The Design and Development of a Web-Based Virtual Closet: The Smart Closet Project

Abstract

Smart Closet is a web-based recommendation system where users can register and create their own virtual closet .In the Smart Closet system; users can add items, search, and find matches for items from the personal collection of clothing within the internal database. Moreover, users can search for matches of their clothing items from virtual vendors collections that exist in the database .The system can also make recommendations based on the user's pre-specified preferences, sex, item type, seasonal fabrics and colors. Thus, the aim of the system is to introduce a centered virtual location that can put the user, his clothes and the vendors in one place of interaction through the invention of a smart recommendation algorithm that can lead to the simplification of the processes involved in choosing, buying and searching for a clothe. Furthermore, future improvements can be applied to put this system in the real closets and allow the users to share their outfits and to make it a social networking environment. This paper describes the design and development of this virtual closet system; design implications are also discussed. 

Who Uses Virtual Wardrobes? Investigating the Role of Consumer Traits in the Intention to Adopt Virtual Wardrobes

“…They surveyed 46 women and found that 37% of these women had one to ten clothing items that they could not wear because they did not fit, 17% had 11 to 20, and 15% had 21 to 50 unwearable items. They even felt difficulty in coordinating their clothes within a limited time in the morning [5] and in selecting the right or key items of clothing for the right occasion from a large personal collection [6,7]. These findings show that consumers are overwhelmed by clothes in their disorganized wardrobes, and it leads to unnecessary and impulse consumption.…”

“…Technology, such as that of virtual wardrobes, can suggest solutions to consumers on how they can organize their wardrobes and reduce their overconsumption. A virtual wardrobe is a service based on the web that enables users to create and manage their personal wardrobes digitally [7]. This is also known as a smart closet/wardrobe [6][7][8][9], intelligent wardrobe [10], or e-wardrobe [11].…”

“…A virtual wardrobe is a service based on the web that enables users to create and manage their personal wardrobes digitally [7]. This is also known as a smart closet/wardrobe [6][7][8][9], intelligent wardrobe [10], or e-wardrobe [11]. It not only allows users to digitize their actual physical wardrobes, but also sorts items based on categories or styles and recommends outfits based on factors such as the weather, season, colors, styles, events, and user emotions [12].…”

Role of Consumer Traits on Intention to Use Virtual Wardrobe

“…Technology, such as virtual wardrobes, can suggest options and may reduce consumption. A virtual wardrobe is a web-based service that allows users to register and create wardrobes by searching, organizing, and adding clothing from a digitized personal collection of clothing that are available from their actual physical closets (Al-Omar et al, 2013). It recommends outfits based on factors such as the weather, season, colors, styles, events, and user emotions.…”

Investigation of Chinese Consumers’ Adoption Intention Toward Smart Closet: A Perspective of Psychological Needs and Motivations

“…However, selecting and matching clothes from a cluttered closet is still a hard task for consumers, as the notion says "a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear" (Roshitsh, 2019). Tackling these problems, Smart Closet has emerged in recent years as an electronic wardrobe assistant, providing functions including virtual wardrobe management, intelligent outfit coordination, and personalized shopping guide (Al-Omar et al, 2013). Additionally, users are able to share their coordinated outfits and get inspiration from others in the Smart Closet community.…”