Boutique - Mannequins

In New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star, you are able to set up and dress a mannequin at the front of your boutique to advertise outfits to potential customers. There are a few features you can customise on the mannequin such as colour and hair. Mannequins are an excellent way to get rid of excess stock at the boutique and experiment with creating outfits. The mannequin unlocks during the main story line and is only available at the boutique.

When you are in your Boutique, click the manage icon and then the Mannequin icon. A menu will appear on the bottom screen with the following options: Outfit, Hair, Body Colour and Pose. Now we'll cover what you can do in each option. You can also change the appearance of the area the mannequin is placed in through the Shop Window option available through the Remodel icon under the Manage Icon at the boutique. 

Outfit
This is the most important one as this is where you will choose an outfit for the mannequin to wear. Now you can't just throw any outfit on the mannequin, it needs to match one certain image/style. Dressing a mannequin is simple, you just choose an outfit like you would if you were serving a customer. Here's some helpful tips for dressing mannequins:

• Use the cycle system! This is a system I discovered that works best when selling mannequin outfits. Start with a theme from the list (such as lively) and place an outfit matching that theme on the mannequin. Once the lively outfit has sold, create an outfit based off the next theme in the list such as Eastern. Repeat until you've gone through all the images. I find this is the best method to move mannequin outfits and I sell one mannequin outfit per game day. If you place the same image outfit on the mannequin after you've just sold one (i.e. a baby-doll outfit after you've sold a baby-doll outfit), you'll have trouble selling the outfit. So it is best to cycle styles and you don't have to work in a straight list, you can say use Gothic first, then girly, then preppy and then bold. 
• Dress the mannequin according to the current season. No customer is going to buy a woollen coat in the middle of summer and they will comment if the outfit is too hot or too cold for the current season.
• Don't mix and match too many styles. Customers will not purchase or be interested in outfits that match styles. For example, many outfits from Purple Moon have items in the outfit belonging to multiple themes (i.e. the skirt is preppy but the top is lively). This means you will have trouble selling Purple Moon outfits unless the entire outfit is from the same theme.
• Try placing pieces you want to get rid off on the mannequin. I like to place a Purple Moon t-shirt with lively designs because no one ever requests to buy those.
• There's no price limit to the outfit. Customers will buy the outfit no matter what the price is if it meets their style.
• If customers are after Chic style outfits, you can make some quick money by placing the most expensive items you have on the mannequin.
• Regularly update the outfit on your mannequin. Customers want to see something new and will not purchase an outfit if it has been on the mannequin for a long time.

Tips For Making Money

It can be a bit tricky to earn money in Styling Star as there aren't too many methods that will earn money fast. Fast money making methods from the previous game Fashion Forward  were removed in the new game such as rent money from the Caprice Chalet and Designer Lounge commission requests. However there are still some useful methods you can use in Styling Star to earn money.

The best trick to earn money is the utilise the messenger system in the phone menu and invite Chic image customers to your boutique. These types of customers will have large budgets such as $10,000 or $30,000 and will spend the largest amount of money at the boutique out of all the styles/images. The picture below shows how I made $32,155 in one day by only serving three chic customers.

Here are the steps you can follow to make quick and easy cash in Styling Star:

Step 1

Stock up on items from Enid Chen and ARIANNA. Ensure you purchase the most expensive items from the brands as you will make a large profit back from selling them. Sales are a excellent time to stock up on items and make sure to use the restock app from the phone menu. The ideal items you should stock up on include:

• Diamond Watch
• Elegant Boston Bag
• Stylish Shopper Bag
• Pattern Drawstring Bag
• Crystal Collar Necklace
• Jewelled Fringe Necklace
• Jewelled Choker
• Jewelled Chandelier Earrings
• Thigh High Boots
• Quilted Knee Boots
• Organdie Ribbon Dress
• Faux-Fur Robe
• Leopard Print Faux Fur Coat

Step 2
Open the messaging app and invite Chic customers to come to the boutique for a new outfit. You can invite three customers per day and you must have a decent amount of hearts with them to invite them to the boutique. You can check if a customer likes the chic image by checking their details for their favourite image. Here are examples of customers you can invite that love the chic image:

• Alexis
• Angelique
• April
• Carmen
• Cerise
• Gillian Grace
• Heather
• Jamie-Lee
• Kiki Summers
• Lily
• Lorelei
• Lorina
• Martine
• Matilda
• Mikiko
• Nadia
• Nicolette
• Petra
• Portia
• Sybil
• Tammy
• Vicky

Step 3

Head over to the boutique at the time you stated for the customer to visit. Talk to them and they will ask for an outfit that you think suits them. When the selection screen appears, you will notice their budget is quite large. Open the search menu and select the following criteria: Enid Chen, ARIANNA, Chic, $300+ Price. Now select an outfit for them from items that belong to those search categories. Follow these handy tips when creating an outfit: