Messaging

New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star has a game feature called messaging that allows players to send and receive messages from characters in the game. You can request NPC's to visit you at certain shops around the city if you have enough hearts with them on their contact card. Some days you may receive messages from characters requesting you to meet them at certain stores or locations.

The messaging feature can be found in the Phone Menu of Styling Star and has a text bubble icon. If you have received new messages, a small red dot will flash on the bubble icon. When you enter the message app, the top screen will display your unread message and the bottom screen displays the message list. New messages that you haven't read yet will display the word 'New!' on them. 

Message screen on the bottom 3DS screen

During the main story line of the game, important messages will be sent to your message app from the main characters. These messages will form part of the story line and the characters will usually request you to meet them somewhere or thank you for helping them. Story line messages will appear with red text on the bottom 3DS screen and you are unable to delete them.

Main story line message from Alina

Main story line message from Ethan

Other types of messages you can receive are ones from Niamh telling you when sales are held at the Exhibition Hall, characters requesting you to help them pick a new hairstyle or make-up and responses from characters you have messaged. When a character asks you to meet them at the hair salon or beautician, it is not compulsory to attend and you can ignore the request. Older messages will delete themselves as you receive new ones and the game generally keeps a years worth of messages.

Message received from a customer asking to meet them at the beauticians

Design Centre

Style Boutique 3 has an excellent new feature that allows players to post their clothing designs online for other players to download. This feature is called Design Centre and provides access to a variety of looks designed by players in your region.

The Design Centre is region-locked the same way Shopdo is meaning you can only search and download items uploaded by players in the same region as you. If you search for a Shopdo Owner ID of a player in a different region to you, the game will display 'Not Found' after searching. The following points detail what content you can access in regards to the region your game is:

• Style Boutique: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the EUR/AUS region who are playing Style Boutique. Cannot access Style Savvy or Girls Mode players.
• Style Savvy: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the NA region who are playing Style Savvy. Cannot access Style Boutique or Girls Mode players.
• Girls Mode 4: スター☆スタイリスト (Star☆Stylist) = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the JPN region who are playing Girls Mode. Cannot access Style Boutique or Style Savvy players.

Design Centre can be accessed via the phone menu and requires an internet connection to use. When you select the Design Centre app, the game will inform you that your items, profile and Owner ID will be made public to other players. Your profile card can be edited via the Contacts App and displays basic information about your character. When enter the Design Centre app, there are a number of options available: 

• Recent
• Popular Pieces
• Just For You
• Favourites
• Enter Owner ID
• Enter Item ID
• Search Criteria
• Post Item
• My Page

Design Centre Menu Screen.

Recent
Select this item to see items that were recently uploaded to Design Centre by players. It will show you items that have been uploaded to the Design Centre database by anyone in your region. Often you'll see the same person posting multiple times if they uploaded a lot of items at once. Each item will have the number of items included in the set listed as well as a price.

If you are interested in purchasing an item on the Design Centre, select the item/set and select Buy. The game will save after you purchase an item and all items are payed for using your in-game money. You can find items you have downloaded in your wardrobe at the apartment or a complete list of all the items brought can be found in the Design Scrapbook under the Design option at the apartment. You can also delete items from here.

Popular Pieces
Showcases items that have been downloaded many times on the Design Centre. I've rarely seen this section change for months in the Style Boutique region. Items here have high download numbers and low prices that make them so popular.

Popular Pieces on the Design Centre.

Just For You
This option will bring up items that are similar to ones you have uploaded yourself or downloaded previously. It may show you similar ones to items you have posted, for example I saw a dress similar to one I posted.

Favourites
Items from players you have added to your favourites in Shopdo will appear here. Select this option and a list of your favourited players will appear. Select a player to see if they have posted an item to the Design Centre.

Enter Owner ID
You can search for players using their Owner ID if you know it from Shopdo. This is a great way to look at designs from players you follow on social media or have seen on Shopdo. The game will display all the items that the player has posted to the Design Centre. Please note you can only look up players from the same region as you.

