https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 22:17:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458771 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:15:50 +0000 Daria 1458771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the tip&nbsp;Ann in New England, that's what I ended up doing - had to resize the images to fit them all in (I'm using iPhone app, it might be different on the iPad) but it still looks decent enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458417 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:22:28 +0000 Ann in New England 1458417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I create a capsule by adding everything to one look. It does somewhat skew the stats that tell you how many outfits a clothing item is used in, but not too badly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458395 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:56:07 +0000 Daria 1458395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad that some Stylebook users commented! dashielle, quietgirl, caro - your input is appreciated.<br />quietgirl - so sorry about your ipad, it must devastating, especially if you lost personal photos, videos and such.<br />caro in oz - I haven't tried the packing feature yet, thanks for the tip!<br />rabit - this little exercise actually revealed an issue with my spring wardrobe. Most of my tops are either bright, or patterned, or both, and I don't own enough neutral toppers to offset them - hence a lot of my outfits look too "busy". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458378 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:24:35 +0000 Caro in Oz 1458378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use the "packing" feature to make general capsules as well as travel ones I love the fact that&nbsp;by putting a "Look" in the calendar I have accurate CPW without doing any calculations or recording.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458308 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:15:20 +0000 Quietgirl 1458308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>and Yes, I am really missing it. Every time I see I great outfit, I rush to Style book and add it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458306 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:14:46 +0000 Quietgirl 1458306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job. I have used Stylebook for over a year now...until my Ipad crashed last week. I don't know what I will do about retrieving all that work I did.</p> <p></p> <p>so from one Stylebook fan to another, I wish I had backed it up in some way!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458305 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:12:38 +0000 dashielle (Ann) 1458305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just bought it this weekend and am enjoying posting the PIcasso challenges using it! I was a big Polyvore fan but this seems to be all that and more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458279 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:48:21 +0000 rabbit 1458279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your outfits look interesting, I'm especially intrigued by the second one. &nbsp;Thanks for the detailed review, I'd avoided stylebook because I didn't want to be clipping around garments in images -- looks like it might do part, but not all of the work for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458050 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:44:13 +0000 Daria 1458050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you ladies! I will definitely be posting more outfits so stay tuned. :)<br />dakotacheryl - I'm using an iphone app, it's not free but not expensive either.<br />Carole - indeed photographing appeared to be much harder job than I anticipated. Obviously if you can find same pieces online it will work even better (some of my pieces are fairly old and/or were purchased overseas). I still plan on re-doing some of the tops that didn't come up that great as well as all footware. The idea of going through pre-made outfits in the morning instead of trying to build one in your head is very tempting, isn't it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1458011 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:16:19 +0000 Carole 1458011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent job photographing your pieces...I didn't have as much luck and much prefer to find the piece or a similar one on Google images or Polyvore sans the body! It is super fun to use and I'm thinking, like you, I would like to create whole capsules and record them as a "look" or create a new folder for those. Looking forward to seeing more of your paper dolls! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1457936 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:05:10 +0000 dakotacheryl 1457936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your outfits, and thanks for posting this info about Stylebook. Off to find it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1457888 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:10:01 +0000 Tanya 1457888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The outfits look very good!&nbsp; Love the soft warm tones.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1457883 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:58:24 +0000 Summer 1457883@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this concept, Daria, and I also love the outfits you have put together. &nbsp;I imagine this is great fun to use. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-attempt-using-stylebook-app-and-a-couple-of-outfits#post-1457876 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:40:45 +0000 Daria 1457876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I finally got to try the Stylebook app which I downloaded a few weeks about. I literary knew nothing about it starting out, but the first look revealed that I can create outfits using photos of my own clothes, and divide them into categories for easy browsing. There are lots of more advanced features as well, but my main goal was to photograph the pieces I'm going to wear this spring and see if I can come up with reasonable number of outfits.</p> <p>The workflow:<br />Taking photos - photos can be either taken from the app itself or imported from an album. Either way, the software will offer to apply basic filtering in an attempt to separate garment from the background. It does decent job, but since the algorithm is a simple thresholding technique (it doesn't figure out the contour of the garment, that would be too much to ask, right?), I often ended up with noise in the background. It's easy enough to clean up in any external image editor though.&nbsp;<br />Creating outfits - the software doesn't offer any collection or capsule options (at least that I'm aware of) so "look" feature is the only way to combine the pieces. While building the look, all the pieces are editable - they can be&nbsp;rotated and zoomed in/out (the latter is important since the garments don't come out at the same scale).</p> <p>I built a bunch of looks using the images I took&nbsp;(two of them are below as an illustration).&nbsp;<br />I would like to post all of them as a collection/capsule at some point though. I'm thinking of cleaning up individual images and using polyvore - are there easier ways?&nbsp;<br />Overall (once you have good quality photos of your garments) the app provides a fun way to build looks and browse through them - I definitely see myself using it once my photographing techniques improve a bit. :)</p> <p>Sorry it's so long and thank you for reading. :)</p>