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Project Description:

“i-closet” is a proposal that utilizes social-networking platform methodology that provides users the ease to share and interact with people on what they have inside of their closet… virtually.

With the booming of online purchase, such as Ebay, and social-networking website like Facebook, people tend to feel the ease of being at home, running chores just right in front of their computer, without having to leave their doorstep. Nonetheless, it’s also part of the human-nature that people craves to belong to the society, part of the herd, wanting to be noticed and adored, constantly expressing how they carry themselves, showing their personal style and attitude, through what they change most on daily basis clothing.

i-Closet is a fabulous application, both available on the website and iPhone.
It allows you photograph and share your favorite fashion items with friends.
Let your pals know what you have and what you are wearing, inviting your groups to offer their thoughts and suggestions.

Application Features:

• Manage your wardrobe by custom categories
  (also Tag each item with a custom label and use the Search tool to quickly browse through your images to find the perfect matching.)
  
  
• Create outfits and decide what to wear anywhere/anytime
  
  
• An Archive that would records outfits you wore on a built-in calendar
  (So that you’ll prevent from wearing same outfits too often.)
  
  
• Get suggestions from i-closet’s shuffle that fits a particular type of occasion according to your own event calendar
  
  
• Share stylist ideas with your groups via sending over email or MMS
  (Pretty much same thing as twitter, you may have your own followers)
  
  
• Access other’s i-closet and check it out their fashion diary
  
  
• Bounce your outfit off your friends
  
  
• Having trouble deciding whether buy it or not? Sending out your wishlist and getting advices from your groups.
  
  
• Borrow or steal: providing exchange platform to let users trade their items

Eco-consciousness is also part of the idea on “My closet”, providing virtual exchange-market to let users trade their clothes with each other. As the saying goes, “Someone's trash may be someone's treasure”

I like to propose this as I believe that it’ll not only captures people’s interest, especially on younger generations or hippies, but also promotes fashionable sense to the people. This never-been-used before idea definately snowball to something greater.

Style options

Other's Closets

Idea research of E-Closet

1. Polyvore.com

Create outfits using real items clipped from any online store.
Share your style with friends or browse thousands of looks by color, brand or item.













2. style-arena


Street snaps from tokyo.
Membership required.
You can also browse by styles.
















3. Dress up game


Match outfits with real items for celebrities.















3. i tunes


Match outfits with real items for celebrities.

My Closet

Project Description:

“My closet” is a proposal that utilizes social-networking platform methodology that provides users the ease to share and interact with people on what they have inside of their closet… virtually.

With the boom of online purchase, such as Ebay, and social-networking website such as Facebook, people tend to feel the ease of being at home, running chores just right in front of their computer, without having to leave their doorstep. Nonetheless, it’s also part of the human-nature that people craves to belong to the society, part of the herd, wanting to be noticed and adored, constantly expressing how they carry themselves, showing their personal style and attitude, through what they change most on daily basis à clothing.

Eco-consciousness is also part of the idea on “My closet”, providing virtual exchange-market to let users trade their clothes with each other. As the saying goes, “Someone's trash may be someone's treasure”

I like to propose this as I believe that it’ll not only captures people’s interest, especially on younger generations or hippies, but also promotes fashionable sense to the people. This never-been-used before idea definately snowball to something greater.

Project Schedule:
February: Site map, sketches
March: Visualization
April: Project completed and presentation presented

Site Map

• INFORMATION
  Basic Info: Sex/ Birthday/ Height/ Weight/ Size/ Location
  Personal Info: Interesrt/ Favorite Style/ Favorite Movie/ Favorite Style
  Contact Info: Email/ Website
  
  
• My CLOSET
  Treasures:
  
  • Dresses/ Tops/ Knitwear/ Jackets n Coats
  • Jeans/ Trousures n Shorts/ Skirts/ Leggings
  • Shoes/ Accesories/ Bags n Purses/ Jewelry
  
  Custom Lables:
  
  • New In
  • Most Favorite
  • Top Rated
  • Top 5 most Dressed
  • Tag
    
    
  Daily Fixes:
  
  • Shuffle
  • Astrology e.g. lucky color of today
  • By Occasions
  • Events Diary
  
  Dressing Room:
  
  • Today
  • Past week
  • Archives
  • Style Notes - note by self.
    
    
• CLOSET PEEK /Groups
  
  • My sexy friends
  • My groups - by trends
    
  • My Favorite closets
  • Borrow or Steal - Trading Market
  • News feed
  • Closet of the day/ week/ month
  • Fashionista
    
    
• COMMENTS POOL
  
  • P0st-A- Note
  
  
• SETTINGS
  
  • Profile/ Security/ Networks/ Notifications
    
    
    
  
  

Research goal

Step 1. Why is “newness” desirable?
(What makes Consumerism so successful?)

Physiology-wise
Seeking new and unfamiliar experiences is a fundamental behavioral tendency in humans and animals. It makes sense to try new options, as they may prove advantageous in the long run. Scientists have identified a primitive area of the brain that makes us adventurous -- a finding which may help explain why people routinely fall for "new" products when shopping. It’s just like an existence of this age-old reward mechanism indicates there is an evolutionary advantage in sampling the unknown.

Psychology-wise
1. Trendy
When it comes to shopping, we always want the latest things, whether the new pattern, new function or new design. It is the nature of people to pursue for the newness.

2. Curiosity
Some things sound really good to us or really odd to us, but in a lot of cases, we don’t really know until we try. It’s a psychological trigger that will persuade people to purchase a product or service simply to feed their curiosity.

3.Society influence
Influence from mass media, which promotes people to buy and cultivates consuming culture in the society. When everyone is carrying an ipod, no one would like to be the one still using the CD walkman.

4. Ownership (uncover the new things)
It is animal instinct to experience or conquer the new and unknown things. This subconsciously behavior is even more easily to satisfy in terms of shopping. People feel pleasant feeling when they unpack or discover a brand new packaged merchant, which recall the feeling of making a conquest of the new territory.

5. Renewal
People refresh themselves via exploring new things or new environments. These external excitements would bring along the input of newness to activate a certain degree new start in their own life.




Step 2. The dilemma of used materials/products.

Function-wise
1. Old and shabby
2. Labor and time-consuming

Psychology-wise
1. Disownership
2. Ego- dystonic
Used things are usually associated with the sense of famine of goods and materials. It is somehow embarrassing for people to buy second hand things.




Step 3. Inbuilt “newness” into reusable design/product.