The Best Fashion Apps to Make Your Life Easier [Infographic]

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Fashion Apps For Life

We all lead busy lives and turning to digital means to make how we work faster, easier and more productive, is a common goal for many people. What about when it comes to how we look, the clothes we wear, the outfit to choose for the weather outside right now? That is where apps come in to save the day.

Did you know that Android users are able to choose between 1.6 million apps to download? In Apple’s App Store there are 1.5 million apps available. Fashion is a popular category and not all apps are created equally. Here we look at some of the best fashion apps available on the market today to make our lives that little bit easier.

If dressing for the weather is a concern, this can be made so much easier with the ‘Cloth’ app which partners with ‘Weather Underground’, one of the first weather services that was offered on the internet. It is free to download, available to iOS users and features access to real-time weather data. You can instantly see your best outfits for the current weather conditions.

What about organizing your closet? The best way to do this more effectively is to digitize it so you always know what you have on hand in case you need to quickly dress for a last minute important work meeting, a dressy occasion, or even just the standard school run. Turn to an app called ‘Closet+’. This app quickly imports images of your clothing using its bulk-import feature and allows you to sub-categorize by color, price-per-wear, when last worn, alterations or dry-cleaning-needed, and much more. For more fashion related apps that make our lives easier, have a look at this infographic created by Evoke.ie.

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BEST FASHION APPS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER!

BEST FOR PERSONAL SHOPPING

PS DEPT

Price: Free to download

Available at: Apple

• Send a shopping request via the app.
• Personal shoppers source it for you via their network of luxury retailers.
• These include: Chloe, Net-A-Porter, Stella McCartney & more.
• Your card is charged for the product you purchase via the app.
• A 5% service charge exists for sourcing products found outside the app’s retail network.

Top Tip: Message a personal shopper & they will advice you about international shipping.

BEST FOR CUSTOM FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS

Chick Sketch

Price: Free to download.

Available at: Apple, Android

• Submit a photo of your latest look to the app.
• A fashion illustrator creates a custom hand-drawn style illustration based on your photo. NO two sketches look alike as they are made to order.
• You will receive a push notification when it is ready.
• There is a flat fee per digital illustration.
• Share your digital illustration via social media, email, or text.
• Includes a live feed gallery to see other people’s illustrations.

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BEST FOR DRESSING FOR THE WEATHER

CLOTH

Price: Free to download.

Available at: Apple

• Save, categorize & share your favorite outfits.
• Take a picture & upload it to the app.
• Features access to real-time weather data via a partnership with Weather Underground, one of the first weather services that was offered on the internet.
• Instantly see your best outfits for the current weather conditions.

Top Tip: iOS 8 users can wake up to an alert with the weather & suggestions for what to wear to suit the conditions. Perfect when a last minute storm hits!

BEST FOR SOURCING INSTAGRAM LOOKS

Like To Know It*
*not technically an app, but set up to work with the Instagram app.

Price: Free

Web / Email based

• Allows you to track down the latest fashion pieces you see on Instagram.
• Sign in with your email on the Like To Know It website & ensure you are also signed into the Instagram app.
• Like Instagram images that are tagged with www.liketk.it links.
• Receive an email containing the ready-to-shop product link to the image.
• Click on the links to shop the looks.

Top Tip: It is an easy way to create a wish-list of your favorite looks from the Instagrammers that you follow & to be in the know about the latest street styles & backstage fashion trends.

BEST FOR DIGITIZING YOUR CLOSET

CLOSET+

Price: Free to download.

Available at: Apple

• The app acts as your digital fashion stylist & matches items together.
• Quickly imports images of your clothing using its bulk-import feature.
• Categorize your clothes & outfits.
• Subcategorize by color, price-per-wear, when last worn, alterations or dry-cleaning-needed & many more.
• Use the calendar tool to co-ordinate outfits in advance.
• Make a favorite clothes list, or a weekend away list of items to pack.

Top Tip: Share your outfits for nights out, weddings & events with your friends to insure you won’t turn up wearing the same outfit!

BEST FOR CAPTURING STREET FASHION

ASAP54

Price: Free to download.

Available at: Apple, Android

• Snap a photo of an item you have seen on a stranger on the street.
• Use the app to crop out the specific item you want.
• You will get lots of results of similar items.
• You can buy these items via the app’s mobile browser.
• Features 5 million products from 600 stores ranging from high street to high end.
• The app uses an algorithm which has similarities to Shazam, the app tells you the name of a song based on an audio clip.

Top Tip: If your search results are not to your liking, you can also use the ‘ask a stylist’ option which the app has built in as a ‘fail-safe’ to interact on a human level when technology fails.

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