How the 32 achievements break down
Dressmaker has 32 achievements and, helpfully, no missables and no completion-requiring second run — community guides estimate a full completion at roughly 40–50 hours alongside the 35-hour story. Almost everything unlocks through normal play. The list falls into four groups the game itself tracks separately:
| Client commissions | 10 achievements |
|---|---|
| Event dress sets | 14 achievements (all hidden) |
| Dialogue & pigeon | 3 achievements |
| Crafting challenges | 5 achievements |
Client commission achievements (10)
Each unlocks when you finish that character's entire chain of major commissions. The safest habit: never abandon a storyline just because another commission opened elsewhere.
| Good Girl Gone Vlad | Vivian — Complete every major commission from Vivian. |
|---|---|
| Swan Song | Edith — Complete every major commission from Edith. |
| Go Off, Queen! | Aldora — Complete every major commission from Aldora. |
| Caw Evermore | Alice — Complete every major commission from Alice. |
| Prudence and Prejudice | Prudence — Complete every major commission from Prudence. |
| Snitches Get Stitches | Dorothy — Complete every major commission from Dorothy. |
| A Rose By Any Other Name | Rose — Complete every major commission from Rose. |
| Drawn to Hue | Priya — Complete every major commission from Priya. |
| G.O.A.T. | Marie — Complete every major commission from Marie. |
| Reap what You Sew | Fiona — Complete every major commission from Fiona. |
Event dress achievements (14)
The largest group. Each requires every dress requested for that occasion — and none of them ask for a special score, completion of the full set is the only condition.
| Laid To Dress | The Duke's funeral |
|---|---|
| Style Goals | The woman's sporting day contest |
| Dart Deco | Priya's exhibition opening |
| Rooting For You | The market fair |
| Hedge Your Bets | The hedge maze exploration |
| Don't Wanna Miss A Spring | The spring fete |
| Simply Beastly | The Twillford pet show |
| Smells like Sateen Spirit | Alice's séance |
| Newlythreads | Duke Hassan's wedding |
| A Midsummer Night's Seam | The stargazing night |
| Extrav-organza | The summer ball |
| On a High Note | Edith's opera gala |
| Crowning Glory | The coronation |
| Don We Now Our Gay Apparel | The other wedding |
Progression, dialogue & the pigeon (3)
Three achievements sit outside the normal commission loop — two are one-time triggers, one is its own separate commission line.
| You've Got Mail | Finish Dorothy's first dress — you'll be sent Berty, the shop's pigeon. Unlocks very early, long before Dorothy's full chain. |
|---|---|
| Sucker for Punishment | During Vivian's conversation about animals, pick the Leech option. One-time dialogue choice — there's no second chance in that playthrough. |
| Birds of a Feather, Frock Together | Complete every commission delivered by Berty the pigeon. This is its own track and does not overlap with any client's storyline. |
Crafting & spending challenges (5)
The remaining five are deliberate chores. Most burn money or materials for no benefit beyond the unlock — players who wait until late game, when resources stop mattering, report far less pain.
| Sew Long | Complete the Ruffle Skirt design for the first time. Easiest of the five — just play. |
|---|---|
| 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain't One | Reach 100% quality on a dress. Every panel must sit on the grain and every seam must score full marks. Easiest on a simple early-game design; turn on Sewing Assist in settings if corners keep eating your score. |
| Trim and Proper | Use over 50 metres of trim on a single dress. Costs a fortune for zero benefit — save it for late game when coins don't matter. |
| Opulence and Excess | Have a dress succeed after paying over 5,000 gold for it. Deliberately buy the most expensive fabrics and appliances once you're rich. |
| Harder than it Seams | Add 300+ accessories to one dress, then sell it. Two catches per player reports: the count must show 300 or more on the dress itself, and you must complete the sale — the unlock fires after the transaction, not when the last bow lands. |
The cleanest route to 100%
Play the story normally
Progress client chains and finish every event set completely as requests appear — this naturally covers 24 of the 32.
Watch two early triggers
Pick Leech during Vivian's animal conversation, and always take Berty the pigeon's commissions when offered.
Grab the cheap ones on the way
Sew Long (first ruffle skirt) and 99 Problems (one 100% quality dress) need no extra money — just care.
Bank the expensive three for late game
50m of trim, a 5,000+ gold dress and 300 accessories only make sense once coins are no longer scarce. Then sell the monster.
Rarest and most common (Steam, September 30, 2026)
Steam publishes global unlock rates, and the spread is wide — from a near-universal funeral dress to achievements under 2% of players have touched:
Most unlocked
| Laid To Dress | 77.6% |
|---|---|
| 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain't One | 74.3% |
| You've Got Mail | 49.6% |
| Style Goals | 39.0% |
| Dart Deco | 27.4% |
Unlock rates read from the official Steam global achievements page on September 30, 2026 — they shift as more players finish the story.
Rarest
| Trim and Proper | 1.0% |
|---|---|
| Opulence and Excess | 1.1% |
| Birds of a Feather, Frock Together | 1.3% |
| Don We Now Our Gay Apparel | 1.4% |
| Prudence and Prejudice | 1.4% |
Same source, same date. Note that Prudence and Prejudice is a story achievement, not a challenge — most players simply haven't reached the late game yet.
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Every achievement builds on the same crafting loop — our step-by-step gameplay guide gets you from sketch to five stars.