Moody closet: exploring intriguing new views on wardrobe recommendation

Abstract

This paper introduces Moody Closet, a mobile application for the management of a personal wardrobe with a personalized outfit recommender. To provide incentive for the users to add content and express their preferences, the system provides an easy and enjoyable interaction, which delivers new perspectives on their closets. In particular, we focus on the mood of the wearer, which is considered to be an intriguing trigger capable of prompting the contribution of information needed to feed a recommendation system. An exploratory study with a small set of users provides an initial demonstration that the concept has the potential to fascinate users and motivate them to contribute. We demonstrate a working prototype which showcases the addition of content and the triggers provided to motivate this process.