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Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Re: Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Post by bernieyoo »

akavi wrote: post #53
jawns wrote: post #5

Here's what I don't understand about this business model. On the one hand, you're targeting guys who feel like they don't know enough about fashion to be able to make good clothing choices themselves -- so they trust an unknown stylist with unknown credentials to make the choice for them. On the other hand, you're targeting guys who value premium, name-brand clothes. I would think that if you're in category one, you…

I can only speak for myself, but I just signed up, so I guess I'm part of their market. I consider myself (or at least, aspire to be) decently fashionable, but I have a lot of anxiety about actually clothes purchasing. The whole subscription + curation model means a) clothes appear without me having to actually make the (for me, very fraught) decision and b) when I think that an item of clothing looks good, I have so…

That in a nutshell is what we want to fix. Clothing retail online and offline isn't built with the majority of guys in mind. I think there's a large, silent majority of guys who would buy clothes more often with better guidance and curation.

Re: Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Post by bernieyoo »

kadjar wrote: post #60

I was way excited for this, but was a little disappointed as I went through the signup process. I'm not terribly fashion-savvy, and I don't know how to pair things. If there were an 'outfit' option where you could receive a pair of pants / shorts and a fitting top for about $150 / month, I would sign up, and many of my friends would too.

We do send multiple items per month on user request. Just email us at bombsquad[at]bombfell[dot]com after you sign up.

Re: Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Post by jekub »

bernieyoo wrote: post #25
swalsh wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm who this service is made for. Typically when I find a place, i'll stay loyal to them for a while. The right place has to have these 3 qualities. First, the price has to be a good value. I don't want to pay a lot for something that will last a short time. I wear cloths until i can't. Second, there has to be at least one employee there that is willing to help me find something. I can't pick cloths out, I need a guy…

Welcome aboard! Let me know if you have any questions or requests any time. bernie[at]bombfell[dot]com

Just one request: please accept delivery to Europe (at least France) even with some shipping cost and I will join immediately.

Re: Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Post by cdibona »

MisterBastahrd wrote: post #30

Just like most of these services, they claim big and tall sizing and then utterly fail at it. Biggest size? 2x. I haven't been able to comfortably fit into a 2x shirt since my freshman year of high school. My shoulders prohibit that, and even if they didn't, a non-tall shirt is not going to be of use to anyone over 6'3".

And don't forget that the larger sizes from vendors vary widely. A Ralph Lauren (black/purple) xl, xlb, xlt, 2xlt and 2xlb fit very different torso shapes and that's just one manufacturer.

Also, monthly auto-clothing deliveries implies a level of replacability for the profitable clothes that would lead me to think they'd look good for a limited amount of time and that quality fabrics and tailoring would be limited. Which then makes me think they're not targeting people with standards and taste so much as people who do not want to think about clothes and that wouldn't be something I'd want to use.

Re: Subscription Men’s Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

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Post by bernieyoo »

cdibona wrote: post #66
MisterBastahrd wrote: post #30

Just like most of these services, they claim big and tall sizing and then utterly fail at it. Biggest size? 2x. I haven't been able to comfortably fit into a 2x shirt since my freshman year of high school. My shoulders prohibit that, and even if they didn't, a non-tall shirt is not going to be of use to anyone over 6'3".

And don't forget that the larger sizes from vendors vary widely. A Ralph Lauren (black/purple) xl, xlb, xlt, 2xlt and 2xlb fit very different torso shapes and that's just one manufacturer. Also, monthly auto-clothing deliveries implies a level of replacability for the profitable clothes that would lead me to think they'd look good for a limited amount of time and that quality fabrics and tailoring would be limited. W…

Respectfully disagree, our goal is to establish a lifetime relationship with our customers, not churn-and-burn them out within first 3 months. If we sent clothes that fell apart people would stop using us.

We want users to come back to us for their wardrobe needs whenever they find they need them. That's why we built the product to be flexible, so you can schedule your next shipment when you want, or even pause indefinitely.

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