(I never thought to ask if she worked on commission.)
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I returned the pricey clothing and decided to build my own (cheaper!)
In this post, Ill show you how you might, too.
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Particularly, fashionable people on Instagram.
Heres what it looks like:
(you might also check out the live apphere.)
On the left panethe closet screenyou can see all the clothing items I already own.
On the right pane, youll see a list of Instagram accounts I follow for inspiration.
I divided the architecture into two bits.
Unfortunately, Instagram doesnt have an API (and using ascraperwould violate their TOS).
So I specifically asked Laura for permission to use her photos.
So I needed some way of knowing which pictures contained outfits (worn by people) and which didnt.
First, I used its classification feature, which assigns labels to an image.
Notice theres one label called Fashion (confidence 90%).
Heres the code:
If you want the full code, check it outhere.
I hung each item up on my mannequin and snapped a pic.
This API is designed to power features like similar product search.
Just:
So in the gif above, all my black bomber pics are in a folder namedblack_bomber_jacket.
Once you do, you could create a new project and download a credentials file.)
Phew, that was more steps than I thought!
The indexing process can take up to 30 minutes, so go fly a kite or something.
skirt, top) and what items in your project set matched with them.
Sometimes the Product Search API doesnt return a logical outfit.
Figuring out how to score an outfit is a creative problem that has no single answer!
Here are a couple of score functions I wrote.
And thats pretty much it!
Take that, expensive stylist.
She also likes solving her own life problems with AI, and talks about it on YouTube.
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