
Budget 250
A rude glazier, taken very personally.
- Quality 70 max
- Simple 40+
- Workwear 40+
- Uncomfortable 25+
Budget 750 · The Spring Fete
A flowery dress for the Spring Fete.
- Quality 80+
- Eveningwear 40+
- Romantic 60+
- Flowers 60+
- 3 flower accessories
Budget 500
Cheering up her sick niece.
- Quality 80+
- Patterned 50+
- Cute 75+
- Playful 50+
- 5 bows
Budget 750 · Priya's exhibition opening
A disguise for Priya's exhibition.
- Quality 70+
- Cute 50+
- Playful 50+
- Patterned 50+
Budget 1,500 · Duke Hassan's wedding
A defiant black dress for Marie's wedding.
- Quality 80+
- Risqué 85+
- Glamour 50+
- Elaborate 50+
- Flowers 0 max
- Black only
Budget 500
A practical dress for leaving Twillford.
- Quality 60+
- Warm 25+
- Simple 50+
- Workwear 50+
Budget 3,000 · The second wedding
A flowery wedding dress, with Priya in mind.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 25+
- Formal 75+
- Romantic 50+
- 5 flower accessories
Tip: Not Haughty prints Quality 70 without “max”, but players report it wants 70 or less — deliberately sew it a little imperfectly.
Prudence's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Prudence's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Lady Priya Summer
Artist, and the Duke's sister
Sardonic and unsentimental — she isn't mourning the late Duke, just keen to look the part while scaring off her brother's many suitors. That puts her squarely against Prudence.
- First card budget
- 300
- Story achievement
- Drawn to Hue (8.7% of players)
- Measurements
- ≈ 104.1 / 78.6 / 112.5
Priya's commissions (9)
Budget 300 · The Duke's funeral
An intimidating funeral dress.
- Quality 75+
- Formal 50+
- Gothic 40+
- Use only black
Budget 500 · Priya's exhibition opening
A dress that represents her as an artist.
- Quality 80+
- Eveningwear 60+
- Romantic 50+
- Playful 25+
- Elegant 50+
Budget 750
She wants to dress more like Vivian.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 50+
- Glamour 50+
- Eveningwear 50+
Budget 500
Tracking down a lost brother.
- Quality 80+
- Warm 60+
- At least 3 colours
Budget 500
A forest-inspired dress for a retreat.
- Quality 80+
- Daywear 75+
- Romantic 50+
- Flowers 50+
Budget 1,000 · Duke Hassan's wedding
A bridesmaid dress for her brother's wedding.
- Quality 80+
- Romantic 60+
- Playful 25+
- Blue 75%
- 3 bows
Budget 500 · The stargazing night
A dress for clearing her head under the stars.
- Quality 80+
- Romantic 50+
- Warm 50+
- Cute 25+
Budget 3,000 · The second wedding
A celestial dress for her own wedding.
- Quality 80+
- Elegant 50+
- Romantic 60+
- Formal 50+
- Elaborate 25+
Budget 500
The look of someone who swoons onto a couch.
- Quality 80+
- Elegant 50+
- Romantic 50+
- Silk 25%
- Lace 25%
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Fierce Funeral is black only — the strictest colour rule of the three funeral dresses. Check every fabric and trim.
Priya's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Priya's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Marie Laroche
Diplomat's assistant, back from abroad
Grew up in neighbouring Tulleton and spent eight years at an embassy in Charmeuse, where she picked up a taste for bright, patterned clothes. Sensible, diplomatic and a little homesick for colour.
- First card budget
- 300
- Story achievement
- G.O.A.T. (10.3% of players)
- Measurements
- 93.7 / 70.5 / 102.2
Marie's commissions (7)
Budget 300 · The Duke's funeral
A sensible black funeral dress.
- Quality 75+
- Formal 50+
- Elegant 40+
- Simple 40+
- At least 50% black
Budget 500
Bright and patterned, to show a friend around Twillford.
- Quality 80+
- Patterned 50+
- Cool 50+
- Daywear 40+
- Eclectic 40+
Budget 250
Confidence to settle a dispute over a goat.
- Quality 80+
- Patterned 50+
- Eclectic 50+
- Formal 40 max
Budget 750 · The Spring Fete
Romantic eveningwear for the fete.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 30+
- Romantic 50+
- Eveningwear 60+
- Silk only
Budget 2,500 · Duke Hassan's wedding
Her wedding dress.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 50+
- Formal 50+
- Eclectic 40+
- At least 3 colours
Budget 1,500 · The coronation
A fancy dress for the royal coronation.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 50+
- Glamour 25+
- Eclectic 50+
- Eveningwear 40+
Budget 500
Turning your (terrible) poem into a dress.
