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It's hard enough to find well-fitting clothing when you can try it on. I'm not going to be ordering over the net anytime soon.
by sprout 16y ago
It's hard enough to find well-fitting clothing when you can try it on. I'm not going to be ordering over the net anytime soon.
- grhino 16y agoMany online clothing stores offer a liberal return policy to allow you to try them on.
- sprout 16y agoIf I have to mail it back, I've already wasted more time than I would have just going to a specialty store within 45 minutes of me. Soon I'll be more like 4 hours from the nearest retailer of any sort, so that may change. But I'm somewhat unique in that regard.
- steveklabnik 16y agoMy friends' startup is tackling this issue for shoes, using lasers: http://shoefitr.com/ http://shoefitr.com/ The interface is really, really well done, check out their sample page: http://shoefitr.com/mock_checkout.php http://shoefitr.com/mock_checkout.php and click 'let Shoefitr help you choose the right size.'
- Groxx 16y agoI've been waiting for something like this for shoes. Looks excellent, though I'd recommend against the shrinking between operations when finding a size (primarily in the first step). Just takes longer and looks clunky.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI'll pass the feedback along. Oh, and if you actually want to try it on a real site with real shoes, RunningWarehouse.com has them up, like this, for example: http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpageMRS-NVM5SBG.html http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpageMRS-NVM5SBG.html
- jacquesm 16y agoThat's an amazing interface but it needs more brands and models in there, everything I tried came up 'sorry, we don't have that model scanned' or something to that effect. But it's one of the nicer 'live' (ajax) interfaces that I've seen.
- steveklabnik 16y agoOut of curiosity, were you inputting running shoes? I think they've decided to focus on just running shoes first, and while they've been hard at it, it physically takes time and effort to get the raw data.
- jacquesm 16y agoYep. > it physically takes time and effort to get the raw data. I can see that... btw, the Reebok brand is one of the more popular ones and completely missing. Again, kudos on the interface to your friend, I love it when people use new tech in non-fluffy ways (as in useful rather than eye candy). (and it looks great too!)
- marcinw 16y agoInteresting... this would be really helpful if it also took into account pronation (see http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-240-319-327-7727-0,00.html http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-240-319-327-77...).
- steveklabnik 16y agoI will send that to them, thanks.
- eru 16y agoThe only problem is, that shoes that try to target different pronation types actually cause more injuries. (http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0103/mw.htm#_Toc535425250 http://www.sportsci.org/jour/0103/mw.htm#_Toc535425250 cites some studies beginning with "Wearers of expensive running shoes that were promoted as correcting pronation or providing more cushioning experienced a greater prevalence of these running-related injuries than wearers of less expensive shoes [...]")