The site Closet Couture was recently brought to my attention. This site mashes together two concepts: a Facebook/Twitter type profile page and your wardrobe. You can use this site to get help with choosing outfits or help others discover new looks. What a fantastic idea! And ever since my best friend (and key personal stylist) moved to Winnipeg, I’d been feeling like I needed some new tips and tricks. Well hell, she can still help me out! From Winnipeg!
So how does it work?
Basically, you register a profile and pick between three different base wardrobes to start you off: Downtown, Uptown and Classic. Unfortunately, Softcore Hipster wasn’t an option and so my style wasn’t really represented. My first stumbling block.
I decided Downtown was the closest to my style but was determined to upload a few pieces from my own wardrobe. So I set about doing this. First, I thought I could just upload any picture and select the item of clothing I needed. Well, if I could, that window wasn’t working. I went with the basic uploader instead.
So I took a picture of myself, against a blank background in the dress I wore today, my green American Apparel (wear it so many different ways) dress and tried again. After mucking about in Photoshop for a bit, I still couldn’t get it to work exactly right.
What I did enjoy was being able to resize the dress. Of course I made myself look slimmer than usual and felt better immediately.
The site also allows you to edit properties of the item. Brand, colour etc. American Apparel was no where to be seen. In fact, the majority of the brands were the likes of such designers as Diane von Furstenberg and Marc Jacobs. I love so many designers. However, I own about five articles of what I consider to be designer clothing.
Adding my wardrobe was becoming a daunting task.
So what do I think? I think the premise of the site is fantastic. I think if I had the time, I would be busily taking photos of everything I own and editing those photos for optimal resizing and ego adjustment. However, I don’t feel like I have that amount of time. So I’m just going to have to be content with getting fashion advice from the fabulous friends that still live in Vancouver. I think this is one online phenomenon that I won’t be jumping on.
