Paris. London. Milan. Kyoto? That’s right; while fashion industry hotshots and hopefuls tuned in to expos and trade shows in the Big Three, for many others, 2017’s haute couture highlight was delivered in a Nintendo Direct from the heart of Kansai: the announcement of New Style Boutique 3 Styling Star. Syn Sophia’s Style Boutique series (known as Style Savvy in North America) has already delivered two runway hits on the 3DS, with New Style Boutique/Style Savvy: Trendsetters in 2012 and New Style Boutique 2 Fashion Forward in 2015, and now this charming fashion sim is back in the spotlight with Styling Star. With fresh looks, fresh faces, and a fresh angle on fashion in the music industry, New Style Boutique 3 Styling Star is a knockout — a must-play for fashion fans and well worth a look for any 3DS owner.A student might need a preppy new coat for her winter classes, for instance, or an office worker might want a lively pop skirt to help her stand out at a party. You might meet a nervous client who needs a bold top to dazzle her fast-approaching date, or a recent college grad who wants to wow her fellow reunion-goers with a chic, mature look. The nuts and bolts of these last two sentences reveal a lot about Styling Star’s basic gameplay: as the parade of pronouns indicates, it’s first and foremost focused on female fashion (men’s clothing does make a return, but it’s unlocked later on and represents a relatively small part of the game), and the array of adjectives testifies to the wide variety of styles that are at the heart of customer requests.