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Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by mandeepj »

dxbydt wrote: post #11

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…

We are working on "get your favorite celebrity look" section.

This is our new mockup - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18011058/Mockup%2015.jpg

Current site is http://www.JanjuaClothing.com

Please let me know where to find VCs in India who would throw eight figure sum on us.

You glorified it way beyond it is. I am from India and there is nothing like this :-)

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

jasongill wrote: post #73

You need to sign up for Viglink or Skimlinks ASAP - the fact that you aren't using affiliate links is literally costing you. Those services are a single line of javascript which automatically affiliates any outgoing link, and they are perfect for sites like this where you can't waste time trying to maintain affiliate accounts with hundreds of advertisers. No offense to you, of course, but the fact that sites pop up o…

Thanks for the feedback! We agree and are joining affiliate programs to many retailers as fast as we can. Our first focus was to create a great experience for our community. We are in the process of converting our links to affiliate links now. We feel that Viglink and Skimlink's cost does not justify the time savings.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by michaelgrafl »

eloisant wrote: post #118
therealdrag0 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also South Korea and Japan are also more openly interested in fashion.

South Korea and Japan and completely different in term of fashion, it doesn't make much sense to mix them. South Korea is much more flashy, celebrity-looking like fashion with huge sunglasses.

Yes, but are they similarly interested?

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by coldpie »

gnarbarian wrote: post #9
jadlimcaco wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback. I definitely appreciate it. The reason for these outfits being more "normal" is because our goal is for most people to actually be able to wear these outfits. But we do plan on doing some crazy outfits in the future. Thanks again!

I feel the same way. I think that "CelebrityOutfits" as a domain would suit the content of your site a bit better. Because when you say "FamousOutfits" It makes it sound like the outfit is famous not the person wearing it. "Oufits Of the Famous" would work too I suppose but it's not as catchy. "FamousX" will probably remind a lot of people of "Famous Footwear" which you may or may not want to be associated with. I wa…

On the other hand, that's a whole lot of extrapolation from the domain that could be cleared up simply by visiting the website. There was a discussion here recently about not spending too much time thinking about your product's name. I don't think it's worth setting up a new domain.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

usaphp wrote: post #93

Very nice! I just placed an order on the watch that Daniel Craig wears [1] (not because he wears them, just because I like them) and noticed that there is no affiliate code in your links to amazon!? 1. http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-daniel-craig/

Thanks for visiting the site and clicking through the links. We are currently adding affiliate links. We focused all our energy on creating a great experience first. Thanks for your support!

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

parkov wrote: post #30
tomhschmidt wrote: post #2

I like the concept - most of these kinds of posts are done completely ad hoc and are distributed across all of the various men's fashion forums - but the URL made me think this was going to be a breakdown of famous outfits worn by characters in TV and movies (e.g. The Driver's outfit from Drive). Also, most of the outfits you picked are pretty stale. Go for one that are more exciting or with pieces that would be more…

I've created a site just like this as a side project. Especially relevant with Halloween right around the corner: http://carboncostume.com/ And since you mentioned it, the Driver: http://carboncostume.com/driver/

Great site! Very creative and well done.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

tomhschmidt wrote: post #2

I like the concept - most of these kinds of posts are done completely ad hoc and are distributed across all of the various men's fashion forums - but the URL made me think this was going to be a breakdown of famous outfits worn by characters in TV and movies (e.g. The Driver's outfit from Drive). Also, most of the outfits you picked are pretty stale. Go for one that are more exciting or with pieces that would be more…

Thanks for the comments and kind words. We will definitely be adding more "exciting" outfits in the coming days!

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by mtbcoder »

ralphos wrote: post #34

Nice execution. We had a similar idea called http://www.pinchthelook.com but for women. The feedback was great and people 'loved' the site but ultimately we couldn't get to a scale where there was enough traffic and clicks to make it worthwhile. Engagement isn't fantastic since it's more of a quick browse and if I like something click away from site. Perhaps this idea will work better for Men as they probably need a…

Nice looking site. As far as traffic goes, perhaps you might want to re-consider your page titles/headers as well as include more content with targeted keywords. I can't imagine many people are searching using terms like "short and sweet". Also, your content is quite sparse when it comes down to it, which means there's really not a whole lot for search engines to index.
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