5 ms·

> we are all curvy in different ways How hard can it be to 3d scan a person and output a custom fitted garment? Print? Robo sew? Anyway it seems like a bounded

> we are all curvy in different ways How hard can it be to 3d scan a person and output a custom fitted garment? Print? Robo sew? Anyway it seems like a bounded engineering problem.

eli 6y ago
I think this is a startup doing something like that https://redthreadcollection.com/ https://redthreadcollection.com/
- telesilla 6y ago
  Thanks, I took a look and I think they have a really good approach.
hedora 6y ago
Tailored clothing can be surprisingly inexpensive, especially outside the US. A 3D scan / in-person fitting and then overseas garment manufacturing could be a solid business model.
aasasd 6y ago
There was a ‘startup’ that planned for the client to take a bunch of measurements and would then manufacture a garment to those. A post, which floated on HN, detailed why it turned out to not be too feasible. Edit: it was ‘Getwear’, found the name through the design company portfolio. They specialized in jeans. Alas, since the site is dead, I can't locate the postmortem, only this article in Russian: https://vc.ru/offline/6359-getwear-close https://vc.ru/offline/6359-getwear-close Basically, it seems that the demand just isn't there.
- paulie_a 6y ago
  There is a suit company that does that already. Chino something. I've heard it's good but I don't have any first hand experience
  - allengeorge 6y ago
    Are you referring to Indochino? (https://www.indochino.com/ https://www.indochino.com/)
  - aasasd 6y ago
    Suits to measure aren't a new thing, but suits are expected to last for quite a while and thus they cost a bunch. Additionally, dunno about Indochino's web offering but they have offline shops where somebody takes measurements for you the old way, so apparently that's the experience many customers expect.
ximeng 6y ago
https://ai.facebook.com/research/publications/vibe-dressing-for-diverse-body-shapes/ https://ai.facebook.com/research/publications/vibe-dressing-...
demosito666 6y ago
Probably not very hard, but it will cost 10x more than regular clothes. Current process is highly efficient and produces thousands of units per day with a dozen of low skilled workers. Whatever is not automated (and it's not much) benefits from dirt cheap labour in Bangladesh or Vietnam. Your sewing robot will make a dozen of units per day and cost hundreds of thousands. Monthly salary of just several sw engineers from SV is probably greater than total operational expenses of a medium-sized factory in India for a year.

> we are all curvy in different ways How hard can it be to 3d scan a person and output a custom fitted garment? Print? Robo sew? Anyway it seems like a bounded engineering problem.

eli 6y ago

I think this is a startup doing something like that https://redthreadcollection.com/ https://redthreadcollection.com/

telesilla 6y ago
Thanks, I took a look and I think they have a really good approach.

hedora 6y ago

Tailored clothing can be surprisingly inexpensive, especially outside the US. A 3D scan / in-person fitting and then overseas garment manufacturing could be a solid business model.

aasasd 6y ago

There was a ‘startup’ that planned for the client to take a bunch of measurements and would then manufacture a garment to those. A post, which floated on HN, detailed why it turned out to not be too feasible. Edit: it was ‘Getwear’, found the name through the design company portfolio. They specialized in jeans. Alas, since the site is dead, I can't locate the postmortem, only this article in Russian: https://vc.ru/offline/6359-getwear-close https://vc.ru/offline/6359-getwear-close Basically, it seems that the demand just isn't there.

paulie_a 6y ago
There is a suit company that does that already. Chino something. I've heard it's good but I don't have any first hand experience
- allengeorge 6y ago
  Are you referring to Indochino? (https://www.indochino.com/ https://www.indochino.com/)
- aasasd 6y ago
  Suits to measure aren't a new thing, but suits are expected to last for quite a while and thus they cost a bunch. Additionally, dunno about Indochino's web offering but they have offline shops where somebody takes measurements for you the old way, so apparently that's the experience many customers expect.

ximeng 6y ago

https://ai.facebook.com/research/publications/vibe-dressing-for-diverse-body-shapes/ https://ai.facebook.com/research/publications/vibe-dressing-...

demosito666 6y ago

Probably not very hard, but it will cost 10x more than regular clothes. Current process is highly efficient and produces thousands of units per day with a dozen of low skilled workers. Whatever is not automated (and it's not much) benefits from dirt cheap labour in Bangladesh or Vietnam. Your sewing robot will make a dozen of units per day and cost hundreds of thousands. Monthly salary of just several sw engineers from SV is probably greater than total operational expenses of a medium-sized factory in India for a year.