Very nicely done. If you did this for Indian celebrities, VCs in India would throw eight figure sums to buy you out.
As an immigrant, I'd say Americans are relatively more rational ie. not so celeb-crazy as to completely remodel themselves after a celebrity, though teens, especially teen girls tend to be an the outlier in this aspect. But if you look at celeb-crazy countries like India, you have grown men & women in their 20s,30s,40s...who will ape celeb dresses, celeb haircuts, celeb behavior even. I have had the unfortunate experience of sitting through entire 3-hour Bollywood films where all the audience did was take notes on what the lead heroine was wearing so they could go home & purchase those exact outfits.
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#12You know what would make this a lot better? Packaging it up so that one wouldn't have to go to 10 different stores to pick the items up.
I'd order straight away and pay a premium to save the hazzle. A logistics challenge for sure, but you'd have at least one customer right here.
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#13Reminds me of http://www.polyvore.com/
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#14I subscribed. The RSS feed is here http://famousoutfits.com/feed/ BTW.
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#15great idea. not all sunglasses are wayfarers though... would be cool if you had mechanisms for swapping out similar items. so you could "fork" a look, if you will.
Lol, gonna have to mix it up then. That's what those products are :) Hmmm... Great thoughts. Thanks. Will definitely keep that in mind as we scale.
http://famousoutfits.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/zac-efro...
come on, these look nothing like wayfarers. you're pushing it with that jacket, too. i realize you have to match on a budget, but details matter here. that will help build credibility and authority in fashion.
i didn't mean to nitpick or sound too cynical, i think it's a great idea. good luck.
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#16This is awesome. I have a feeling Instagram is going to be your biggest growth lever.
No affiliate links?
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#17Hmm... love the idea, and it'll probably make money, but the problem with anything like this (even magazine ads) is that cut is paramount and people come in different shapes and sizes. Clothes fitting properly matters much more than what they look like on the rack, and more often than not, cuts at discount stores are either atrocious, or they are designed for fit models (those lucky jerks).
I can go to uniqlo, i can buy a shirt that fits my sholders great, at target? Forget it. Back at the uniqlo, i may try going to their jeans section, but nothing fits me, nothing. I have to get levi's because i have odd hip/leg ratio and they are the only firm that can sell me that cut for under $100. I am limited excessively by this... and we are only talking about basic blue jeans.
The celebs look good because they have the time and money to buy stuff that fits, and looks great together. Imitation may be a great way to same the time, discounted imitation may be a way to save the time and money, but i think that in neither case you'll look good.
The best thing to do is to get into looks as a whole, and once you have decent taste, buy thing that work for your body. It's not easy, and it may not be as cheap as these places try and get you to believe you can do it for, but at the end of the day, you'll look good, instead of a crappy version of Zac Efron.
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#19By the way, looking for feedback on design, content, functionality, and overall idea. Feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks!
http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-david-beckham/
top, 5: it's next to the jeans;
bottom, 5: "High Fidelity Lace-Up Boot" (jeans is 6)
similar problem on http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-blake-griffin/
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#20By the way, looking for feedback on design, content, functionality, and overall idea. Feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks!
http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-david-beckham/ top, 5: it's next to the jeans; bottom, 5: "High Fidelity Lace-Up Boot" (jeans is 6) similar problem on http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-blake-griffin/
Thanks! Will fix this ASAP.