Re:Fit

Inspiration

ReFit was inspired by how ecosystems naturally share and redistribute resources:

Trees exchange nutrients through underground networks.
Animals form mutualistic relationships
Countries share water across borders. Communities thrive when resources flow instead of being hoarded.

We asked: What if fashion worked the same way? Instead of everyone owning excess clothing, we could create a shared wardrobe that keeps clothes in motion, extending their life and reducing waste.

What it does

Re:Fit is a fashion rental marketplace where anyone can lend, borrow, and discover unique and accessible secondhand items. It is a wardrobe-sharing platform where people lend, borrow, or swap rarely-worn clothes. It includes features that allow users to rent items, upload items, be a part of a public forum and a community forum, form connections, send messages and connect with other users.

How we built it

We built a basic prototype with user logins, clothing listings, community and messaging features. We used Figma for the UI design and a mix of React and Python for the prototype frontend and backend.

Challenges we ran into

Scope creep: We had many ideas for features, but had to focus on just the most important ones to finish in time. We also had to adapt existing features such that they could be implemented within the time constraint.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of coming up with a unique idea for an application we would all personally use in our day-to-day lives. Moreover, we're proud of creating a working demo given the time limitations that we had. The UI design is user-friendly, aesthetic, clean and well formatted. We've drawn inspiration from the workings of nature to come up with an idea that is ideal for the future world.

What we learned

We've learned how to work efficiently as a team under pressure to create a working prototype. Furthermore, we've learned how to build a web application from scratch including both the backend and the frontend as well as building a user-friendly UI.

What's next for Re:Fit

We want to implement more features into Re:Fit (such as a map view) and enhance its existing functionalities to deliver an even better user experience. We want to gather feedback from actual users on improvements we can make to our UI design and app features.