A woman’s connection with her wardrobe is a lot like her relationship history. There’ll be some impulse buys, a few unusual choices and the occasional “Holy Lord I can’t believe anyone ever let me” choices.
The goal is the trusty staple. The barrier is when things look so uninspiring that you wonder if you’ll ever bother getting dressed again.
Which is where Tinder steps in for love. And now new app I Style Myself (istylemyself.com) steps in for clothes.
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Instead of swiping through pictures of men’s crotches, I Style Myself generates potential outfit matches using different combinations of your own clothes. You upload pictures; then an algorithm – which is basically like a friendly Anna Wintour trapped in your phone – does the coordinating.
It you hate it, scroll left. If you love it, right. Over time the app susses out what you like and don’t – and also suggests things to buy that go with everything (within a price range of your choice).
We know what you’re thinking: it sounds just like Cher’s virtual wardrobe generator from Clueless. The bigger issue: does it work? We tried it.
How to do it
1. Download free app; photograph everything you own.
This doesn’t sound quick and it isn’t. I managed 75 items in an hour, but lost time agonising over why my pictures didn’t resemble the beautiful ones in fashion Instagrams, then why nothing I owned had ever touched an iron (the two points may be related).