Shopdo

Style Boutique 3 has an exciting new feature that allows players to upload their boutique and outfits onto the internet for other to visit. This feature is called Shopdo and allows other players with the same game to virtually visit your boutique and purchase outfits you have created.

Shopdo can be accessed via the phone menu and requires an internet connection to use. When you select the Shopdo app, the game will inform you that your boutique, profile and Owner ID will be made public to other players. Your profile card can be edited via the Contacts App and displays basic information about your character. When enter the Shopdo app, there are four options available: My Shop Data, Recent, Search by Owner ID and Favourites. The top screen of the 3DS will display information about your shop and when you enter Shopdo, the game will tell you if you receive any new likes or favourites. Information about your Shopdo Boutique is displayed on the top 3DS screen. The information tells you how many personal likes you have received, how many likes your shop has received and how many likes your catalogue items have received. The total number of likes received is also displayed. Your Owner ID will be displayed on the top screen and other players can use this ID to search for your Shopdo Boutique.

Shopdo Menu

There is one important aspect to know when using Shopdo. The Shopdo feature (as well as Designer Lounge) are region-locked and you can only search for Owner ID's/visit boutiques that were uploaded in the same region as you. The following points detail what content you can access in regards to the region your game is:

• Style Boutique: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the EUR/AUS region who are playing Style Boutique. Cannot access Style Savvy or Girls Mode players.
• Style Savvy: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the NA region who are playing Style Savvy. Cannot access Style Boutique or Girls Mode players.
• Girls Mode 4: スター☆スタイリスト (Star☆Stylist) = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the JPN region who are playing Girls Mode. Cannot access Style Boutique or Style Savvy players.

Some other Nintendo games such as Disney Magical World have this same region-locking feature. If you search for a Shopdo Owner ID of a player in a different region to you, the game will display 'Not Found' after searching. This region-locking with Shopdo was discovered when blog readers were unable to search for my Owner ID. I attempted to search for some Style Savvy players Owner ID's and encountered the 'not found' message. I also attempted to look up some Japanese players with no success but I could successfully search for European players. It is confusing at why Nintendo decided to region lock the online content as in the previous game (Fashion Forward), you could download Caprice Chalet rooms from players from all regions. It is a shame that you cannot visit players from around the world now as it cuts out a lot of content from the game and prevents players from sharing their boutiques and designs with others.

My Shop Data
Here you can edit your catalogue and check your registration information. Select Update Shop Data and the game will update to reflect the latest look of your boutique and items in the catalogue. Select edit catalogue to see the three outfits that you have for sale on your Shopdo boutique. You can design three outfits to display in the catalogue and when players visit your Shopdo Boutique, they can purchase these outfits. You can give the outfit a name and you can choose from all the items in your personal wardrobe excluding designer items.

Examples of outfits you can create to use in your Shopdo catalogue.

Examples of outfits you can create to use in your Shopdo catalogue.

Shopdo - Owner ID Database

Style Boutique 3 has an exciting new feature that allows players to upload their boutique and outfits onto the internet for other to visit. This feature is called Shopdo and allows other players with the same game to virtually visit your boutique and purchase outfits you have created. Shopdo can be accessed via the phone menu and requires an internet connection to use. For more detailed information on Shopdo and all it's feature, please visit the Shopdo Guide. This guide is a database of Shopdo Owner ID's from all regions.

Shopdo is region-locked and you can only search for Owner ID's that were uploaded in the same region as you. The following points detail what content you can access in regards to the region your game is:

• Style Boutique: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the EUR/AUS region who are playing Style Boutique. Cannot access Style Savvy or Girls Mode players.
• Style Savvy: Styling Star = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the NA region who are playing Style Savvy. Cannot access Style Boutique or Girls Mode players.
• Girls Mode 4: スター☆スタイリスト (Star☆Stylist) = Can only access Shopdo & Owner ID's from other players in the JPN region who are playing Girls Mode. Cannot access Style Boutique or Style Savvy players.

To search for a Owner ID, select the Search By Owner ID option and enter the ID code using the number pad on the bottom 3DS screen. You can only search for Owner ID's in the same region as you and if you try searching for one in a different region, the game will display a 'not found' message.