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Would you let AI choose your outfits?
Chloë Hamilton explores the possibilities, with surprising results…
I’m wearing a mint-green tulle midi dress with sheer sleeves that balloon precociously and a tiered skirt that puffs out in such a way as to give me the appearance of either a Quality Street or a three-year-old at her own birthday party. Far from overwriting my individuality, each AI-generated outfit had an essential me-ness to it What I really want, I realise, as I stand naked and panicked in front of the mirror – clock ticking – is a personal stylist; someone to sift through my clothes and tell me what to wear for the nursery drop-off or a night out (in my dreams) with friends. The system isn’t perfect, of course – AI (which, presumably, doesn’t feel the cold itself) apparently deems a jumper and coat unnecessary in mid-November, meaning I have to add an oversized wool sweater and a leopard print bomber jacket myself – but it’s pretty good.
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