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Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by mcintyre1994 » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 11:21 PM UTC

jadlimcaco wrote: post #200

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #119

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Since you asked, something wonky is going on in Chrome on Nexus 7. Your site seems to fall back to almost no CSS, with plain links where a menu should presumably be. No tooltip functionality. It also disables any zoom and defaults to a really awkward level where I can see one side of the clothes images and about half the main picture at a time. I took a couple of screenshots: http://imgur.com/LFulxvD http://imgur.com…

I think it was an issue with my CDN. Mind clearing your cache and trying again?

Fixed! That's really really nice, awesome layout - great job :)

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by catshirt » Sat, Sep 06, 2014, 1:52 AM UTC

jadlimcaco wrote: post #160

lobster_johnson wrote: post #50

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That's definitely not the Levi's trucker jacket that Efron is wearing, either. (His jacket has buttons on both sides, and what looks to be a sheepskin or fleece collar, and the breast pockets have hidden buttons. And so on — it's completely different.) People who care about fashion care about details like these. Personally, I find it disingenuous. I like the idea, but associating these outfits with glamorous celebrit…

Thanks for chiming in. In our footer you'll find this "Famous Outfits is not just another site that finds the latest in celebrity men's fashion. We take it a step further by showing you how to achieve the same look affordably." They key here is the "look." We don't say that we're going to exactly identify every piece of clothing the celebrity is wearing. If you look at Robert Pattinson's outfit on the site, he's actu…

I leave you with this: "very similar" is subjective. most people who actually care about fashion would not find these items "very similar".

I definitely see the use case for "so cheap it's nothing like the original", but you need to provide a service for people who actually care about fashion. because if you don't care about fashion you wouldn't be on this site in the first place.

this is why i recommend "forking". show me 10 jackets that are "very similar" of varying prices. so I can match on budget but also on how particular I am.

even if I were not privy to fashion- my first reaction would be "these are not the same sunglasses."

I could find sunglasses at my local grocery store that are cheaper and look more similar to zac's than the pair you recommended. what do I need your site for? rebuilding a look for cheap is not the problem. rebuilding an authentic look for cheap if the problem.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by richmarr » Sat, Sep 06, 2014, 4:26 AM UTC

tehwalrus wrote: post #113

DaveLond wrote: post #109

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Isn't that problem self-solving? Who wants to dress like a celebrity dressed last season- you want what they're wearing this season. Keep it up to date, with what's "in" now. Disclaimer: I know nothing about fashion.

I think the stock would run out much faster than fashion would change. Also, there are probably 4 or 5 retailers selling similar items; you want your affiliate links to spread the load over those sites so as not to kill any of them quickly. Of course, all this assumes your site explodes and you help sell thousands of outfits per day; which sounds unlikely to programmers, but maybe not for the people who buy all those…

Yeah, stock turnover is much higher than trend duration. Any retailer that knowingly let stock last longer than trends would be burning their margin.

Stock is measured in weeks or months but trends can last for years, and recur, and recur, and there's no value in an affiliate link to an out of stock product.

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by golgappi » Mon, Sep 08, 2014, 8:55 PM UTC

kamaal wrote: post #91

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…

>>I have had the unfortunate experience of sitting through entire 3-hour Bollywood films where all the audience did was take notes... As an Indian I find this strange, when and where did this happen? I know we are Bollywood crazy nation, and we tend to over do celebrity worship. But going to a movie just to take notes? That's a little going too far.

I'm wondering too. AFAIK the culture of entertainment/fashion channels, celeb journalism and tabloids are much more rampant than US than any other nation, which is confusing too, since I haven't seen anyone pick up those magazines when waiting in line for grocery checkouts :/ Something is not right

Re: Show HN: Famous Outfits

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Post by expose » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

The mailing list was nice while it lasted. After a day or two, I started receiving "CLICK TO VIEW TODAY'S STYLE" e-mail links to force me to visit the site to see the style. E-mailing me links to your site everyday is basically spam. With no content coming from the mailing list, I promptly unsubscribed.