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Abilities: Computer literate, Access to internet, Capable with a camera

Motivations: Warrobe Wardrobe owners have a lot of items of clothing in their wardrobe, but have run out of ideas for outfit combinations and want suggestions for possible outfits.new combinations. They are fashion-conscious individuals, but lack the skill or confidence to construct wardrobes for themselves.

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_Existing Approaches_: Asking friends is often the first solution employed to solve this problem. We interviewed a girl named Felicity, who said that she was asked for outfit advice "on a nearly daily basis by \[her\] friends." The most common questions, she said, were "Do these items match?" and "What should I wear with this item?" Searching online is a second approach to solving this problem. Online systems provide external solutions (i.e., buy new clothes to finish the outfit), but these are expensive alternatives to digging through the contents of a closet for an equally effective ,free alternative. If these methods fail, fallback solutions include wearing tried-and-true methods to get by, or buying new clothes.
Existing Approaches: 
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Abilities: Computer literate, Access to internet
Motivations: 
Existing Approaches: 
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, Skilled at matching clothing items together OR Creative minded
Motivations: Outfit designers could be individuals who want to help their friends solve problems with their outfits. Outfit designers could also be individuals looking for an opportunity to build a portfolio of outfits that they had designed. They are fashion-conscious people who want to help others, and have the confidence, skill, or creativity to build outfits and display them.
Existing Approaches: Outfit designers are either active or passive in their approach. Active designers are those designers that already work for a fashion company, actively advising customers on what to wear. This has the unwanted limitation of relying heavily on newly purchased merchandise; these designers don't work in the same restricted workspace as a person's existing wardrobe. Passive designers, meanwhile, are people like Felicity: she helps people match items in their wardrobes only when asked. She is experienced in handling a limited wardrobe, but she only works in a reactive manner - if she doesn't have time or attention to spare when the question is posed, she cannot help her friend.
Advantages of our model: With PK3k, the asynchronous design of question and answer will allow for passive designers to help friends on their own time, rather than acting responsively. Active users are presented with the added challenge of working with the user's wardrobe, which encourages a designer reaching for more creativity break outside of the limited bounds of the company for which they work.
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  1. They want to know the occasion
  1. #* "One of the first things I do is ask what occasion the outfit is for" 
    • Even for the same person, different occasions call for completely different outfits (e.g. outfits for a beach vs. dance party)
  2. They want to know the build of the person 
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      "It \[designing outfits\] is totally different depending on the person's build. For example, a 5' 2" woman that wears a size 12 is going to look better in a flowy outfit, while a 5' 11" woman that wears the same size will be wearing more proportional outfits"
    • "Designing an outfit for a 6' 5" model that wears size 0 is going to be different than designing an outfit for your every day person"
  3. They don't need to see the person's face (but hair color and eye colors are important) 
    • "I don't need to see their face"
    • "The person's hair and eye colors determine what colors will look good on them."
  4. Personality of the person is important 
    • "It's all about the attitude, whether they can pull an outfit off"
    • "People are all associated with a season and they tend to wear clothes that match their season"
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  1. Upload user's wardrobe 
    • Goal: User would like to upload the clothing in their wardrobe in order to allow others to view the user's wardrobe and allow others to design new outfits.
    • Precondition: User must have clothing and a camera. 
    • Subtasks: 
      1. Describe the two items using a name and/or image and/or description
      2. Describe the context in which the decision is being made. (User is trying to save money, user wants people to vote based on overall traits, etc)
      3. Set a time limit on when voting ends
      4. Step 1
      5. Step 2
      6. Step 3
      7. Step 4Finish creating poll
  2. Create a new outfit 
    • Goal: User wants to take articles of clothing from another user's (or their own) wardrobe and match them together into an outfit.
    • Precondition: User Target user has created a poll that has finished, or has an existing poll they would like to closeuploaded a wardrobe.
    • Subtasks: 
      1. Be able to view voting results for this newly-created poll as the poll goes on
      2. Optional: Close the poll early
      3. Receive a notification when the poll ends, with a summary of results
      4. Step 1
      5. Step 2
      6. Step 3
      7. Step 4After the decision has been made in real life, user selects which option they ultimately decided on to give feedback to the voters
  3. Browse outfits that have been created for a user 
    • Goal: User wants to vote on a poll that has been created so that the user can be a part of other users' decisions (or so that the user can procrastinate and put off doing his or her pset).
    • Precondition: User is bored and/or feeling helpful and is near a computer or a smartphone with internet. User must be logged in for this.
    • Subtasks:  
      1. Find a poll to vote on, either through a search (on poll traits such as item names, time remaining, number of votes so far) or randomized listing
      2. Select one of the two items in the poll
      3. Optional: Add a comment to go along with the vote
      4. Submit the vote
      5. View a summary of how the votes have been cast thus far
  4. Place  Search and browse polls 
    • Goal: User wants to search and browse through completed polls so that the user can make a decision about items in an existing previous poll without having to remake a new poll. Also, the user would like to search and browse polls to see what people are comparing. For instance, if the user is trying to find movies similar to Lord of the Rings (LotR), the user can search for polls with LotR to see what it is being compared to.
    • Precondition: User is near a computer with internet and is curious about a specific item or topic, whether because they are trying to make a decision or because they are trying to find similar items. User does not need to be logged in for this.
    • Subtasks: 
      1. Enter search queries, which may include a search on the name/description of the items, total number of votes, etc.
      2. View results listing the items in the poll along with a summary of results
      3. View the comments for a given side of a poll
      4. View statistics about a particular item (For instance, how often items with names matching "iPhone" have been voted for and against, how many polls have been created with that item name, a list of other items that have been popular contenders, etc)
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