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Shopping for new clothes is time-consuming and can feel tedious.
Shoppers want new styles of clothing, but buying new items constantly is expensive.
It's challenging to know the fashion trends happening in your local community and shoppers are uninspired.
Fast fashion is wasteful and people own clothes they never wear
To find inspiration, users can explore closets of people in their communities or search for specific items
To help others find the perfect outfit and make some extra money on the side, users can lend clothes out to peers for a set price/day. This is also more sustainable.
Users can borrow clothes from friends/community members on a budget and save time and help the environment.
Armoir is a peer-to-peer clothes lending platform designed for college campus communities. College students can browse closets of their peers, borrow clothes at an affordable price, and make some money lending their clothes. Armoir is different from other platforms through: 1) clothes are lent, not sold (eg Poshmark, Mercari) 2) exchanges are peer-to-peer rather than directly from vendors (eg RentTheRunway)
College channels - don't have to deal with shipping/delays; instant exchange of clothes
Lending/borrowing clothes is more environmentally sustainable than buying new clothes
Very few to nonexistent products in market for peer-to-peer lending for non-designer clothes
College students living in close communities and interested in fashion. College campuses facilitate easy lending and a built-in network for clothing sharing
-students/workers who commute to campus -other college campus communities
Close living quarters could encourage people to sign up with their friends. Providing some organized way of lending would alleviate difficulties in keeping track of shared items
Students can lend/share clothes with their networks of existing friends
clothes swap events and Armoir-branded marketing events
events on other college campuses
Potential shipping costs in future, but keeping it local/college-focused for now
expenses to ensure clothing returns in good condition
Price of ads etc. to reach customers
if many users, will need to maintain data on the cloud
-access to certain clothing -your clothes are featured -covering cleaning fees, etc
Example: user borrowed a shirt, gets ad to buy it