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Ask HN: would you be interested in a simple fashion guide for men?

10 points by olegious ↗ HN
Problem: Our industry (tech) isn't really known for sharp dressing. People either don't care, don't know how or think that it would be difficult or expensive to dress better.*

Solution: for those that don't know how or think that it would be difficult or expensive to dress better- a simple, well organized guide to dressing well for men.

Possible topics to cover: - how different clothing articles should fit (including choosing clothing to match your body shape) - how to shop online and offline - dressing for different occasions - clothing care - developing a wardrobe

I would imagine this as either an eBook or a interactive web book in the style of http://book.discovermeteor.com/

Would you be willing to pay for this?

* I realize that "better" is a difficult concept to define or measure, but lets assume it means wearing clothing that fits you well and being dressed appropriately for different situations.

9 comments

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eshvk
Why is this going to be different from r/mfa or StyleForum or the hundreds of other books on fashion that exist? In other words, what do you have to bring to the table so that I would buy your book to learn about fashion? What is your USP?
olegious
I think it would be interesting to make the guide interactive, provide better pictures and details and taylor it to tech people- make it almost like an API reference.
bjourne
Yes please! But make it dirt simple, I dont want to think about fashion. I send in a selfie of myself in my undies, input my height and weight and the system gives me back a full set of clothes to buy, what they cost and where I can find them closest to my location, optimized for a maximum cost/benefit ratio. Anything more involved than that (such as reading an eBook) and I'm not interested.
fabulist
If you could present fashion in a way that appealed to me as a programmer, I'd buy it at any price.

Whenever I try to investigate this area, it seems like fashion and software engineering are both accelerating very fast in completely opposite directions. Inevitably I get dejected and give up.

massappeal
http://www.magnificentbastard.com
olegious
Cool site, but I'm talking about a guide that doesn't overwhelm you and guides a user through the process of improving one's fashion.
massappeal
the problem with that is fashion is subjective, so someone could go that guide with a completely different idea of what fashion is and find the guide completely contrary to what they originally thought. A Q&A site allows you to get a second opinion on things without having to treat it as gospel