Digital Woman, Digital Wardrobe

I was watching Laini Ozark videos the other day, mostly about styling via digital wardrobe apps (my new obsession), and she's so funny and nonchalant and iconic, and her videos so straightforward, that it made me yearn for the old fashion blogspots of the '10s. Every so often I search around for fashion blogs of this general type and come up empty. Where is my girl Kayla Hadlington (she's here)? Where is the girl I forget the name of who used to fill blog posts with slightly moving gifs of her Hello Kitty halternecks? WHERE ARE THE ROOKIE MAG GIRLS?!

Laini Ozark. I love her.

 

I miss them. They are the little angels hovering above one shoulder, telling me, "yessssss, yessssssssss, wear your ladybird backpack for toddlers, make a collage, listen to Habibi". And like, ok I will, but where are you girl? I need you.

Sweet memories.

Whatever, let me tell you about the wardrobe app I use. So I actually downloaded two, because I love to survey and assess my options: Indyx and Whering. Sometimes I think the "normal word but mispelled" app/website naming convention has run its course, but it never, ever has. That sort of thing is eternal. I would name my app "clozet" I guess. I would name my app "wardroob".

Indyx, though, got dismissed immediately because it wanted me to sign up for an account before doing anything. I don't like signing up for an account before I really know if I want to use an app, so I tend to just uninstall apps that do this, and so the choice was made for me: I shall use Whering.

On reflection, having watched a few people talk about both apps, I think Whering is probably the one I would've liked better anyway. They seem pretty similar, but Whering reminds me a little more of Pinterest's Shuffles (which I love), where Indyx is a bit more classic-looking - reminds me of the kind of fashion blogs which do still exist and are plain and corporate and boring. It's a minor thing, but the point is just that I really like Whering.

One thing of note that I've seen people talking about is AI styling features in Whering. This is not something I'm interested in at all, and when an AI feature is suggested to me in any app I start gnashing my teeth, but I actually can't see a single AI thing in this app. So I don't know what's going on there, I don't know if I'm somehow missing what's right in front of me, but it doesn't exist to me, so I guess that's simply not real. Don't worry about it. It's not there.

The coolest feature of all time though, is the styling tab, which brings up this clothes slider that you can use to cycle through different pieces and build an outfit. You can choose to layer 2-4 garments from different categories, and there. is. a. shuffle. button. This is endless fun.

What really drew me to downloading this type of app was the prospect of delicious statistics. After uploading all of my clothes, shoes, and bags (barring a couple of things I'm sure are lurking in strange and foreign spots outside my wardrobe), I get to see this beautiful round number:

Wow, who is she? She has 80 items. Can you believe it?

I love seeing a breakdown of everything I have at a glance. The truth about me is that I have nine short-sleeved t-shirts. And I'm actually not ashamed of that.

 

Also, my favourite colour is black. Not shocking information, but nice to see a percentage. We need to raise that black higher. We need to reach 50%. This is my dark goal.

Umm so what are you gonna do with this sweet app, Lilly? What's your game?

Well, dear reader, I think it might help me to be reminded of things I don't wear as much but love. There's a delight in being able to see it all without opening the wardrobe, or rifling through the unhangables to see what's around. There's a smooth, easy visual to enjoy via just having a screen that can show you a top/bottoms/shoes combo. There's a power in knowing I have [exact number] of camisoles. I am emboldened to know what exactly is happening in my wardrobe.

Who knows what can come of this. Probably incredible pleasure.

 

Look at this bug: