Project Overview:
Wardro is a mobile app that enables people to feel confident in their daily outfit choices. It uses generative AI to provide personalized & realistic try-ons and endless outfit ideas in no time.
Project Overview:
Wardro is a mobile app that enables people to feel confident in their daily outfit choices. It uses generative AI to provide personalized & realistic try-ons and endless outfit ideas in no time.
Project Overview:
Wardro is a mobile app that enables people to feel confident in their daily outfit choices. It uses generative AI to provide personalized & realistic try-ons and endless outfit ideas in no time.
Role:
UX UI design; User research, Interaction design, UI design, Prototyping, Testing.
Role:
UX UI design; User research, Interaction design, UI design, Prototyping, Testing.
Role:
UX UI design; User research, Interaction design, UI design, Prototyping, Testing.
Client:
This was a solo project to build my portfolio and demonstrate my skills in depth.
Client:
This was a solo project to build my portfolio and demonstrate my skills in depth.
Client:
This was a solo project to build my portfolio and demonstrate my skills in depth.
Time & Date:
1 Month | May 2023
Time & Date:
1 Month | May 2023
Time & Date:
1 Month | May 2023
It Happens to Everyone All the Time
The reality is that many people struggle with choosing what to wear every day.
My research has shown that putting together a good outfit requires fashion knowledge and staying up-to-date with new trends, which can be challenging in a fast-changing world.
This has a significant impact on people's confidence and self-esteem; feeling good about what you're wearing is a confidence boost like no other.
It Happens to Everyone All the Time
The reality is that many people struggle with choosing what to wear every day.
My research has shown that putting together a good outfit requires fashion knowledge and staying up-to-date with new trends, which can be challenging in a fast-changing world.
This has a significant impact on people's confidence and self-esteem; feeling good about what you're wearing is a confidence boost like no other.
It Happens to Everyone All the Time
The reality is that many people struggle with choosing what to wear every day.
My research has shown that putting together a good outfit requires fashion knowledge and staying up-to-date with new trends, which can be challenging in a fast-changing world.
This has a significant impact on people's confidence and self-esteem; feeling good about what you're wearing is a confidence boost like no other.
The Chair Phenomena
One interviewee mentioned: “I hate it when I forget about a piece of clothing that I have which can go perfectly with some other piece to make an outfit. This usually happens when I throw it away without proper organization.”
A chair with a pile of clothes is a common household scene, serving as a limbo for items too clean for laundry but too worn for the closet.
Interviews reveal that such clutter also stems from uncertainty about when these items will be worn again. This reflects a broader issue: the challenge of maintaining an organized closet, contributing to stress and disarray at home.
The Chair Phenomena
One interviewee mentioned: “I hate it when I forget about a piece of clothing that I have which can go perfectly with some other piece to make an outfit. This usually happens when I throw it away without proper organization.”
A chair with a pile of clothes is a common household scene, serving as a limbo for items too clean for laundry but too worn for the closet.
Interviews reveal that such clutter also stems from uncertainty about when these items will be worn again. This reflects a broader issue: the challenge of maintaining an organized closet, contributing to stress and disarray at home.
The Chair Phenomena
One interviewee mentioned: “I hate it when I forget about a piece of clothing that I have which can go perfectly with some other piece to make an outfit. This usually happens when I throw it away without proper organization.”
A chair with a pile of clothes is a common household scene, serving as a limbo for items too clean for laundry but too worn for the closet.
Interviews reveal that such clutter also stems from uncertainty about when these items will be worn again. This reflects a broader issue: the challenge of maintaining an organized closet, contributing to stress and disarray at home.
Do You Remember This Game?
During my competitive analysis, I came across several retailer apps use virtual try-on features, similar to these games, these apps artificially overlay and wrap photographed clothes onto a digitized body, matching users' uploaded faces and skin tones.
