Note: This post contains light spoilers for Chapter 9 of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. We recommend you play through the chapter first before reading this guide.
When Cloud and Aerith venture to Wall Market, they spend a lot of time getting to know the folks who live and work there, all in an effort to get close to Don Corneo and rescue Tifa. That requires getting through Corneo’s audition by earning different dresses. While you’ll unlock your first three dresses through the course of the story, there’s actually a total of nine dresses, and which ones you see in Chapter 9 are determined by several of your actions.
You’ll need to complete Final Fantasy 7 Remake at least once in order to see all the dresses, since you’ll need the game’s Chapter Select menu to revisit key choices. Chapter Select only unlocks once you’ve finished the final chapter. Getting three dresses gives you the “Snappy Dresser” Trophy, while getting all nine will unlock the “Dressed to the Nines” Trophy.
Below is everything you need to know to unlock all nine dresses.
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Tifa’s Dresses
The first three possible dresses are Tifa’s, and they’re the simplest to change. They’re determined by a question Tifa asks you way back in Chapter 3, if you do things correctly.
First, you need to get the “Discovery: Alone at Last” scene with Tifa. To do that, complete all six side-quests in Chapter 3.
When Tifa says, “I wonder what would suit me, you’re prompted to give her one of three answers: “Mature,” “Sporty,” or “Exotic.” Tifa will wear a different dress to Wall Market depending on what you answer.
Mature
Sporty
Exotic
In order to unlock all three of Tifa’s dresses, you’ll need to play Chapter 3 a total of three times. Each time, you’ll also need to play through Chapter 9 to unlock the dresses.
Aerith’s Dress
It might seem like Aerith’s dresses are determined by your actions in Chapter 9–specifically, the answers you give during your visit to Madam M’s, or your performance in the Corneo Colosseum, since that’s where you get the money for Aerith’s outfit.
In fact, it’s your actions in Chapter 8 that determine how elaborate Aerith’s look is in Chapter 9. How many side-quests you do affects how fancy Aerith’s dress is; do none, and she’ll have a plain dress, but do all six, and she’ll have an extremely elegant one.
Zero Chapter 8 Side-quests
Instead of doing any side-quests, head back to Aerith’s house and enter through the front door to progress the story.
Three Chapter 8 Side-quests
Any three side-quests will do, including the Moogle Emporium quest (which just requires you to buy a Moogle Emporium membership for one Moogle Medal). When you’ve got three finished, head back to Aerith’s mom’s house.
Six Chapter 8 Side-quests
Like with Tifa’s dresses, you’ll need to complete Chapter 8 three total times in order to see all of Aerith’s looks.
Cloud’s Dress
The look Andrea Rodea gives Cloud is the only one that’s actually determined in Wall Market, and it’s also the most elaborate to figure out. It’s determined by the side-questions you complete in Chapter 9; there are five in total, but you’ll only get access to three when you play through the chapter. To access the last two, you’ll need to complete a series of specific steps.
Zero Chapter 9 Side-quests
Instead of completing any quests while you wait for Aerith to get dressed, just double-back to Madam M’s and enter when prompted.
Complete “The Party Never Stops” and “Dynamite Bodies” Side-quests
Most of the choices you make in Chapter 9, including following Johnny to the Honey Bee, will result in you getting two of four possible quests: “The Party Never Stops,” which you’ll take on with Johnny, and the “Dynamite Bodies” fight in the Corneo Colosseum.
Complete “The Price of Thievery” and “Shears’ Counterattack”
If you take the right actions in Chapter 9, you’ll switch “The Party Never Stops” and “Dynamite Bodies” for two different (non-Johnny) quests. Unlocking them requires you to make several specific choices throughout Chapter 9, however:
- When you first talk to Chocobo Sam, describe Tifa as “good at bookkeeping”
- Don’t talk to Johnny’s dad in the lobby of the inn, or the inn’s front desk manager
- Don’t follow Johnny when you see him on the way to Don Corneo’s mansion
- When you speak to Chocobo Sam, choose heads
- When Aerith asks you about her dress, tell her it “looks comfortable.”
- Choose the “luxury” option for 3,000 gil at Madam M’s
Complete the two new side-quests to get Cloud’s last dress.
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