- Quality 80+
- One of Cute 50+, Elegant 50+ or Risqué 60+, depending on your poem
- One of Flowers 50+, Gothic 50+ or 5 colours, depending on your poem
- One of Romantic 50+, Professional 50+ or Uncomfortable 30+, depending on your poem
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Goat Mediation caps Formal at 40, so her funeral dress is the wrong starting point for it.
Marie's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Marie's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Edith Swan
Retired stage singer
A former star of the stage who insists she's “just Edie” now. A biographer is writing her life story, and her cards revisit her past — an old stage costume, her favourite romance author, and evening visits to her late husband's grave.
- First card budget
- 500
- Story achievement
- Swan Song (9.1% of players)
- Measurements
- ≈ 111.1 / 89.6 / 119.7
Edith's commissions (8)
Budget 500
Sparkly daywear for an interview with her biographer.
- Quality 75+
- Daywear 50+
- Glamour 25+
- Risqué 20+
- At least 1 brooch
Budget 500
Recreate an old stage look for a portrait.
- Quality 80+
- Glamour 60+
- Risqué 30+
- 4 feathers
Budget 500
Her favourite author's dress-up competition.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 50+
- Risqué 50+
- Velvet 50%
Budget 300 · The Market Fair
Dressed as a carrot to support Fiona at the Market Fair.
- Quality 80+
- Playful 50+
- Elaborate 30+
- Daywear 50+
- Only orange, yellow and green
Budget 750
Staying warm on evening visits to her husband's grave.
- Quality 80+
- Warm 50+
- Elegant 50+
Budget 1,500 · Edith's opera gala
Her big night back on stage at the gala.
- Quality 90+
- Elaborate 75+
- Risqué 50+
- Glamour 50+
- Gothic 30+
- 5 jewels
Budget 1,250
An ambitious dress for a big audition.
- Quality 80+
- Risqué 50+
- Glamour 50+
- Elaborate 25+
- 10 feathers
- 5 jewels
Budget 500
Dressing as a pigeon so her cat gets used to birds.
- Quality 80+
- 5 feathers
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Two of her cards count accessories — a brooch on the first, four feathers on Phoenix Costume. Check the accessory shelf before you finish.
Edith's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Edith's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Fiona
Farmer building a vegetable business
New to Twillford and all business — she'd rather order than chat. Her goal is to turn her farm into a fresh-produce empire, and her cards keep pulling in Edith and Dorothy.
- First card budget
- 250
- Story achievement
- Reap what You Sew (11.4% of players)
- Measurements
- 114.6 / 92.8 / 125.4
Fiona's commissions (8)
Budget 250
A cheerful gardening dress.
- Quality 75+
- Cute 50+
- Playful 50+
- Workwear 40+
- At least 3 colours
Budget 300
Advertise her vegetables.
- Quality 80+
- Patterned 50+
- Cute 50+
- Playful 50+
Budget 400
Dress like a reporter to help Edith prepare for an interview.
- Quality 80+
- Professional 75+
- Simple 50+
- Only grey, black and brown
Budget 300 · The hedge maze
A loud dress for the hedge maze with Dorothy.
- Quality 80+
- Playful 50+
- Cute 50+
- 3 bells
Budget 300
Win the Duke's flower contract.
- Quality 80+
- Flowers 60+
- Cute 25+
- Patterned 20+
- Playful 25+
Budget 400 · The Pet Show
Showing her ox at the Pet Show.
- Quality 80+
- Professional 60+
- Daywear 25+
- Cute 40+
- 2 bows
Budget 750 · Edith's opera gala
An evening dress for Edith's opera night.
- Quality 80+
- Romantic 50+
- Cute 50+
- Eveningwear 50+
- Elaborate 25+
- 5 bows
- 10cm of lace trim
Budget 400
A new dress for baking.
- Quality 80+
- Patterned 50+
- Cute 50+
- Playful 50+
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Reporter Fiona is the odd one out: Professional 75 in grey, black and brown only — nothing like her usual cute, colourful dresses.
Fiona's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Fiona's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Alice Wren
Student followed by two spirits
A studious young woman who shares her life with two spirits: the dramatic Kroq and the better-mannered Selafie. People tend to find her frightening, so she has few friends.
- First card budget
- 250
- Story achievement
- Caw Evermore (13.2% of players)
- Measurements
- 86.9 / 70.3 / 97.7
Alice's commissions (6)
Budget 250
A dress to motivate her studies.
- Quality 75+
- Gothic 40+
- Romantic 25+
- 100cm of lace trim
Budget 400 · The Sporting Day
Told to “exercise her demons”, she enters the Sporting Day.
- Quality 80+
- Cute 50+
- Gothic 40+
- Cool 25+
Budget 300 · The hedge maze
Searching for true love in the hedge maze.