The results often is unrealistic composite that looks fake and lacks scalability due to the specific professional requirements for clothing and figure images. Recognizing this, I saw a significant opportunity for improvement with generative AI technology.
Do You Remember This Game?
During my competitive analysis, I came across several retailer apps use virtual try-on features, similar to these games, these apps artificially overlay and wrap photographed clothes onto a digitized body, matching users' uploaded faces and skin tones.
The results often is unrealistic composite that looks fake and lacks scalability due to the specific professional requirements for clothing and figure images. Recognizing this, I saw a significant opportunity for improvement with generative AI technology.
Do You Remember This Game?
During my competitive analysis, I came across several retailer apps use virtual try-on features, similar to these games, these apps artificially overlay and wrap photographed clothes onto a digitized body, matching users' uploaded faces and skin tones.
The results often is unrealistic composite that looks fake and lacks scalability due to the specific professional requirements for clothing and figure images. Recognizing this, I saw a significant opportunity for improvement with generative AI technology.
Building Everything on a Solid Understanding
It's all about building empathy, and thorough research underpins this process. I began with desk research to grasp the problem's extent and pre-existing knowledge. Subsequent competitive analysis revealed existing solutions and their shortcomings.
Engaging with nearly 200 survey respondents and conducting user interviews provided direct insight into the challenges individuals experience when assembling outfits and the real-life impact.
Building Everything on a Solid Understanding
It's all about building empathy, and thorough research underpins this process. I began with desk research to grasp the problem's extent and pre-existing knowledge. Subsequent competitive analysis revealed existing solutions and their shortcomings.
Engaging with nearly 200 survey respondents and conducting user interviews provided direct insight into the challenges individuals experience when assembling outfits and the real-life impact.
Building Everything on a Solid Understanding
It's all about building empathy, and thorough research underpins this process. I began with desk research to grasp the problem's extent and pre-existing knowledge. Subsequent competitive analysis revealed existing solutions and their shortcomings.
Engaging with nearly 200 survey respondents and conducting user interviews provided direct insight into the challenges individuals experience when assembling outfits and the real-life impact.
Defining the Problem
People who value fashion and good looks need new outfit ideas quickly and easily, because they spend a lot of time on this on a daily basis. This causes stress, low satisfaction and less confidence with outfit choices.
Defining the Problem
People who value fashion and good looks need new outfit ideas quickly and easily, because they spend a lot of time on this on a daily basis. This causes stress, low satisfaction and less confidence with outfit choices.
Defining the Problem
People who value fashion and good looks need new outfit ideas quickly and easily, because they spend a lot of time on this on a daily basis. This causes stress, low satisfaction and less confidence with outfit choices.
Introducing Wardro:
Introducing Wardro:
Introducing Wardro:
Digitize Your Closet With One Snap
To simplify outfit selection, I started by developing a digital closet to help users save their items digitally and professionally.
Prioritizing efficiency, the app uses generative AI to process photos by removing backgrounds and refining images quickly.
It also automatically identifies items, allowing for user corrections, easing organization, and enabling convenient search and management of their wardrobe.
Digitize Your Closet With One Snap
To simplify outfit selection, I started by developing a digital closet to help users save their items digitally and professionally.
Prioritizing efficiency, the app uses generative AI to process photos by removing backgrounds and refining images quickly.
It also automatically identifies items, allowing for user corrections, easing organization, and enabling convenient search and management of their wardrobe.
Digitize Your Closet With One Snap
To simplify outfit selection, I started by developing a digital closet to help users save their items digitally and professionally.
Prioritizing efficiency, the app uses generative AI to process photos by removing backgrounds and refining images quickly.
It also automatically identifies items, allowing for user corrections, easing organization, and enabling convenient search and management of their wardrobe.
Streamlining Endless Outfit Ideas
The app will customizes outfit suggestions by analyzing your digitized closet alongside your face, body type, style preferences, owned items, trends, weather, and occasion.
It generates a ranked list of looks for your avatar. For exploring new things, users can factor in external items, aiding in smart shopping decisions to complement their existing wardrobe.
Streamlining Endless Outfit Ideas
The app will customizes outfit suggestions by analyzing your digitized closet alongside your face, body type, style preferences, owned items, trends, weather, and occasion.
It generates a ranked list of looks for your avatar. For exploring new things, users can factor in external items, aiding in smart shopping decisions to complement their existing wardrobe.
Streamlining Endless Outfit Ideas
The app will customizes outfit suggestions by analyzing your digitized closet alongside your face, body type, style preferences, owned items, trends, weather, and occasion.
It generates a ranked list of looks for your avatar. For exploring new things, users can factor in external items, aiding in smart shopping decisions to complement their existing wardrobe.
Create Your Own Outfits With the Help of AI
Research showed that people often build outfits around one key piece. With Wardro, users choose an item and the app curates complementary options from their closet.
Create Your Own Outfits With the Help of AI
Research showed that people often build outfits around one key piece. With Wardro, users choose an item and the app curates complementary options from their closet.
Create Your Own Outfits With the Help of AI
Research showed that people often build outfits around one key piece. With Wardro, users choose an item and the app curates complementary options from their closet.
You Are Your Own Model
Sign up for Wardro and create your avatar through a facial scan and basic info. See how different outfits look on your personalized avatar, giving you tailored outfit ideas.
You Are Your Own Model
Sign up for Wardro and create your avatar through a facial scan and basic info. See how different outfits look on your personalized avatar, giving you tailored outfit ideas.
You Are Your Own Model
Sign up for Wardro and create your avatar through a facial scan and basic info. See how different outfits look on your personalized avatar, giving you tailored outfit ideas.
Embracing the Community Aspect
Join our eco-friendly fashion community on Wardro!
Connect with like-minded individuals, share your styled outfits, effortlessly donate (thrift) unused items as suggested by Wardro, and follow your favorite creators. Earn badges for milestones within our environmentally conscious network.
Embracing the Community Aspect
Join our eco-friendly fashion community on Wardro!
Connect with like-minded individuals, share your styled outfits, effortlessly donate (thrift) unused items as suggested by Wardro, and follow your favorite creators. Earn badges for milestones within our environmentally conscious network.
Embracing the Community Aspect
Join our eco-friendly fashion community on Wardro!
Connect with like-minded individuals, share your styled outfits, effortlessly donate (thrift) unused items as suggested by Wardro, and follow your favorite creators. Earn badges for milestones within our environmentally conscious network.
Always Recreate - Never Edit
Wardro always generates fresh, unique images for each outfit—no recycling or overlaying items on your avatar.
Request clothing changes, and it will create a new, complete look specifically for your avatar.
Always Recreate - Never Edit
Wardro always generates fresh, unique images for each outfit—no recycling or overlaying items on your avatar.
Request clothing changes, and it will create a new, complete look specifically for your avatar.
Always Recreate - Never Edit
Wardro always generates fresh, unique images for each outfit—no recycling or overlaying items on your avatar.
Request clothing changes, and it will create a new, complete look specifically for your avatar.
Using AI to Design This Prototype
Creating this prototype demanded many high-quality clothing and outfit images, which was a challenge due to availability, customization, consistency, and commercial rights.
I utilized Midjourney AI technology to tackle these challenges, proving Wardro's viability and producing over 200 assets under a paid subscription with Midjourney.
Using AI to Design This Prototype
Creating this prototype demanded many high-quality clothing and outfit images, which was a challenge due to availability, customization, consistency, and commercial rights.
I utilized Midjourney AI technology to tackle these challenges, proving Wardro's viability and producing over 200 assets under a paid subscription with Midjourney.
Using AI to Design This Prototype
Creating this prototype demanded many high-quality clothing and outfit images, which was a challenge due to availability, customization, consistency, and commercial rights.
