3R1C: A Mobile App to Mitigate Clothing Waste
Ben Wu / Supervised by Xu Dong
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Rethink. Refuse. Reduce
1 Closet
3R1C is a digital closet management app that aims to counter the adverse effects of fast fashion.
Closet Management
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Clothes Detection
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Outfit Planning
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Virtual Try-on
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Motivations
Fast fashion
Fast fashion is a business model based on offering consumers frequent novelty in the form of low-priced, trend-led products, which skyrocket garments consumption to a new high
Unnecessary Purchases
Modern lifestyle is hectic. People seldom manage their closet or keep track of what they have. To keep up with the fast changing fashion trend, It’s common to accumulate a large quantity of clothes and shoes more than you can remember.
A Niche in the Market
Study show there isn’t any wardrobe management system that is on the shelf to support the 7R principle in reducing waste.
Self Story
Typically, men do not go shopping frequently. Instead, they tend to buy clothes during sales like summer or winter sales. During the last summer sale, I visited Uniqlo to shop for some clothes because I felt I had nothing to wear, and the prices were remarkably low. Interestingly, upon returning home, I discovered the same white T-shirt in my closet. This discovery somehow inspired me to initiate this project.
“It’s not a deal if you don’t need it”
Ben Wu
Technology/Implmentation details
Fast fashion
Fast fashion is a business model based on offering consumers frequent novelty in the form of low-priced, trend-led products, which skyrocket garments consumption to a new high
Unnecessary Purchases
Modern lifestyle is hectic. People seldom manage their closet or keep track of what they have. To keep up with the fast changing fashion trend, It’s common to accumulate a large quantity of clothes and shoes more than you can remember.
A Niche in the Market
Study show there isn’t any wardrobe management system that is on the shelf to support the 7R principle in reducing waste.
Self Story
Typically, men do not go shopping frequently. Instead, they tend to buy clothes during sales like summer or winter sales. During the last summer sale, I visited Uniqlo to shop for some clothes because I felt I had nothing to wear, and the prices were remarkably low. Interestingly, upon returning home, I discovered the same white T-shirt in my closet. This discovery somehow inspired me to initiate this project.
Future Steps
3R1C is a digital closet management app that aims to counter the adverse effects of fast fashion.
Closet Management
…
Clothes Detection
…
Outfit Planning
…
Virtual Try-on
…
Give it a try
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