How to get villagers to wear specific clothing?

[erikaeliseh]

All my villagers have been wearing the ugliest shirts. ive told isabelle to change marshals shirt (one villager of many) and he either doesn't change it, or he puts on an equally as ugly one. i want my villagers to wear certain shirts, is there a way to do this? i was thinking send them in the mail, but that doest always work ive heard. thank you c:

 

[kasane]

Well if you want them to wear a specific in-game shirt, you can just send five copies of the same one at once. That should get them to wear it.

If it's a custom-made design, then you can only display it on the mannequins in the Able Sister's and hope that they will change into it.

 

[roseflower]

You could also try to sell a shirt you want them to wear in retail, then sell it to the villager when they visit retail.

 

[SleepingOwl]

Well if you want them to wear a specific in-game shirt, you can just send five copies of the same one at once. That should get them to wear it.

If it's a custom-made design, then you can only display it on the mannequins in the Able Sister's and hope that they will change into it.

would that make the villager display the rest of the shirts at their house though? just wondering but yeah the chance of them wearing the shirt by only sending one is not that high :/

 

[HoennMaster]

would that make the villager display the rest of the shirts at their house though? just wondering but yeah the chance of them wearing the shirt by only sending one is not that high :/

Sometimes yes.

Sending them five copies guarantees them to wear it though....or it least it's always worked when I've done it.

 

[erikaeliseh]

Sometimes yes.

Sending them five copies guarantees them to wear it though....or it least it's always worked when I've done it.

ok thanks! that makes sense because they can display up to 4 shirts i think so they would have to wear the fifth

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im trying to get them to wear sailor shirts like in anime lol

 

[Wildroses]

Sometimes when villagers meet outside, one will start wearing the shirt another is wearing. It's rare, but if you get desperate and don't want to risk ruining the villager's house, you can try mailing a copies of the shirt to other villagers whose houses you don't care about until they wear it, then trap the one wearing the desired shirt and the one you want to change outside in a small space through strategic uses of holes and PWPs. You might have to shove them around a bit to get them in that spot. I once read a hilarious account of a guy who thought it would be funny to trap a bunch of his villagers on the bridge by digging holes on either side, but the joke ended up being on him when two of them decided to wear the most horrible shirt available.

 

[patriceflanders]

Well if you want them to wear a specific in-game shirt, you can just send five copies of the same one at once. That should get them to wear it.

If it's a custom-made design, then you can only display it on the mannequins in the Able Sister's and hope that they will change into it.

yep that really should do the trick...