Tuesday 31 January 2017

Fashion Show - Five Star Outfit - Grown-Up Theme

In Style Boutique 2/Style Savvy 3, you can hold fashion shows and walk on the catwalk as a model. There are a variety of fashion show themes to choose from and once you have sold enough tickets to hold the show, you get to choose the outfit you wish to wear in the show as well as your make-up and hairstyle.

At the end of each fashion show, the game awards you a rating out of five based on how well your overall outfit matched the theme of the show. For a detailed guide on themes and taking part in fashion shows, please refer to the Fashion Show guide. The game does not give you hints at what specific style will fit the theme and bases your final score on how well your outfit, hairstyle and makeup matches the theme. Multiple styles fall under each category and you need to pick the one you feel best matches the theme.

This guide will look an outfit that received a five star rating. The theme for this fashion show was a grown up outfit for the winter and was the purple rose theme icon on the theme menu screen. The venue used was the fourth venue on the venue list which is the pink hued one with the water fountain and teacup display.

Now for the outfit. The clothing items used to create this outfit were:
  • Enid Chen - Chic Striped Dress
  • Enid Chen - Striped Leggings
  • Enid Chen - Lace Wedge Sandals
  • Enid Chen - Flower Detail Glasses
  • ARIANNA - Luxury Clutch

The hairstyle used is the side-swept waves. The make-up set used was the Marina Maiden set with the default colours (no adjustments made to the set).

After selecting ok after the outfit menu screen, Laurie provided a hint that the outfit fitted the grown up theme of the fashion show. Next it was time to hit the catwalk! Here's some screenshots of my character modelling the five star outfit. Be sure the click the effects buttons when taking part in fashion shows as they help hype up audience interest.


Time to see the final score. The outfit fitted perfectly with the grown-up theme and received five stars. The tricky part with achieving five star outfits is matching the hair and make-up to the theme. A good tip is to pick make-up sets with a good colour palette and match the feel/colour of your clothing items.



After this, Ricky and Laurie will talk to your about your performance. If you have an outfit that is 3 stars or higher, they will usually give you praise. Other NPC's will appear as well giving you feedback about your outfit. Ricky will appear afterwards and give you a miniature item as a gift. You do not receive a special miniature for achieving five stars. I received a chair item that I already had from previous fashion shows.   

Sunday 29 January 2017

Boutique - Try It On Animation Scenes

When selling outfits to customers at your Boutique, you can select an option called 'Try It On' if you believe the customer will be highly impressed with your outfit selection. If the customer is pleased with the outfit you created, a short animation sequence will play showcasing them showing off the outfit. The animation will play every time you select Try It On and the customer is pleased with the outfit, so prepare to see it often.

There is a total of nine different animations in the game and each style image does not necessarily have its own unique animation. Some images share the same animation for Try It On. The nine animations featured for Try It On and their corresponding style images are listed below.

Animation 1
Appears for Baby-Doll and Preppy outfits.

Baby-Doll

Preppy

Animation 2
Appears for Basic, Boho-Chic and Feminine outfits. 

Basic

Boho-Chic

Feminine

Animation 3
Appears for Bold, Chic and Eastern outfits (excluding Yukata items).

Bold

Chic

Eastern

Animation 4
Appears for Girly and Gothic outfits. 


Girly

Gothic

Animation 5
Appears for Lively outfits.
 
Lively

Animation 6
Appears for Psychedelic outfits.

Psychedelic

Animation 7
Appears for Rock outfits.

Rock

Animation 8
Appears for Sporty outfits.
 
Sporty

Animation 9 
Appears when a customer is trying on a Yukata from the Kanokoi brand. This is a special animation that only appears with this particular clothing item.
 
Yukata

Saturday 28 January 2017

Boutique - Sasha Outfit Request

Throughout the game, the main NPC's will visit your boutique to request new outfits. Some characters request new outfits for an event or as their normal outfit they wear in game. Each character has their own personal style and a list of each characters style can be found here.

Sasha who works at the Photo Studio will visit your boutique requesting a new outfit for her gig that night. Sasha occasionally performs at the Live Music Club as a singer and needs a new outfit for her next performance.
 

Sasha's personal style is boho-chic and likes items from the Soy brand. Select the image 'boho-chic' and design an outfit based around this style. Remember to choose clothing items appropriate for the season, i.e. you cannot wear just a tank top in winter as the character will remark how they will get cold. Each character will have a budget you will need to stay within and you can go slightly over the budget by about $80. Once you are happy with the outfit, select Ok.


