This week’s editionA weekly paper on machine learning and what we wear

The weekly paper of clothing, fit and machine learning

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Reporting on what changes when a clothing measurement becomes a model input.

Line figure of a shoulder seam sitting across a body outline, with the slope angle marked.
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Why fit prediction still stalls at the shoulder

The shoulder is the joint a garment hangs from, and it is the measurement clothing systems record least well. Everything downstream of it inherits the error.

Ruled bar diagram of a returns funnel, narrowing from orders placed to the fit-related subset.
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Return rates and the limits of recommendation

Fit systems are usually justified by the returns they prevent. That framing quietly decides what the system is allowed to be good at.