I utilized Midjourney AI technology to tackle these challenges, proving Wardro's viability and producing over 200 assets under a paid subscription with Midjourney.
Reflections & Learning:
Assumptions are only good to get started:
Starting research may require initial assumptions due to limited field knowledge, but it's critical to recognize them as they are, assumptions that needs to be verified.
Stay up-to-date and learn new technologies:
Staying current is vital, as rapidly advancing technology like AI enables novel solutions to traditional problems once deemed impossible due to past technological constraints.
Challenges and learnings using AI designing this prototype:
Utilizing AI, particularly for image generation, is transformative yet challenging. Numerous obstacles were encountered in this project up to May 22, 2023:
learning curve: There's a steep learning curve with generative AI like Midjourney—simple prompts yield impressive results, but specific requests are trickier. The AI can diverge if not guided precisely, with certain keywords heavily swaying outcomes. Missing the right keyword can lead to off-target results.
Trial and error: Mastering the AI’s learning curve means refining your prompts through experimentation to achieve desired outcomes.
Not fast enough yet: Midjourney takes 1-2 minutes to process a prompt, which, while impressive, isn't quite fast enough for applications like Wardro that require quicker turnaround times.
Consistency: Maintaining consistent characters across prompts in Midjourney V5.1 is tough. While reference images help retain traits, the AI heavily leans towards the references, making it difficult to alter outfits, like changing a suited character into different attire.
Reflections & Learning:
Assumptions are only good to get started:
Starting research may require initial assumptions due to limited field knowledge, but it's critical to recognize them as they are, assumptions that needs to be verified.
Stay up-to-date and learn new technologies:
Staying current is vital, as rapidly advancing technology like AI enables novel solutions to traditional problems once deemed impossible due to past technological constraints.
Challenges and learnings using AI designing this prototype:
Utilizing AI, particularly for image generation, is transformative yet challenging. Numerous obstacles were encountered in this project up to May 22, 2023:
learning curve: There's a steep learning curve with generative AI like Midjourney—simple prompts yield impressive results, but specific requests are trickier. The AI can diverge if not guided precisely, with certain keywords heavily swaying outcomes. Missing the right keyword can lead to off-target results.
Trial and error: Mastering the AI’s learning curve means refining your prompts through experimentation to achieve desired outcomes.
Not fast enough yet: Midjourney takes 1-2 minutes to process a prompt, which, while impressive, isn't quite fast enough for applications like Wardro that require quicker turnaround times.
Consistency: Maintaining consistent characters across prompts in Midjourney V5.1 is tough. While reference images help retain traits, the AI heavily leans towards the references, making it difficult to alter outfits, like changing a suited character into different attire.
Reflections & Learning:
Assumptions are only good to get started:
Starting research may require initial assumptions due to limited field knowledge, but it's critical to recognize them as they are, assumptions that needs to be verified.
Stay up-to-date and learn new technologies:
Staying current is vital, as rapidly advancing technology like AI enables novel solutions to traditional problems once deemed impossible due to past technological constraints.
Challenges and learnings using AI designing this prototype:
Utilizing AI, particularly for image generation, is transformative yet challenging. Numerous obstacles were encountered in this project up to May 22, 2023:
learning curve: There's a steep learning curve with generative AI like Midjourney—simple prompts yield impressive results, but specific requests are trickier. The AI can diverge if not guided precisely, with certain keywords heavily swaying outcomes. Missing the right keyword can lead to off-target results.
Trial and error: Mastering the AI’s learning curve means refining your prompts through experimentation to achieve desired outcomes.
Not fast enough yet: Midjourney takes 1-2 minutes to process a prompt, which, while impressive, isn't quite fast enough for applications like Wardro that require quicker turnaround times.
Consistency: Maintaining consistent characters across prompts in Midjourney V5.1 is tough. While reference images help retain traits, the AI heavily leans towards the references, making it difficult to alter outfits, like changing a suited character into different attire.