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Advantages of our Approach: PK3k provides a clear, concise environment where users can upload their wardrobe via pictures and ask for help asynchronously. Their friends will have easy access to the whole wardrobe, helping them provide better, more informed advice. The Internet searches that yielded lots of new items to buy is replaced by options the users already own (though suggestions of additions to a lacking wardrobe can still be offered).

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Conclusions from interviews with Wardrobe Owners

1. Many users don't want to spend money buying new clothes
   • "I don't want to spend any more money on clothes"

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     "I like to see what outfits I can make without buying more \[clothes\]"

2. Users often look for outfits for seasons
   • "I like to find outfits for every new season"
   • "My outfits tend to match which season it is"
3. When asked for what a person owns, describing the whole wardrobe is daunting
   • "I have jeans of all different kinds, a range of shirts from t-shirts to fancy shirts; a lot of stuff from American Eagle and Express"
   • *"I don't know, shirts and pants? I have a few button-down shirts."
   • *Blank stare*
4. Users would rather have somebody else make an outfit for them, but it may have to be someone they trust 
   • "I want someone else to design the outfit for me so it can be their fault if it's bad"
   • "I love getting new suggestions for outfits!"

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Advantages of our Approach: 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 to break outside of the limited bounds of the company for which they work.

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Conclusions from Interviews with Outfit Designers

1. They need to know the occasion
   • "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 need 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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