We have a how-to sizing guide here (http://bit.ly/e7q8La) and we do free remakes if your shirt doesn't fit as you'd like :) Free returns, remakes and even refunds on a custom product, we think that's pretty risk free.
That's great feedback; to optimize pricing, we buy fabrics in bulk, so as we grow, we'll definitely be building our fabric inventory. Look out for some really awesome choices this Summer.
thanks, that is massively helpful. so our core value proposition is providing an affordable option for the various long-tails; skinny tall guy, french cuff guy, monogram guy, etc. we have an incredibly high customer retention rate because once we get someone in, they usually don't want to order from anywhere else. and the best part, a good percentage will tell their friends because now they're proud custom dress shirt owners :)
Website needs some work. The "wide" and "narrow" collar choices are backwards! (the shirt image on left doesn't match up with the button selection) which was enough to make me instantly lose all confidence in my order.
agreed, but isn't part of the point of the web to allow you to do things at your own convenience? i agree that some definitely prefer the physical tailor visit, we're just providing a web-enabled offering
Sorry, my comment wasn't clear -- I thought it was interesting that you were closing the circle to bring it solely online. The outsourced clothes isn't interesting, but solely online is. Your website is cool and I like how you see the clothing combo you pick out, but I'd be concerned about getting the wrong measurements and ending up with not the shirt I want... In particular, I have a power lifters build so it's hard to find shirts that fit my shoulders that aren't far too big in other areas, and eg j crew's slim fit is just too tight for my biceps when it fits my shoulders.
thanks for the clarification, that helps. getting the sizing right online is a concern for any e-commerce apparel company. we have an online sizing guide here (http://bit.ly/e7q8La) and if doesn't fit you great, we'll remake another one with new sizing for free.
Here's at least one Kinect hacker, who also wants to buy quality clothing. It'd be pretty cool to have an app that automatically takes your measurements. Of course, you'd have to be wearing tight clothing for it to be accurate.
Edit: it might also be possible to get a rough personal preview of a shirt using skeleton tracking.
As for camera owners overlapping with shirt owners, there are millions of Kinect cameras out there hooked up to Xboxes, and as people start buying them for PCs, that number will grow.
If it ends up making sense, I think you should do it.
"Of course, you'd have to be wearing tight clothing for it to be accurate."
Effectively-no clothing would be much better. It's not like a human is looking you over. You'd also need to hold a known calibration image, too. I'm still not sure you could do it even then to the requisite accuracy, that's asking an awful lot, but maybe. Would take some clever work and a lot of testing.
