Style Savvy

Style Savvy is a surprisingly in-depth game that goes far beyond just playing dress-up. The player is a business owner and must juggle the work and responsibilities that comes with managing a business. The game is also neatly set up to impart tips on how to play better by mixing and matching the right clothing elements and keeping up with the latest trends in the game's own fake fashion magazine. When you manage to put together an outfit that your virtual customer really likes, it's a strangely rewarding experience. A lot of effort went into the design of the game to make it as realistic a fashion-industry experience as possible (what other game has you scouring the booths of trade shows to find new products for your store?), and it shows. Fashion games may only appeal to players with very specific tastes, but if your child is one of those people, she or he will get a lot out of Style Savvy.

Online interaction: Through a WiFi connection, players can access Style Cities, which host the virtual boutiques of other players (Players can, of course, also post their own boutique to a Style City). There, they can see the decor of different shops and see, on mannequins, styles that have been designed by other players. There is no ability to communicate with someone you don't know.