Clothing Fitting Challenges

This cluster focuses on inconsistencies in clothing sizes across brands, high return rates due to poor fits in online shopping, and proposed solutions like personalized measurement services, AI fitting tools, made-to-measure clothing, and standardized sizing.

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MeteorMarc • Jul 24, 2022 • View on HN

Have AI fit your newly ordered clothes so that you do not have to return ill fitting clothes.

yatsyk • Sep 18, 2012 • View on HN

Service that stores all your measurements for prefect clothing sizes matching. If you decide to purchase something you allow clothing store to access your profile on that service, same way as you allow some site to access your facebook details. Your order will be sent to tailor in China after payment. More advanced idea would be to use 3d model of customer. After that it's possible to show me clothing ads with me as model while I browse ecommerce site.

aladdinw • Aug 15, 2015 • View on HN

I don't like the idea of sending my clothes to some company, plus it will cause a logistics headache for you. you can just show a guide on how to take precise measurement of the user body and enter it online.

nav • Oct 26, 2013 • View on HN

Seat 14A (www.seat14a.com)a). Most men hate shopping. b). Sizes are never consistent and a number cannot define a unique bodily shape.Our solution: We simply send an email with a few complete looks every few weeks, if you like a look - order it and we make it made to measure for you. We ship globally for free. Each look is about $150-$175 (so won't break your bank account). Each look is based off of heavy research around looks, textures and trends that are currently in.If you want

humanrebar • Oct 13, 2021 • View on HN

Maybe retailers should have more precise and accurate sizing so folks don't have to try on three sizes of something to find one item that fits.

likedan5 • Jun 15, 2021 • View on HN

You right, we don't handle fitting at the moment. It's difficult bc most e-commerce don't have diverse body shape model and many other reasons. We are working on it, will take some time for sure.

jinushaun • Aug 24, 2015 • View on HN

This is a problem for men's clothing too. I actually track my sizes per brand, per year in order to make shopping online remotely plausible.

dnemmers • May 30, 2025 • View on HN

Are they also looking to set preferences for chest, cup, waist, inseam, shoe, sleeve, and hat sizes?

paulpauper • Nov 8, 2017 • View on HN

but once people know their size and brand they don't need to keep trying it on

freejazz • Sep 17, 2024 • View on HN

Have you considered purchasing clothes that fit?