[punteney]

I use another startup called http://hendrickspark.com/ to solve most of those issues for myself.

You have a "style expert" who you meet with over Skype video. They send you a box of clothes to try on and review with your expert over Skype video. Any items you don't like or don't fit you put back in the box and send back. They include the return shipping label in the box so you just have to put the label on tape up the box and have FedEx pick it up. You only pay for the items you keep (no shipping charges or extra fees). They try to make the process as painless as possible.

Over time as you meet with your style expert, it's always the same person, and get to know each other they get a better sense for what you like and don't like as well as keeping track of things such as sizes and fits. They also recommend what things work well together so you know what things to wear together, etc. They have definitely pushed me out of my t-shirt and jeans comfort zone, without going to fashionista or anything.

The primary drawback is my clothes budget is definitely higher than it use to be, as most of the clothes are significantly more expensive (no $20 dollar jeans) as they tend to come from more boutique and small manufacturers.

While that probably sounds an awful lot like an advertisement I have no connection with Hendricks Park other than as a happy customer.

[darklajid]

While this sounds interesting and made me check out their side, this _is_ on a different scale than the issue we're discussing here.

Two things that stand out and (deliberately) separate this site from the casual online shop experience:

"Hendricks Park is a _luxury clothing_ service for men who have better things to do with their time than shop for clothing."

"Men who enjoy and value our service the most, tend to buy at least $1,250 in clothing per season."

[chopsueyar]

Dumb question, in fashion, are there four seasons per year?

Specifically, should a man using this service budget $5,000 a year for clothing?

[inklesspen]

Looks like two seasons a year, spring and fall.

[krsgoss]

It seems like most of these services are mostly boutique clothes with higher price points. Is this due them just going after more affluent customers, or is it difficult to get wholesale prices from lower cost vendors?

Seems like others might be drawn to this if they didn't have to shell out $200 for a pair of jeans each time. I definitely get the desire for premiere clothing/shopping just wondering if it can scale down the price line and still work.

[jules]

What's the advantage of this over going shopping with a fashion oriented friend?

[chopsueyar]

Your fashion oriented friend may not be available and/or run out of patience, plus, you have to be shopping too, and you are limited in geographic area to where you can obtain clothing (constrained by time and travel time).

[chopsueyar]

Is there a women's version of this service?