Style Savvy is a surprisingly engaging fashion sim game. You play a boutique owner who must keep the store stocked with a variety of fashions and please the clients. Customers come in and ask you to help them find something, ranging from "I need a new winter coat" to "pick out a new look for me." If you are confident in your choice you can have the customer try it on straight away. If they like it, they may buy another item from you. If they don't, you can sometimes talk them in to liking it. If you are unsure, you have up to three tries to "show" the customer before they try it on, but even if they love it they won't buy more from you.
Style Savvy is realistic in certain aspects; you have to go to the buyer's center and visit up to a dozen designer spaces to choose which brands and items you will carry. The game claims to have 10,000 unlockable wardrobe items. Customers have a budget range, and you must stay within that range or they will not buy. Clothing is priced realistically between a few dollars for basics to several hundred for high-end; budgets run a similar gamut. The game allows for layering wardrobe pieces.
The most frustrating part is that customers don't always give you a lot of direction as to what they want. One customer may come in in jeans and a sweater, and ask you to pick out a skirt for her - no other direction. Each character has a single-line profile about them, which range from useful (occupation) to trivial (hopes to one day be fashionable). I feel as though more often than not the customers don't like what I have picked out, but offer no further guidelines.
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— go to most recent comments1 - bd
thnx 4 the review i totallyy want it since i saw the ad on tv. i too luvv fashionn!!!!
2 - lady k
tnx 4 the review i was considering buying the game but wanted 2 know what other people thought about it . im so ready 2 buy it
3 - nikita
I think I am getting this game for Christmas!!! It sounds sooo cool! I am really into fashion and whats in, but I also like to create my own unique combonations. I think this game will be worth it!! Merry Christmas,Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwaanza, Happy Birthday, whatever you have! Bye!
4 - witchinghour
I got this game for Christmas. I was a little dubious at first, even though I picked it out, because I am older than the target "tween" audience. However, I also find it addicting! My least favorite part is probably stocking up, but I love helping people find items. I agree that the most frustrating part is when customers come in and give no direction; however, I find that if I observe what they are already wearing, a lot of times I can find out what they want. Like, I had an Asian-looking woman come in in an oriental-style top; she wanted another Asian-inspired top, but told me nothign more than that she wanted a top, so I figured it out from what she already had on. Overall, this is a very fun game! Good for anyone who likes fashion, I think.
5 - bobobobobbo
it was pretty fun! best Ds game
6 - 'Lyssa
I already beat the whole game in two days, I loveee it. And that Dominic guy, what was up with him? Lol. I think it was a pretty good game, and I got it for Christmas!
7 - sarah
hey!
i got this for christmas this year, along with a DSI and six other games.
its a fun game, dont get me wrong, just.. what the heck is up with this domonic guy?
everyone i know that has this game thinks he has a thing for "your" person.
i just wanna know (if you finished the game) is it true?
thanks for reading.
sarah
8 - Simsgirl68
I got that game for christmas too it is really fun but yeah i have gotten past the part where he says he has a thing for my person but ive waited two days and still the only thing ive heard from him are congratulations for my store star going up or for winning the compitition im starting to get sick of waiting but yeah it is a great game i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 - twingle10
I love this game. I got it for Christmas its great!! The only thing i didnt like was the girl Renee what was her problem?!
10 - Mauricella
LOL IM 18 AND I LOVE THE GAME. I AM VERY ADDICTED TO THE GAME, I PLAY IT EVERY CHANCE I GET.
11 - jasmine
i just adoreeeeeee this game im 24 haha and im just loving it whenever i have a free time im playing it it's awesome and recommend it to all
12 - I LOVE DOIMINIC!!
I LOVE DOMINIC! HE ACTUALLY KISSES YOU AT THE END OF HE GAME!!
13 - Alxia
does he. does it show you. Does he ask you out on a date
14 - ThisBabeLovesYou
I really want this gamee and im saving up for this.
15 - ashten
when does he kiss you i need to know
16 - Sireen
Dominic does NOT kiss you. My best friend beat the game, and he never kisses you. This is a fashion game, not a dating game. Dominic also does not "like just you". He "likes" all 1,000,000 other girls playing the game, so I really don't think he actually "likes". Other than that, very good game! I really love it. :)
17 - christina
well if you play the game slowly meaning you dont finish in too days you get to go on a date with dominic. plus its a lot more fun and you dont burn your eyes out staring at tat little screen
18 - touket
i would so not get the game it sounds sooooo boring!!
my friend has this game and she loves fashion she says (quote) this game is sooo boring i cant believe it i'm going crazy cause this game is so boring (un-quote) she also so showed it to me and all u do is design clothes for customers and u have to stay in budget of their needings-my daughter erica
19 - ryan
OMG!!! i can't believe this game at first i thought Dominic [tall dark and handsome] was just some dumb hick but after a while it was so weird i think i fell in love with a computer game. WHY WON'T HE JUST KISS ME! Dominic is so polite but when will he just you know hook-up already!
20 - style savvy #1 fan
im so getting this game on my birthday! on the 18th of april! haha whoever cant buy it! but 1 thing how much is it at gamestop,toys r- rus,and target on route 10 in new jersey? plz tell me i really want to see wats its like to date! XD 8>
21 - style savvy #1 fan
ok guys im going to tell you all about style savvy. see in the game you are a fashion stylist who works at strata along with your partner renne the jeolous girl.gracie your boss tells you what to do with the first to customers.lets say a girl name mona wants a high end outfit go to the inner section and find a sexy top and she might like it if she has pettles around her that means she loves it and might stick around to buy more! which makes it more fun! also in the game you can go get your hair done and/or go get your makeup done!you can also go to a fashion show and compete against others!you can also do it by multiplayer up to 3 players!one day you get to meet dominic and from the first day you meet he falls in love with you!on your birthday he gets you a fairy costume(which is dorky)and on valentines day he goes on a date with you!(best of all he's rich!*girly mini scream*)you get to have up to more than 10,000 pieces of clothing!and you can mix and match clothing!with multiplayer you can also go shop in each others stores!you can even go online and buy from players stores!your charater lives in a apartment aka your fashion head quarters!well thats all i know til i get the game bye!
22 - style savvy #1 fan
c'mon people respond to me!
23 - keasa
it is an amazing game but it finishes SO QUIKLY and i am getting bored. also this dominic guy does date you but it takes a long time.Godfrey keeps asking me about him even after the inter comp. anyway, the contests r SO EASY and i finshid it in 5 hours.
24 - keasa
oh and BTW if you are wondering how to date dominic dont delete your game after yu win the inter comp get to 1000 customers wait for about 6 months and try to get all the clothes. it should work. And he actually KISSES YOU! wow, when i first got this i thought domonic was a chavvy wierdo but now i am in TOTAL LOVE!
25 - dogzo
renee is ZO irritating why do i have to work with her cant i fire her and oh doez dominic really date you beacoz that would be zoooo COOL! i love dominic i am going to try to make him date me alzo i have got ALL the alvardo itemz thatz zo awezome! my fave brandz are alvardo,mazquerade and dazies. Ztyle boutique is probaly the COOLEZT GAME EVZ!