You can select either 'Try It On' or 'Take A Look' when showing the character the outfit you have chosen. Select the 'Try It On' option if you are confident they will like the outfit or if you select 'Take A Look', you will get 3 tries to try to impress the character with an outfit. 


If you chose 'Try It On' and the character is highly impressed with the outfit, the game will play a short animation showing the character in their new outfit. The background of the animation changes depending on the style the character is wearing.


Looks like Sasha is impressed with her new outfit. She will tell you what aspects she likes about it and usually will comment on how boho-chic it is. During this scene, characters will give you hints on the styles and colours that they look for in an outfit. Sasha is a fan of boho-chic outfits, but likes the use of accessories.


After this, Sasha will pay you for the outfit and the amount is added to your money in-game. Sasha will comment on how the outfit will look amazing on stage and invite you to attend her gig at the Live Music Club. You can visit her at night time at the Live Music Club and you will be unable to accept modelling jobs or take photos yourself at the Photo Studio until you have visited Sasha at the Live Music Club. When you visit Sasha, she will give you a special photo studio or music themed miniature item as a gift.


Wednesday 25 January 2017

Caprice Chalet - Bag Shop Themed Rooms

At the Caprice Chalet, you can create different themed rooms and rent them to characters in the game. Only certain themed rooms can be rented out to characters and must have specific items placed in them to fit into a rental category. This post will look at the bag shop themed rooms and renting them to characters.

Bag shop themed rooms are similar to boutique and clothing themed rooms. They must have a counter with a cash register or till placed on it. The room must be decorated with bag themed miniatures. If you place too many clothing or knick-knack themed items, customers will refer to it as a item or clothing boutique. Bag themed miniatures can either be purchased from the Miniatures Shop or received as a gift from brand representatives for purchasing a large amount of items from their brand at the Exhibition Hall. For example, the pink/white bag on the pillar in the left hand corner of the room below is a miniature unlocked from the Chorale Perlude brand.





Characters will appear at your boutique with a small house symbol above their head. Select this character and they will tell you how they noticed a room at the Caprice Chalet that had a certain theme. With bag shop themed rooms, the character will talk about how they are interested in selling bags or educating people about the importance of bags.


The character will request to rent the room out and you can either select yes or no. The rental periods for rooms is 24 hours and renting out rooms is a good method for earning money without effort in the game.


Characters will stay in the Caprice Chalet room for about 24 hours. When you visit the Caprice Chalet, rooms that are rented out will have a small person icon displayed on them. If you select this room during the rental period, the character will tell you how they are going or how business is doing. Visit the room after the 24 hour period and the character is ready to leave the room. They will thank you for allowing them to rent the room and tell you how they went. The character will then pay you the rental fee for using the room. The rental fee for bag themed rooms is $500.


For more information on decorating rooms and the Caprice Chalet, please refer to Caprice Chalet Master Guide for links to all the Caprice Chalet and Miniatures guides.

Sunday 22 January 2017

Amiibo Items - Warrior Skirt

Style Boutique 2 has amiibo compatibility and unlocks special items for your character to wear. There are a number of amiibos available to scan into the game and when scanned, it generates a character based off the mii registered to the amiibo. A guide on how to use amiibos, compatible amiibos and the unlockable items can be found here.

You can obtain colour variations of certain amiibo items. To unlock amiibo items in different colours, you must first unlock the initial colour of the item (shown in the images in the amiibo guide). After this, keep re-scanning the amiibo until the character shows up in a new outfit. Different styles are associated to different colours, ie the black/yellow Yoshi Hoodie falls under the rock style so the customer will request a rock outfit. There are 5 different colours of each amiibo item to unlock.

Here are the five different colours of the Warrior Skirt which can be obtained by scanning the Lucina amiibo.

Thursday 19 January 2017

Purple Moon - Cat Outfit

The Purple Moon brand in Style Boutique 2 sells a variety of fun costume outfits. The brand is found on the third floor of the Exhibition Hall and the brand representative is Eliza. One of the costume outfits that can be purchased from Purple Moon is the Cat outfit. Each item in the outfit costs $990.00.

The Cat outfit is made up of the following items:
  • Cat Hoodie Dress
  • Cat Feet Socks
  • Cat Ear Hairband

The outfit is available in six colours: red, blue, green, pink, grey, black and purple. A Cat Bell accessory is available in the colour red and blue. Cat whiskers are available as an accessory and they come in either white or black. The Cat Ear Hairband is available in the colour white as well and various tartan colours (not pictured below).




