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Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by mattcassity »

jadlimcaco wrote: post #127
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!

Affiliate links do not affect my experience. You should add them.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by Clanan »

jadlimcaco wrote: post #156
Clanan wrote: post #44

Great-looking site, but did you license the images used? Celebrity photogs won't take kindly to usage without permission. I've even heard of blogs being sued for similar.

That's a valid point, and it was already something that we have been looking into, and possibly even doing the Getty editorial images.

You'll want to take care of it quickly. Google turns up numerous cases where sites used images without permission, received a cease-and-desist, took the images down immediately and then still got sued. It's the photographer's livelihood.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

orasis wrote: post #47

This is a great idea. I would be careful going too cheap on the recommended pieces. For example, on the Theo James, there is no way I would buy a Haynes T-shirt. If super-cheap is your target market, then great. But, you could also go thewirecutter style and have "Get this look for under $100" and "A more expensive version". Good luck on the execution!

Thanks for the feedback. Our aim is "affordable." Unfortunately, that's pretty subjective. So, we try to appeal to a broad audience under that umbrella. We could link to a GAP shirt one day and a Hanes the next. With that said, we are definitely going to feature "Get this look for $_____" like you suggested. Great idea.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by deveac »

adrianwaj wrote: post #155

Nice. Of course the obvious criticism (to me at least) is that the exacts products are not the same even, though the overall look is, eg David Beckham's shirt or JT's cardigan. http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-david-beckham/ http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-justin-timberlake/ Comments are a good idea, but I wonder if eventually you could crowdsource finding the exact product, perhaps giving a reward to whoever…

>Of course the obvious criticism (to me at least) is that the exacts products are not the same even, though the overall look is

This is actually the strength. If they served customers the exact clothing celebrities are wearing it wouldn't be terribly actionable...the cost would be prohibitive.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by jadlimcaco »

greenwalls wrote: post #56

Awesome idea! Adding a forum or some type of community/social aspect might be even more fun for visitors. I noticed the comments at the bottom of the pages and it looks like some visitors are already posting some things and that's great. Maybe with some more social features you can build a community and bring in more traffic.

Thanks! We have a major community piece we are currently working on. We're aiming to have it completed this weekend.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by adrianwaj »

deveac wrote: post #165
adrianwaj wrote: post #155

Nice. Of course the obvious criticism (to me at least) is that the exacts products are not the same even, though the overall look is, eg David Beckham's shirt or JT's cardigan. http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-david-beckham/ http://famousoutfits.com/dress-like-justin-timberlake/ Comments are a good idea, but I wonder if eventually you could crowdsource finding the exact product, perhaps giving a reward to whoever…

>Of course the obvious criticism (to me at least) is that the exacts products are not the same even, though the overall look is This is actually the strength. If they served customers the exact clothing celebrities are wearing it wouldn't be terribly actionable...the cost would be prohibitive.

Yeah, but many people won't want to look like a celeb.. they may just like a shirt (rather than purchase an entire outfit.) Then I'd have cheaper alternatives listed. In fact, there would be many alternatives to many of those products, but let's start with the real one (ideally). There could even be a cost-calculator to work out some combination of items for some overall price-range.. some legitimate, some alternative. Users could post alternatives and they could be ranked - the highest ranked one is listed on the page with the image (ideally it'd be the legitimate brand.)

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by deveac »

eric_h wrote: post #27
rootedbox wrote: post #23

If you made this as a commercial venture you are probably infringing on these celebrities personality rights.

I was going to respond in a snarky tone about the absurdity of there being such a thing as personality rights. Fortunately, I googled it first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights

Fascinating.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by toyg »

jadlimcaco wrote: post #138
drinkzima wrote: post #57

Pretty similar to what you see in lots of magazines: http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/get-the-look And the celeb style guide: http://www.celebritystyleguide.com/

Thanks for the feedback. We've found most sites like this are focused on women only. It was our goal to create a great resource for men too.

Hey jadlimcaco, one quick feedback: it would be nice if one could filter celebs by height. Looks that work on big tall guys (large hats, long hairs etc) often look really stupid on smaller people like me.

There are a bunch of resources you can quickly scrape to get that sort of data (I know because I've just done it and I got more than 6000 celebs in literally minutes), so if you can find a good way to integrate it on the website, it would be fab.

Another suggestion is, if you go for affiliate links (which you should), it would be nice to have a way to switch geographical zones so that us Europeans can also benefit.

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