Your Character in Hot Couture is the main protagonist of the Hot Couture book.
Although her default name is "Emma Moore", the player can choose to name her as they wish.
Appearance
Your appearance is customizable according to the player's preferences.
Personality
Generally, you are a dreamer who has loved fashion for a long time and wants to pursue a career in the fashion industry. When your dreams are dashed by Bridgette Gardner in your very first interview, an opportunity to model instead paves your way to learn behind-the-scenes and see how the business side works. The player can choose different personality quirks - being emotional or calm and practical, being angry or letting things go, being flirty or serious - but your character remains ambitious and determined to succeed as the underdog in the fashion world.
As a celebrity -first as a model, then as a fashion designer- the paparazzi follow you and Dirty Hollywood publishes unflattering articles about you. In one, they question if you have a drinking problem because they photographed you drinking three different things in one day, even though none of them had alcohol.
Chapters
Hot Couture
Hot Couture
- Chapter 1: Model Behavior
- Chapter 2: Life of the Party
- Chapter 3: Making a Splash
- Chapter 4: In Hot Water
- Chapter 5: Flashing Lights
- Chapter 6: It Girl
- Chapter 7: Ramping Up
- Chapter 8: Benvenuto a Milano
- Chapter 9: Sabotage
- Chapter 10: The Devil Wears HB
- Chapter 11: Crossroads
- Chapter 12: All Sewn Up
- Chapter 13: Bring Down the House
- Chapter 14: Allure
- Chapter 15: City of Lights
- Chapter 16: A Star Is Born
Relationships
Luz Estrada
Luz Estrada is your best friend from college. She works at Hazel Boutique as a Junior Business Development Representative and got you an interview by pulling some strings at Human Resources. She also gives you your first inspiration for your Mood Board, knowing full well that you have a brown thumb when it comes to caring for plants.
Hazel Nguyen
Hazel Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Hazel Boutique and who you refer to as the goddess of the entire fashion industry. You do not meet her until she comes unannounced to Marco's photoshoot.
Bridgette Gardner
When you arrive at Hazel Boutique for your interview for an internship, Bridgette Gardner -the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) and Hazel's right hand- interviews you. She is especially tough on entry-level candidates and she is about to tell you that you do not have the job when Marco intervenes.
When you get a job as a model for the company, her dislike for you grows as she believes luck was handed to you on a silver platter, while she had to work hard for where she was. During the Milan Fashion Show, she takes credit for your designs, which makes you furious, but there is nothing you can do at that time.
After you quit or Hazel fires you, you have the choice to tell Bridgette off and you can tell her she has no design talent. She tries to blacklist you when she learns that you’re putting on your own fashion show.
Marco di Vincenzo
You meet Marco Di Vincenzo when he interrupts your interview with Bridgette. He offers you an "in" to the company by asking you to be his model for a fairytale photoshoot. You decide to take him up on his offer as a way to get in the door although you still want to be a fashion designer. He becomes one of your potential love interests.
Felix Marlborough
Not quite a father-figure, Felix is Hazel Boutique's resident tailor and becomes your co-worker and friend who never shies from giving his honest opinion.
Character Customization
Faces, Hair, and Glasses
Hairstyles
Layering Choices
Outfit Choices
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Miscellaneous
Trivia
- She is shown on the cover of Hot Couture.
- This book reuses the faces of the main character in the Bloodbound series.
- Your Character has a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design, and hails from Connecticut.
- If her default name is kept, she shares a forename with MC from My Two First Loves and Emma Hawkins from the High School Story series.
- This book is the first to feature different default outfits depending on player choices: either 'Elegant' vs 'Edgy' or previous chapters' choices.
- Default outfits 'Plum Princess' and 'Criss-Cross' appear to be 'Elegant' and 'Edgy' respectively.
- Chapter 2's 'Sapphire Dream' is the 'Elegant' default and will appear if previous choices were 'Elegant'; if 'Edgy' choices were chosen, 'Criss-Cross' is the 'Edgy' default.
- Chapter 6's College sleepwear and lingerie differ depending on you overall elegant and edgy points. Your character wore Pink lingerie and Grey t-shirt with shorts, if you have more 'Edgy' points and Blue lingerie and Green top with trouser, if you have more 'Elegant' points.
- Chapter 9's default dresses are 'Lily-White' if previous 'Elegant' choices outnumber 'Edgy' choices, and 'Paint It Black' if previous 'Edgy' choices outnumber 'Elegant'. If one default is worn in Chapter 9 and the player chooses to wear the other default dress in Chapter 13, Ana De Luca still comments that it was worn previously in Chapter 9.
- All faces wear glasses in college, even if the player chooses not to wear glasses in the game.
- In the end, your company has an office in Brooklyn Heights, an online store, and a showroom in Williamsburg.