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Taste graphs will transform fashion

by aldamiz on 4/11/19, 3:24 PM with 17 comments

  • by arandr0x on 4/11/19, 8:40 PM

    I have something on the order of 20m^3 worth of clothes. I'm seriously weirded out by how none of the "fashion tech" companies do anything regarding appropriate outfits for the weather conditions. 50% of my outfit choosing time is spent figuring out whether fleece works for 0C-but-windy, what the right number of layers is for stuffy public transit, breezy outside, and chilly office AC, and whether something is at risk of majorly embarrassing malfunction if I run. I don't need an AI to have taste for me (thanks but I have it we can't all be clueless-and-nerdy...), I need it to have fast, appropriate decision-making in case my original plan falls through because of surprise snowfall.

    You're welcome to make a startup based on that idea ;) up here in Canada where we have real seasons I'll find you some great test users!

    (Although I've been to the Bay Area and it's not without weather challenges)

  • by zelly on 4/12/19, 12:07 AM

    Fashion isn't based on personal taste. It's based on emulating other people and fitting in crowds.

    It would be better to train a classifier to learn what clothes fit the current trend.

  • by AndrewKemendo on 4/11/19, 11:35 PM

    Pinterest has been doing this for years:

    https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/taste-graph-part-1...

    How is this different/better than what they are doing?

  • by option_greek on 4/11/19, 6:07 PM

    Wow. Got to be the worst fluff article I read in a while. Its just a repeat of the words taste graph every other sentence.

  • by goldemerald on 4/11/19, 6:21 PM

    That's a funny company. They patented an implementation of a Bayesian Network and call it something new and amazing.

    Not that it matters, as I'm certain other companies use more modern techniques (deep learning) for "outfit advice".

  • by RenRav on 4/11/19, 9:08 PM

    That seems incredibly tedious. For once I find myself agreeing with Zuckerberg about clothing choice.