Fashion Designer Style Icon (Nintendo DS)

...design a blouse for a fashion journalist coming tonight, you then offer to design the blouse that they were supposed to do, you keep clicking on the bottom screen and read the conversation with Zoe on the top screen, you then get to 3 examples of a blouse outline, click on the designof the blouse you want and click the type of fabric, you decide if you want arms on the blouse etc.

You are then given the basic outline of the blouse ...
...2, apprentice, 3, assistant, 4, fashion designer and 5, grand couturier.

There are various characters that appear in the missions and they are listed in the leaflet as follows:

Zoe 26, fashion designer, she runs a small fashion studio and dreams of working for a large fashion house, she needs the help of a talented assistant, she likes fashion and chocolate, dislikes moths.

Lucas 19, apprentice, he dreams ... more

My daughter wanted this for Christmas after seeing loads of advertisements for this on CITV chanel, (advertising obviously works) there is another designer game as well but this one appealed to my daughter more as she said you could do more on this game.

This game is very well suited for the Nintendo Ds and a good use of the pen.

When you start the game you have 3 blank profiles that you can go into, so either 3 of you can play and save a profile each on either 1, 2 or 3 or if only one of you plays the game you can save 3 different games.

When you select a profile you then go into the game modes,
career which is explained below,
missions that you can do tutorials on how to cut fabric etc,
free play which lets you choose models or
profile where you can go into one of your 3 profiles and
credits which tells you more about the game creators.

Career is the main game containing 50 missions, when you pass one mission you can go onto the next, you have different scenarios, ie; on the top screen it says that the telephone is ringing, on the bottom touch screen it shows mission 5 baptism of fire, keep touching the bottom screen with the pen, and read the words on the top screen, it is Zoe on the phone, she will not be in work today, she was supposed to design a blouse for a fashion journalist coming tonight, you then offer to design the blouse that they were supposed to do, you keep clicking on the bottom screen and read the conversation with Zoe on the top screen, you then get to 3 examples of a blouse outline, click on the designof the blouse you want and click the type of fabric, you decide if you want arms on the blouse etc.

You are then given the basic outline of the blouse with flashing blue spots all round it, you tap on the scissors icon with the pen, you then have a pair of scissors, you follow the blue spots all the way round with the scissors, if you make a mistake and miss a blue spot you loose marks, you have five crosses at the bottom of the screen and one cross turns red if you make a mistake missing a spot with the scissors or needle, when you have used the scissors all round the blue spots will disappear, you are ready for the next stage which are blue arrows, you have to click on the hand icon and hover over the blue arrows, this is folding the material, then you have red zigzags on the material click on the iron symbol gives you an iron, move over all the red zigzags until they disappear, then green spots appear, tap on the sewing machine icon, you then have a sewing machine needle, go over all the green spots with this, sometimes you will have to sew on buttons as well and this is the last icon on the right hand side, you carry on doing this with all the pieces of the blouse, you then go on to choose your model and the accessories to go with it like shoes or necklaces, you then choose the shoes, when you have chosen all of this you are then marked on your item, how many red crosses and you are marked on how long it took you to make the item, and you are marked on the style you choose and if it suited the client, you are given a ranking either 1, workshop sweeper, 2, apprentice, 3, assistant, 4, fashion designer and 5, grand couturier.

There are various characters that appear in the missions and they are listed in the leaflet as follows:

Zoe 26, fashion designer, she runs a small fashion studio and dreams of working for a large fashion house, she needs the help of a talented assistant, she likes fashion and chocolate, dislikes moths.

Lucas 19, apprentice, he dreams of becoming a famous grand couturier, he likes spagetti, the pop star Jessica Whitecat, he dislikes getting up early and spinach.

Cynthia 25, reporter, she is Zoe's friend and is a reporter for a fashion magazine. She likes books and going shopping, dislikes meat.

John Denim 32, director, he is a film director and regularly comes to the studio to order costumes, his dream is to make a big film about pirates (think this has already been done!) , he likes old films and rock music, he dislikes ghosts and rain.

Jessica Whitecat 20, pop star the biggest of superstars Jessica Whitecat inspires millions of fans all over the world, you do not know exactly who she is or what she likes or dislikes.

There are some enemies in this game in the shape of moths who try and pinch your material and throw things, you have to avoid them and not let them steal your material, they are listed as follows:

General Gothmoth, 9 months, Moth Boss. He commands the soilder moths and tries to steal fabric from you. He likes plans that unfold without any problems and the smell of laundry in the morning. He dislikes bad news.

Captain Motharella, 4 months, he is a loyal assistant to the general, she helps to carry out his plans. She likes The general's cunning plans and silk, she dislikes the taste of synthetic fabrics.

Sergeant Amoth, 2 months, he is a remorseless warrior moth, he will do everything he can to lead the moth army to victory. He likes stealing fabric and wool, he dislikes defeat.

Mr. Schwartz he is a powerful and mysterious man who uses henchmen to contact the workshop and order clothes. Nobody knows who he is.

My daughter loves this game, she is 10 so about the right age, I do not think older children would be that impressed with it, it is a fun game and allows you to design clothes but obviously only what is in the game, my daughter played it 2 or 3 times a week and finished it at the end of January, quite a short game but a game you can play again, it is not spoilt by finishing it as you can go back and improve on the items you made before, this game makes a change from some of the other games on the market.

It is ideal for children who like clothes and fashion and creative girls about 7 to 10 years of age, nice gentle fun game, also a good game for girls who have little brothers because they will not want to play it or watch over their sister's shoulder when they are playing it! 

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