Sophisticated Chic

Sophisticated Chic
"The black lace makes you feel very chic. If you put it together with the monotone dress, you will look more mature."
Lucky Color	Black White
Card Type	Dress Up Card
Card Number	098TC
LB Style Square Brand	Elegance
Taiwanese Mandarin Description	黑色的蕾絲，散發出高雅的氣質。使用單一色系的搭配，顯得好成熟。
Japanese Description	黒のレースがシックなかんじ。モノトーンでまとめると、ぐっと大人っぽく見えるよね。
First Appearance	Sparkling Location Test Cards

Sophisticated Chic (TM: 蕾絲淑女露肩裝 Lěi Sī Shū Nǚ Lù Jiān Zhuāng/JP: しとやかドレス Shitoyaka Dress) is an Appendix Card for May 2006 and Special Limited Edition Card in Taiwan. It was issued by Shogakukan (小学館) in Japan, a company that publishes dictionaries, literatures, and other medias. In the International version, it was only issued in Taiwan during the circulation of Version 8 for 31 days (15th March - 15th April 2009) and Version 9.

In 2008, the card makes its way into the main roster via the Best Collection, ranking in the 32nd place among the most popular Dress Up Cards. Before the public opening of the game, it was one of the Sparkling Location Test Cards.

Appearance

To be added

Availability

Japanese Collections

• Best Collection

International Versions

• N/A

Japanese Appendixes

• Shogakukan May 2006 Ciào Magazine (debut)

International Editions

• Special Limited Edition Card (Special Limited Time Event, in Taiwan only) (debut)

Others

• Sparkling Location Test Cards

Tips

To be added

Etymology

Japanese

Shitoyaka (しとやか): It refers to the Kanji 淑やか, meaning grace, ladylike, or gentle. This describes the dress for its elegant features.

Doresu (ドレス): The Japanese Katakana transliteration of the English word Dress.

Taiwanese Mandarin

Lěi Sī (蕾絲): The Chinese transliteration of Lace.

Shū Nǚ (淑女): Equivalent to lady, gentlewoman or describes a female with graceful personality.

Lù Jiān Zhuāng (露肩裝): This roughly translates to Off-Shoulder Dress, as 露肩 is a term for Off-The-Shoulder and 裝 relates to clothing, outfit, or costume.

English

Sophisticated Chic: Sophisticated can be said as refined or stylish, referring to the elegance the dress has, while Chic may refer to a person with a particular type of style. In short, the card's name could be said as a person with elegance.

Trivia

• When Berry is your opponent in the Idol Stage/Special Stage (Idol Stage variation), she wears a similar dress to this, but is recolored to blue and white. The choker and ribbon are also absent as well.
• According to the Best Collection numbering, this was the 32nd most popular card around that time.

Gallery

Japanese

Love

Berry

English

Love

Berry

Chinese

Love

Berry

International

Special Limited Edition Card

Japanese

Sparkling Location Test Card

Shogakukan May 2006 Ciào Magazine Appendix

Best Collection (Front)

Best Collection (Back)