Clos.it

The digital closet of your dreams, made quick and easy with qr codes

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Inspiration

We have clothing tags we throw out all the time. Their design is old, and useless to us consumers. Existing closet apps require you to query their limited databases or fill out your own data. I wanted to create something useful for organizing my belongings, that wouldn't create another major inconvenience of setting up my wardrobe. Also, Willow Smith's 21st Century Girl music video had a digital closet built into a bus stop that was absolutely stunning.

What it does

Intended to be used both by consumers and the companies they buy from, Clos.it helps consumers manage their wardrobes, and give companies valuable data on their customer's needs, wants, and whims. As companies roll out wave after wave of new collections, Clos.it's barcode-based system would help them combine consumer and company needs for organization and data collection.

Just scan your barcode before you throw out those pesky tags, and add your new belongings to your wardrobe after your shopping trips. (Or search them up on the database) Clos.it also lets you collect data about your belongings, like how often you've been wearing your favorite shirt, and can help you find your next favorite pieces with curated listings and recommendations.

How we built it

C# Backend, ASP.NET, CockroachDB (SQL), and Bootstrap + HTML for Frontend

Challenges we ran into

C# has changed a lot since our last usage, and finding the right packages alone was difficult. Getting C#, JavaScript, and SQL to talk to each other all at once was also difficult, and a CockroachDB outage came at an inconvenient time. About 30% of the backend remains incomplete, so we've elected to hardcode some elements for the sake of demo.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The backend is well organized and will be easy to maintain and iterate off of. Additionally, the front end's design is also quite nice, and is responsive to many screen sizes.

What we learned

.NET is pretty difficult to work with, especially if you're not willing to shell out money for Visual Studio and Azure. Since so much goes on under the hood, it's hard to trace some of its interactions. Team members learned C# and about Web APIs on the fly, and gained more experience with GitHub

What's next for Clos.it

Lots! This is one of the better ideas we've come up with, and a hackathon is not nearly enough time to achieve everything. Finishing off data pipelines is in the immediate future, but past that there is lots of potential for growth, working with fashion companies to kick off consumer usage, outfit planning and scheduling, social media aspects for inspiration and influencers, more data collection, recommender algorithms, user accounts, and so much more!

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