- Quality 80+
- Romantic 50+
- Cute 60+
- Gothic 40+
- White only
Budget 500 · Alice's séance
A gothic dress to wear to a séance.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 80+
- Elaborate 50+
- 10 jewels
- Lace 40%
Budget 750 · The Summer Ball
A raven-inspired gown for the Summer Ball.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 40+
- Glamour 50+
- Elegant 50+
- Eveningwear 50+
- Only black, blue and green
Budget 500
One dress that keeps both of her spirits happy.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 35+
- Romantic 35+
- Risqué 35+
- Cute 35+
- Playful 35+
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Studious Motivation needs 100cm of lace trim, and only accessories tagged as lace trim count toward it.
Alice's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Alice's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Lady Vivian Duskbourne
Night owl with expensive taste
Elegant, nocturnal and faintly menacing — the shop cat won't go near her, and her achievement is called Good Girl Gone Vlad. She pays well and loves velvet.
- First card budget
- 700
- Story achievement
- Good Girl Gone Vlad (9.6% of players)
- Measurements
- 95.7 / 71.4 / 101.9
Vivian's commissions (7)
Budget 700
A velvet dress to stalk the night in.
- Quality 77+
- Risqué 20+
- Gothic 40+
- Glamour 30+
- At least 50% velvet
Budget 500 · Priya's exhibition opening
A sequined dress for Priya's exhibition.
- Quality 80+
- Risqué 50+
- Glamour 80+
- Gothic 40+
- Elaborate 50+
- Sequin 50%
Budget 400
A dress inspired by an exotic moth.
- Quality 80+
- Elegant 50+
- Glamour 50+
- Velvet 50%
- 5 tassels
Budget 300
A silk dress for her beauty sleep.
- Quality 80+
- Risqué 60+
- Gothic 75+
- Cool 50+
- Silk only
Budget 750
Something fearsome to face her enemies in.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 25+
- Gothic 60+
- Glamour 40+
- 10 jewels
Budget 1,250
A dress for serving as Adora's dark envoy.
- Quality 80+
- Elaborate 50+
- Gothic 75+
- Black 25%
- Yellow 25%
- 10cm of trim
- 3 jewels
Budget 400
A red dress, so stains won't show.
- Quality 80+
- Risqué 80+
- Gothic 60+
- Glamour 50+
- Red only
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: In one of her conversations, pick the leech option — it unlocks the hidden achievement Sucker for Punishment, which players report is missable.
Vivian's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Vivian's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Dorothy Parker
Pigeon keeper and town gossip
Arrives with three pigeons — Judy, Monty and Berty — who are, like her, incorrigible gossips. Her first dress is effectively Berty's test of whether to adopt you.
- First card budget
- 400
- Story achievement
- Snitches Get Stitches (11.9% of players)
- Measurements
- 98.4 / 83.2 / 110.8
Dorothy's commissions (7)
Budget 400
A warm dress for feeding birds in the park.
- Quality 75+
- Warm 50+
- Eclectic 50+
- At least 1 jewel
- At least 1 brooch
Budget 350 · The hedge maze
Camouflage for spying in the hedge maze.
- Quality 80+
- Daywear 40+
- Eclectic 25+
- Flowers 25+
- Green 40%
Budget 750
Trying to get picked up by an extraterrestrial.
- Quality 80+
- 5% each of cotton, lace, linen, sequin, silk, velvet and wool
Budget 350 · The Pet Show
Supporting her pigeon at the Pet Show.
- Quality 80+
- Eclectic 60+
- Patterned 30+
- 5 tassels
- At least 4 different fabrics
Budget 350
A cheerful summer dress to lift her spirits.
- Quality 80+
- Elegant 25+
- Eclectic 40+
- Cool 40+
- Patterned 40+
Budget 750 · Edith's opera gala
Something fancy to cheer Edith on at the opera gala.
- Quality 80+
- Glamour 50+
- Eveningwear 40+
- Eclectic 50+
- Purple 50%
- 20cm of trim
Budget 750
A dress that makes her look like an investigator.
- Quality 80+
- Professional 50+
- Gothic 40+
- Wool 50%
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Deliver Pigeon Adoption and Berty moves into your shop, bringing optional mail commissions (the You've Got Mail achievement). Mail requests don't expire.
Dorothy's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Dorothy's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Adora Thimblethread
Newcomer trained in five sports
Supremely confident about archery, running, weightlifting, fencing and swimming — and much less sure of everything else. Friends call her Addy, and she offers the biggest budget in the game.
- First card budget
- 1,000
- Story achievement
- Go Off, Queen! (9.9% of players)
- Measurements
- 91.6 / 71.4 / 101.0
Adora's commissions (7)
Budget 1,000 · The Sporting Day
Light and breathable for the annual sporting day.
