Facebook’s new program virtually dresses you

In an effort to take the fashion world by storm, Facebook believes that this is different to existing apps with similar motives as it helps you tweak your existing outfit rather than sending you on a shopping spree.

‘We all know that the drive to buy more, instead of playing with the garments we already have in our extensive wardrobes, is really harming the planet,’ said Daisy Murray, a writer at Elle UK.

Personally, I think it has the potential to change the game, especially in our fight to be more eco-conscious as we’re not being pressured to spend more on fast fashion and contribute to the industry’s sustainability problem.

Plus, it’s already proving to be quite a hit. In a study involving 100 test outfits and almost 300 people, 92% said their outfits were more fashionable after using Fashion++ and 84% said it was pretty spot on with modifying what they already considered stylish.

Sorry to get stat-heavy but according to Facebook the results are very promising. And they’re planning to go further ‘using wider social media platforms like Instagram, biasing an edit towards an available inventory, and generating improvements conditioned on an individual’s preferred style or occasion.’

Facebook is becoming far more than just a social media platform these days, and this is a great example of how AI is being used for more creative purposes.

I reckon that in a few years, we’ll be fully immersed in the next era of fashion tech. While I definitely believe that everyone should dress the way they want no matter whether it’s ‘fashionable’ or not, wouldn’t it be kinda cool to have a personal stylist that we don’t even need to talk to?

‘Everyone deserves to feel self-assured and empowered in what they wear when they walk out the door,’ said Murray. ‘But any efforts to help people feel more confident, whilst working with the clothes they already have, are fantastic in my books.’

I’m excited to see whether or not this takes off. The concept of being dressed by a machine is indeed a little daunting, but if Black Mirror’s anything to go by, it’s not the only thing that we should be expecting from the future.