3 ms·

I think they are trying to find ways to reduce returns on clothing here. Crazy high percentages of clothing get returned... and why not? To be competitive wit

I think they are trying to find ways to reduce returns on clothing here. Crazy high percentages of clothing get returned... and why not? To be competitive with retail stores, online stores have to offer free shipping and returns. Try it on, if you don't like it... send it back. Very costly to the seller. Having a bot tell you, "You are pear-shaped, don't use pants with pockets..." or "This style isn't age appropriate..." -- who knows how complex this can grow. But to start just focus on simple rules every stylist knows; this should help cut back on people buying stuff that looked good on the model, but that they are statistically more likely to have to return.

Nadya 10y ago
I'm going with the forgiving, more capitalistic explanation and agreeing with you. This is about reducing returns on clothing. >just focus on simple rules every stylist knows Do you have a list of these simple rules somewhere? ;)
- dbg31415 10y ago
  I don't have them all memorized, but you can Google. This little guide came up. http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-for-Your-Body-Type http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-for-Your-Body-Type I had a friend once who walked me through all this while she was shopping. It was interesting to me that there could be, essentially, an algorithm to define what patterns people should use to select clothing. I remember it really wasn't all that complicated... but I'm sure it's a bit more nuanced than the first Google result explains. Anyway I'm pretty confident Amazon will get it mostly right, and be able to grow into the space from there. I think it's pretty cool they are trying this... dressing better is something we can all do. (=
aluhut 10y ago
Except for people with the "I don't want to look like everybody else" attitude. I wonder how "friendly" it will end up being since the behavior of the usual sales person in a shop is quite discrete. I'll have to wait for reviews because I would never sacrifice my privacy in such a way.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]

Nadya 10y ago

I'm going with the forgiving, more capitalistic explanation and agreeing with you. This is about reducing returns on clothing. >just focus on simple rules every stylist knows Do you have a list of these simple rules somewhere? ;)

dbg31415 10y ago
I don't have them all memorized, but you can Google. This little guide came up. http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-for-Your-Body-Type http://www.wikihow.com/Dress-for-Your-Body-Type I had a friend once who walked me through all this while she was shopping. It was interesting to me that there could be, essentially, an algorithm to define what patterns people should use to select clothing. I remember it really wasn't all that complicated... but I'm sure it's a bit more nuanced than the first Google result explains. Anyway I'm pretty confident Amazon will get it mostly right, and be able to grow into the space from there. I think it's pretty cool they are trying this... dressing better is something we can all do. (=

aluhut 10y ago

Except for people with the "I don't want to look like everybody else" attitude. I wonder how "friendly" it will end up being since the behavior of the usual sales person in a shop is quite discrete. I'll have to wait for reviews because I would never sacrifice my privacy in such a way.

deleted 10y ago
[deleted]