Labelle

"Feel free to try on anything you like!"

- Labelle, City Folk

Labelle (ケイト, Kate) is the store clerk for GracieGrace in. Labelle's birthday is also thought to be May 12.

Labelle is a porcupine wearing a black dress and a "Gracie shirt" style ascot. She is in charge of a store called GracieGrace, as Gracie herself appears uninterested in maintaining her own store due to her celebrity status. She is a long-lost third Able sister, even though the Able Sisters have not talked about any other family member besides their mother and father who died when Mabel and Sable were very young. If the player befriends Labelle, she will start to share her past with the player. Sometimes Labelle repeats things that Mabel says, such as "You come back, now!". She then stumbles and rephrases it in a more elegant way. If the player befriends certain characters, they will tell the player about Labelle being the third Able sister without naming her but referring to her as a third Able sister who took a job in the city. She is the middle child in the Able family. Labelle is also thought to have a Snooty personality, as evidence of her job at GracieGrace, a famous designer store. This makes her speech much more refined than the Able Sisters kind, but not very grand way of speaking. In Animal Crossing New Leaf, she works next to the Able Sister's clothing shop and sells accessories.

Able Sisters Episode
The episode is a part of City Folk when the Able Sisters reveal Labelle as their long lost sister.

Episode Requirements

 * Speak to Pelly at least once.
 * Befriend Sable (Speak to her for 12 days).
 * Unlock Nookington's.
 * Buy at least one item from the Able Sister's Shop and GracieGrace.
 * Have Gracie conduct three fashion checks.
 * Befriend Labelle (By speaking with her constantly at GracieGrace for at least 13 days).

The Episode
This is the entire story:

Through out the story, you visit Sable and Mabel, Pelly (Once), Gracie, Tom Nook, and Labelle. They reveal the story of their lives.... Tom Nook starts by blurting out secrets he should not reveal, but tells more of the Able Sisters' lives. You find out that Labelle wanted to leave to become a fashion designer which caused a fight between her and Sable, which ended in Labelle leaving. Sable wanted to remain together as a family after their parents passed away and Mabel was too young to understand what was happening.

First, talk to Mabel. Talk to her when she stops following you around in Able Sisters. She will sigh, and you can either say "What's wrong?" or "Back to work!" If you say "What's wrong?" Mabel will say she got a letter from someone in her past. Then, talk to Pelly. She will tell you that Mabel is getting letters from some person. Pelly also says that she does not want to be nosy, but she also wants to find out what it is all about. After that, talk to Labelle. Make sure you talk to her when she stops following you around in GracieGrace. She will tell you that nothing is wrong and everything is fine. The next day, talk to Gracie (who will be there, but not do a fashion check) and she will say that her life has fallen off the catwalk and Labelle says chic is a baby chicken. The next day, talk to Mabel, and the day after that, talk to Tom Nook, and the day after that, talk to Labelle. Then, for the next three days talk to Mabel and Labelle. The last time you talk to Labelle during the episode, she sighs and the options you can choose are "Service please!" Or "Label?". Choose "Label" and she will say, "Yes? Just a moment, please..." Then she realises what you said, "...Oh, my goodness! H-how on earth did you know that name? Oh... Of course! You must be from (Town name), hmm? Yes, that sure was my home. But I reckon that was a long time ago. When I moved to the big city to become a designer, I tried my darnest to start fresh! ...What? My sisters really said that? I-I'm afraid I said some downright mean things to my sisters when I left. I was young, you see, and hadn't learned much in the way of grace or tact... Truly, I feel just awful about some of those thing I said. But maybe my sisters understood more than I gave them credit for after all... Sigh... I guess I can't stay depressed about it forever. If I have time to mope, I should be using it to study fashion design! When I fulfill my dream of becoming a designer... then maybe the day will also come when I reunite with my sisters. ...Oh! I am so sorry for prattling on like that again... If my boss had caught me, I know she would've chewed me out. But even so, I actually do have a ton of respect for my boss. That's why I'm going to keep working here. I have so much to learn!" Then talk to Mable on the final day, and she will talk about how the only thing she wants is for Sable and Labelle to start talking again. Then that is the end of the episode, leaving Mable, Sable, and Labelle happy and fulfilling their dreams.

GracieGrace
Labelle runs this shop as the real celebrity, Gracie, does not want to own a shop. Even so, she does visit GracieGrace and comment on your look. If it is perfect, she will give you a 10% discount for that shop for the day. GracieGrace sells very expensive things, but Labelle will say "It's a small price to pay for quality." There is a different theme every season, for example there is a "princess theme" in the spring, a "gracie theme" in the summer, a "sweets theme" in the fall, and a "gorgeous theme" in the winter. She sells clothes, umbrellas, shades, wigs, and furniture. The stuff looks great but is very expensive, unlike the Able Sisters. When you buy the Gracie hat she says "Thanks, you come back now!' and corrects herself leaving a hint she is an Able sister.

Name
Labelle's original name was Label, as Mabel kept reffering to her as, but when she got her role as GracieGrace store clerk Gracie gave her the title of Labelle which she kept in New Leaf, as Mable said, proving she did have an Able sister name.

Trivia

 * Although her name is designed to match Mabel and Sable, in real life her name would be pronounced luh-BELL.