Able Sisters

This article is about the Able Sisters store. For information on the individual characters, please see their individual pages: Mabel, Sable, and Labelle.

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Building Information
Service	Tailor shop
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Extra Information
Hours	6:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M. (AC), 8:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M. (WW, CF), 10:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. (NL)
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Able Sisters is a clothing shop/tailor shop, one of the main stores in the Animal Crossing series. It is owned and run by Sable and Mabel, the Able sisters. The store was owned and run by their parents, until a fatal sewing accident led to the business being handed over to Sable, who also had to take care of her younger sister, Mabel.

In all of the games, except for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the store resembles a small cottage, with an attic space which may be the sisters' living area. It has an emerald green roof, with blue featured windows with white shutters. The store also has a large white door for the entrance, with the Able Sisters sign directly above it.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the store is much larger with an external stairway leading up to the top floor which eventually becomes Shampoodle, where the player can change their hairstyle. It retains the blue sign above the door, but no longer resembles a cottage.

Able Sisters was also revealed in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons direct as one of the additional facilities.

Locations

In Animal Crossing (GCN)

In the original Animal Crossing (GCN), it is always placed in one of the F acres, except for acre F5 where the dock is located.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, it is always placed directly east of Nook's shop. On the game cover they are in separate places though.

In City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, it can be found anywhere in the Town.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the store can be found in the Main Street. Upon starting the game it is next to Nookling Junction to the left of it, and the Museum or the bench to the right. However, once the player has met certain requirements, the Gardening Store will be built between the Nookling store and the Able Sisters store.

Initially, the only items Mabel and Sable offer in their store is shirts and designs, as well as skirts and pants which are new to the series. These take the place of accessories, which used to be on show in the top right of the store.

Labelle runs the accessories store which is accessed via the door on the right of the building. It can also be accessed through Mabel and Sable's section by going through from the right of their room.

Once the player has spent 8,000 Bells in the Able Sisters store, Kicks' store will open next door to the right of the building. It will offer shoes as well as other accessories, such as socks.

When the player spends at least 10,000 Bells between the Able Sisters or Kicks, the beauty salon Shampoodle will open directly above Able Sisters. 

In New Horizons

In New Horizons, the store, for the first time in the series, is an unlockable store. After obtaining Resident Services as a building, Mable will sometimes ask you to decide a location for them, you get to place the store anywhere you wish.

Label appears to no longer work at the store, so only Mable and Sable work there. They sell tops, bottoms, dresses, headwear, accessories, socks, and shoes, all with a much larger selection then in the past.

A notable addition in the dressing room, which allows you to both try on and buy multiple articles of clothing at once. With this new addition, they can sell more clothing then what is on display, and the clothing has multiple color variations.

Products

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Template:Clrl In Animal Forest+, Animal Crossing (GCN), and Animal Forest e+, the Able Sisters do not sell clothing and accessories directly, as Tom Nook sells them in his stores instead. Starting from Animal Crossing: Wild World, the Able Sisters sell products along with offering designs. The products they offer include the following:

• Clothes
• Umbrellas
• Accessories
  • Glasses
  • Hats
  • Masks
  • Helmets

Clothes and accessories can be tried on before they are bought by interacting with the item, and from there Mabel or Labelle will reply with a list of options - trying on being one of them.

Designs

Designs are created by talking to Mabel. Designs are player-created patterns that allow the player to create customizable objects that best suit their needs. They can be used as clothing, headgear, umbrellas, paintings, wallpaper, flooring or used as tiles to place outside on the ground.

PRO designs

• Pro Design - Link Shirt part 1

  Pro Design - Link Shirt part 1

• Pro Design - Link Shirt part 2

  Pro Design - Link Shirt part 2

• Pro Design - Link Shirt part 3

  Pro Design - Link Shirt part 3

• Pro Design - Link Shirt part 4

  Pro Design - Link Shirt part 4

A PRO design is a more advanced design the player can make in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which costs 350 Bells and 500 Bells respectively. Unlike regular designs, which have the pattern on the reverse and obverse on clothing, the player can customize the front, back, and each sleeve individually. PRO designs take up one pattern slot, and, like normal patterns, can be displayed and used through the Able Sisters store.

QR Codes

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Example of an Exported Pattern QR code.

Once the player has spoken to Sable on ten separate days (at least once per day), a new sewing machine will appear in the shop. This machine will allow the player to scan and create QR codes.

Creating a QR code will generate an image that contains the pattern's name, a preview image, and the QR code. The image will then be exported to the SD card and will be accessible via the Camera Software. Exported Pro Designs may require more data than a single QR code can contain, and up to four QR codes will be generated for one design that has to be scanned in sequence to reproduce the pattern. Players can share QR codes by uploading them to a website like the Nintendo ImageShare Service via the 3DS's Web Browser, or by inserting the SD card into a PC and extracting the QR code from there.

Scanning a QR code is straightforward and requires a current pattern to be overwritten in order to save it. Once a pattern is chosen for overwriting, simply point the 3DS's camera at the QR code and align the crosshairs to match up with the code. If a multi-code Pro Design is scanned, the game will detect it and prompt the player to scan the subsequent codes. Regular and Pro Designs scanned via QR code cannot be edited or shared in-game (e.g., with villagers via the pattern displays, or other players). If a QR code is difficult to scan, adjusting the brightness around the code may increase chances of success.

Gallery

• The Able Sisters building in Animal Crossing (GCN).

  The Able Sisters building in Animal Crossing (GCN).

• Mabel welcoming the player into the Able Sister's shop in Animal Crossing (GCN).

  Mabel welcoming the player into the Able Sister's shop in Animal Crossing (GCN).

• The Interior of the Able Sisters in Animal Crossing (GCN).

  The Interior of the Able Sisters in Animal Crossing (GCN).

• The Able Sisters building in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

  The Able Sisters building in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

• The interior of Able Sisters, as shown in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk with Mabel and Sable.

  The interior of Able Sisters, as shown in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk with Mabel and Sable.

• The pictures found hanging in the shops in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

  The pictures found hanging in the shops in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

• The Able Sisters shop near the start line on the Animal Crossing course in Mario Kart 8.

  The Able Sisters shop near the start line on the Animal Crossing course in Mario Kart 8.

• E3 reveal of Able Sisters interior for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

  E3 reveal of Able Sisters interior for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

• Mabel greeting the player into the Able Sister's Shop in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

  Mabel greeting the player into the Able Sister's Shop in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.