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Virtual Fitting Room. Innovation in Fashion. Objective. Make customers happy and satisfied Have them return as customers Increase revenue Lower the rate of returns. Returned items. 2 8% of garments bought are returned, mostly due to incorrect fit
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Virtual Fitting Room Innovation in Fashion
Objective • Make customers happy and satisfied • Have them return as customers • Increase revenue • Lower the rate of returns
Returned items • 28% of garments bought are returned, mostly due to incorrect fit • Returned items go on clearance, decreasing profit
The 3-D Mannequin • The 3-D bio-robotic mannequin morphs into approximately 100,000 different shapes • Photograph is taken of each piece of garment on each shape • Takes only 15 minutes per item • Requires 4-7 fits samples on average per brand to create database • No need to replace samples every season
Development Tartu University, Tallinn Technical University in Estonia, and Human Solutions GmbH, the provider of anthropometrical data in Germany
HOW WILL THIS LOOK ON YOU? www.forever21.com
No problem • Know your measurements • Input the measurements • Have the mannequin morph into the size of your body • Try on that dress or jeans you always wanted to buy • See photographs of your fit http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/virtual-fitting-rooms-allow-you-to-try-clothes-online-28-09-2010/
goal • Incorporate the virtual fitting room system by the end of the year http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-barnett/beyond-the-man-chair-boy_b_112932.html
See the great invention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWVaIanc7bE Bio-robotic model
Reference • Virtual Fitting Room: Fits.me. Retrieved June 25, 2012, from <http://www.fits.me/content/about-us> • Haldre, Heikki, CEO, Fits.me. ‘How can the use of a bio-robotic virtual fitting room benefit the online retailer and enhance the online shopping experience of a buyer?’ Fibre 2 Fashion. Retrieved June 25, 2012, from <http://softwaresolutions.fibre2fashion.com/techtalk/fits-me> • Forever21 webpage. <http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?BR=f21&Category=dress_club&ProductID=2000046464&VariantID=> • Huffpost Healthy Living. 16 July 2008. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-barnett/beyond-the-man-chair-boy_b_112932.html> • Geeky Gadgets. 28 September 2010. <http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/virtual-fitting-rooms-allow-you-to-try-clothes-online-28-09-2010/> • Simplified Building Concepts. 26 April 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplifiedbuilding/5657910860/>