- Quality 75+
- Simple 40+
- Playful 35+
- At least 60% cotton
Budget 1,500 · Priya's exhibition opening
An avant-garde dress for Priya's exhibition.
- Quality 80+
- Eveningwear 60+
- Romantic 60+
- Formal 40+
Budget 1,000
A ladylike dress to impress Prudence.
- Quality 80+
- Formal 50+
- Elegant 50+
- Daywear 50+
Budget 2,000 · The stargazing night
A dress for a thoughtful night of stargazing.
- Quality 80+
- Romantic 40+
- Elegant 40+
- Warm 50+
- Only white and grey
Budget 2,000
An outfit for breaking into the royal palace.
- Quality 80+
- Glamour 50+
- Playful 30+
- Sequin 25%
- At least 3 colours
Budget 5,000 · The coronation
Her coronation gown.
- Quality 95+
- Elaborate 80+
- Formal 80+
- Yellow 25%
- White 25%
- 10cm of trim
- 10cm of lace trim
Budget 1,000
A frog dress to cheer her up.
- Quality 80+
- Playful 50+
- Daywear 50+
- Green 60%
Only one source lists this card so far.
Tip: Sporting Chance pays 1,000 — the largest budget on any card — so it's the one commission where you can buy premium cotton freely.
Adora's full guide: gifts, measurements and every card →Watch Adora's first visit in a recorded playthrough →Selafie and Kroq, Alice's spirits
The two spirits who follow Alice each order a dress of their own. Neither has a friendship row or an achievement, and their briefs pull in opposite directions.
Selafie's Wish · Selafie
Budget 500
A cute dress for herself.
- Quality 80+
- Cute 60+
- Playful 50+
- Romantic 50+
- Pink 25%
- White 25%
- 3 bows
Kroq's Wish · Kroq
Budget 500
A dress fit for world domination.
- Quality 80+
- Gothic 60+
- Risqué 50+
- Only red and black
- Velvet only
How to read a customer's card
- Targets. Numbers with a plus (Quality 75+, Elegant 65+) are minimums. Build the sketch until each style target is met before you spend money.
- Caps. A few cards set maximums — Rose's Chilly Overtime wants Cute and Romantic at 20 or less. Frills and bows can push you over.
- Rules. Colour rules (avoid black, black only), fabric shares (at least 60% cotton) and accessory counts (a brooch, four feathers) are hard requirements — missing one fails the card.
- Budget. This is what the client pays you when you hand the dress in, pass or fail. It doesn't affect the rating, but anything you spend beyond it is a loss.
See every card side by side on the commissions list, and the full order-to-delivery process in the walkthrough.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the first customer in Dressmaker?
Rose, the town librarian. Her first card only asks for Quality 60 and Professional 40 on a 200 budget, which makes it a gentle introduction.
How many characters are in Dressmaker?
Ten customers have a full story arc: Rose, Prudence, Priya, Marie, Edith, Fiona, Alice, Vivian, Dorothy, Adora. Each has an achievement for finishing all of her major commissions. Alice's two spirits, Selafie and Kroq, also commission one dress each.
Who is Edith in Dressmaker?
Edith Swan is a retired stage singer. Her first card, Biographer's Interview, asks for sparkly daywear with a touch of risqué and at least one brooch, on a 500 budget.
Which Dressmaker customer pays the most?
Adora Thimblethread — her first card, Sporting Chance, has a budget of 1,000. Lady Vivian Duskbourne is next with 700.
How do I get Berty the pigeon?
Deliver Dorothy Parker's first commission, Pigeon Adoption. Berty then joins your shop and brings optional mail commissions, unlocking the You've Got Mail achievement.
Can I gift a dress I made for a commission?
Gifting unlocks after Prudence's Undercover Servant card. Players report that gifting a dress made for an open commission can stall that story, so gift spare dresses instead.
Sources
- Cem Black: recorded first playthrough (YouTube)
- Into Indie Games: commission walkthrough
- Dressmaker Wiki (dressmakerwiki.site): client commission cards
- AllThings.How: all 32 achievements
- TPoseGaming: customer measurements
- Steam guide: Friendship Hints and Measurements (max-friendship info pages)
- Dressmaker Wiki: client measurements
Keep reading
All Commissions
Search all 77 Dressmaker commission cards by client, event or style tag: every requirement and budget, plus a checker that tells you if your dress will pass.Walkthrough
Dressmaker walkthrough: how a commission works step by step, all 53 story cards in the order they arrive, and when each optional and event card unlocks.Tips & Tricks
Practical Dressmaker tips: how Quality is scored, how to reach 100%, making money, friendship and gifts, and the shortcuts the game doesn't explain.Measurements
Bust, waist and hip measurements for all 10 Dressmaker clients, from Rose and Prudence to Marie, how close the mannequin has to be, and what a bad fit costs.