Monday 16 January 2017

Caprice Chalet Miniatures - Lighting and Clocks

There is a wide variety of miniatures to collect in Style Boutique 2/Style Savvy and these can be used to decorate rooms at the Caprice Chalet or at your Boutique. Miniatures fall under different categories and this guide will detail all the Lighting and Clocks items available. Miniatures can be obtained by purchasing them at the Miniatures Shop or by receiving them as gifts through the following methods:
  • Attending events with NPC's characters, i.e. visit the Restaurant with Adelaide.
  • Complete Design Requests from brand representatives.
  • Having your fortune told by Magda who came be found at train station locations.
  • Visiting Sasha's shows at the Live Music Club.
  • Completing modelling requests at the Photo Studio.
  • Purchasing clothes from the Exhibition Hall - once you have purchase a certain amount of items from a brand, the representative will provide you with a special miniature of their clothing.
  • Completing the Fashion Show. Ricky will provide you with a miniature item. 
  • Talking to NPC characters with musical notes.

Here is a list of all the items available in the Lighting and Clocks category in Style Boutique 2/Style Savvy 3.
  • Lantern
  • Antique Lantern
  • Kitsch Lantern
  • Banker's Lamp
  • Orange Banker's Lamp
  • Colourful Banker's Lamp
  • Floral Paper Lantern
  • Natural Paper Lantern
  • Eastern Paper Lantern
  • Christmas Candles
  • Candles
  • Candles with Silver Candelabra
  • Candles with Black Candelabra - Unlock through Events or Photo Studio.
  • Floor Lamp
  • Charming Floor Lamp
  • Large Studio Light - Gift from Sasha
  • Low Studio Light - Gift from Sasha
  • Pumpkin Lamp - Unlock through Events or Photo Studio.
  • Traditional Lamp
  • Pop Clock
  • Four-Leaf Clover Clock
  • White Clock
  • Red Clock
  • Pleasant Clock
  • Cute Clock - Unlock through Events
  • Blue Clock
  • Cool Clock - Unlock through Events or Photo Studio.
  • Lace Clock
  • Cat & Fish Clock
  • Butterfly Clock
  • Baroque Clock
  • Cuckoo Clock
  • Antique Lamp
  • White Lamp
  • Pink Lamp
  • Green Lantern Sconce
  • Black Lantern Sconce
  • Turquoise Lantern Sconce
  • Antique Lantern Sconce
  • Vintage Wall Light
  • Fuschia Vintage Wall Light 
  • Blue Vintage Wall Light
  • Rococo Twin Wall Light
  • Baroque Twin Wall Light
  • Colourful Twin Wall Light
  • Two-Flower Twin Wall Light
  • Antique Flower Twin Wall Light
  • Fuschia Flower Twin Wall Light
  • Blue Flower Twin Wall Light
  • Twin Wall Light
  • Dark Twin Wall Light
  • Spotlight On Truss - Unlock through Events or Photo Studio.
  • Luxury Mantel Clock - Unlock through Events or Photo Studio.
  • Silver Mantel Clock
  • Baroque Mantel Clock - Unlock through Events 




Sunday 15 January 2017

Photo Studio - Frames

In Style Boutique 2, you can take fun and exciting photos at the Photo Studio. Select the 'For Fun' option to take your own personal photos. For more information on the Modelling Jobs option, please refer to the Photo Studio guide. Once you've selected the option, Sasha will ask how many people you would like to be in the photo and you can select either solo or pair. Next she will ask where you would like this photo shoot to take place: Studio, Caprice Chalet or Outside. Please refer to the Backdrops guide for more information on this. Next you will take a photo by choosing the type of shoot you would like (full-body, waist-up or close-up) and the pose you would like to use. Now you can pick the frame you would like to have on the photo.

There are 76 frames to choose from and many are just the same frame available in different colours. There are some cute post-card style frames featuring cute pictures and words. Here are images of the 76 frames available to use.





Saturday 14 January 2017

Photo Studio - Backdrops & Locations

In Style Boutique 2, you can take fun and exciting photos at the Photo Studio. Select the 'For Fun' option to take your own personal photos. For more information on the Modelling Jobs option, please refer to the Photo Studio guide. Taking a photo for fun costs a fee of $50 each time you take a photo. Once you've selected the option, Sasha will ask how many people you would like to be in the photo and you can select either solo or pair. 

Now you can select the location you would like to take the photo at. Sasha will ask you where you would like this photo shoot to take place and she will give you three options: Studio, Caprice Chalet or Outside.

Studio
Select the Studio option to take a photo with a themed or coloured backdrop. With this option, you do not have to wait through a traveling loading screen. When you unlock new brands in the game, a themed backdrop will become available at the Photo Studio. Here are images of the 41 backdrops available in the Studio option.