tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238767.post115474966039024277..comments2023-06-15T09:12:17.424-04:00Comments on Some Small Sense: Zafu - A New Approach to Jean Shopping?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904654087088040552noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238767.post-1155082358759094262006-08-08T20:12:00.000-04:002006-08-08T20:12:00.000-04:00That's great! And as for the out of bound cases, ...That's great! And as for the out of bound cases, perhaps Zafu couldn't get people to try on every pair of jeans? At that point, they probably have to rely upon the brand's size claims - which are always off.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904654087088040552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238767.post-1155079829666248112006-08-08T19:30:00.000-04:002006-08-08T19:30:00.000-04:00Wow. It worked for me and it actually produced a ...Wow. It worked for me and it actually produced a list of jeans including some that I wear, and some designer jeans that I've tried on and liked, but passed on the cost. However, it also suggested some jeans that it said run "true to size" that I know run large. :-Pjjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705767582626548647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238767.post-1154823706155296352006-08-05T20:21:00.000-04:002006-08-05T20:21:00.000-04:00Particular style numbers or models do not linger v...Particular style numbers or models do not linger very long. Seldom do fashion houses produce exactly the same style year after year. So, there is always new merchandise to be churned out, new fashions for consumers to purchase. And of course, we women are supposed to keep purchasing new things to stay current!<BR/><BR/>I am sure every time a new style comes out or gets retired, Zafu's "inventory" is updated. There are plenty of people that don't particularly want to bother froogling around for a better deal. Zafu's service is providing a snapshot, in time, with detailed commentary for all jeans available then. So for women who stay on the edge of what is new, they're actually not going to get better pricing anyway since sale pricing occurs only after a few months of product introduction. Of course, no reason for you NOT to jot down the styles for reference in a few months. <BR/><BR/>As far as the technology standpoint goes, there are already techniques to have 3 dimensional models cast of both people and clothing (I believe clothes are constructed in something similar to CAD...but I'm not a fashion designer so I can't be any more specific). These models, of course, can be inputted or outputted in whatever file format the software company uses.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904654087088040552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28238767.post-1154821896023946972006-08-05T19:51:00.000-04:002006-08-05T19:51:00.000-04:00"Zafu profits through a commission based model for..."Zafu profits through a commission based model for every purchase made through its referral. I can see an online service-based model a little harder to manage than in person."<BR/><BR/>Still, the problem with this model is that it's one-shot, right? I mean, once you've found The Jeans, do you really need to go back to Zafu? They better be getting a commission based on the lifetime value of the customer, not just the next order!<BR/><BR/>How does this thing work from a technology / data POV? Is there such a thing as "body shape XML"? (If not, I'm sure the pr0n industry is working on it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com