Fossil's 'Compare Size' Tool is so cool :)

Maybe these are becoming normal, but it's the first time I've noticed one - a super cool online size comparison tool for Fossil bags which lets you visually compare a bag to a woman of adjustable size and various objects - among them a magazine (which used to be the standard I needed all my bags to meet), ipads and macbooks, and perhaps coolest of all to me, a Canadian passport (probably location dependent)!

It may be a little glitchy or it may be me or my browser, but I only see how to adjust the person's size on my phone, and only noticed the other objects and how to move the bag around the figure on my laptop. Still, very cool tool in my book. I can understand now why they seem to be turning the mall stores into watch concept places rather than purse stores, as there's less and less need to shop in person.

I have my eye on the Fiona Crossbody in Finds.

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Kirstjen

Veteran

That is so cool! I hope more brands start using this as a tool. I'm 5'10" and always wonder how something looks against MY body. I always assume the models are shorter than me.

Runcarla

I've seen this on other sites and agree that it is super useful for visualizing a bag size. Kudos to Fossil for adopting the practice!

Barbara Diane

Wow, I hadn’t noticed this before. Very cool and useful. Thanks for pointing it out.

Although I have to say I care about the feel of a purse, both in my shoulder and the material itself. But it certainly helps narrow down the search.

Stagiaire Fash

That is cool. As for shopping online rather than in stores, I’ve been surprised at how much more cumbersome that is (in small ways that add up) in Germany than in the US.

Kirstjen, I thought 5’10” was standard height for a model. Not true?

Anonymous

That's wonderful! When the bag is just sitting alone its hard to tell.

Kate

I like this too, and I always appreciate it when bags are shown with models as they would be worn or carried. So helpful. Otherwise it's very hard to tell how a particular bag would work for me, unless I compare the measurements against a bag I already own.

nemosmom

Very helpful tool! Thank you for pointing it out!

Gigi

I wasn't aware of this. It is a really helpful tool. I was amazed at what a difference there is when I change the stats. A bag that looks OK on a really tall person looks humongous on a small person.

Eva

Active Member

Thank you Jules, I had not seen this before. I just tried it out and agree that it is very helpful!

FashIntern, now I am curious to hear what those differences in online shopping are!

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

WOW. Handy. Thanks for sharing, Jules. I LOVE the colour of that bag.

Gigi, good point about size of person mattering as much as size of bag.

Eva, affiliates of a company here can’t legally work together like in the US, so returns can be awkward. Things have to go back to the location where you got them, and the returns periods can be short. Websites often have little glitches in them, or just aren’t very well set up. They often don’t have everything the store carries. To me, that’s always been a benefit of shopping online—everything the store carries at my fingertips, whereas a store can be temporarily out of an item. The speed of any WiFi we’ve been on has been unreliable. But I will say that I love Zalando. Their prices can be low, but not necessarily. But they have good search engines. They don’t have quite as many filters as Nordstrom’s, but their “similar items” are well chosen, and their sizing suggestions are super. At home, I’ve seen sites that will suggest whatever size you usually get. Zalando’s takes into consideration whether the item runs large or small, as well as comments you’ve made on past returns. With no physical stores (that I know of anyway), they are the only place I’ve seen that has that culture of ordering a bunch of things to try, just like you’d take a bunch back to the dressing room in a store.

Apologies for distracting from the main topic here.

Adriana

Wonderful idea. I order sometimes bags from yoox. That can be a surprise, even with measurements given.

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