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Amazon Will Now Let You Try On Clothes Before You Buy Them (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the going-forward dept.

For many people, buying clothing online is not worth the hassle of getting a pair of pants or a shirt that does not fit. Many retailers have sought to eliminate that risk by offering free returns on clothing, but now Amazon is going even further. From a report: Amazon is launching Prime Wardrobe, a new program that will let you try on clothes before you buy them. Once you select at least three Prime Wardrobe-eligible pieces from over a million clothing options, Amazon will ship your selections to you in a resealable return box with a prepaid shipping label. After you try on the clothes, you can put the ones you don't want back in the box and leave it at your front door -- Prime Wardrobe also comes with free scheduled pickups from UPS. If you decide to keep at least three items you will get a 10 percent discount off your purchase, and if you keep five or more pieces the discount rises to 20 percent.

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  1. Oh great by ChoGGi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    used clothes from Amazon, just what I wanted.

    1. Re:Oh great by Gilgaron · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You can hang out and watch the staff at the retail places fold or rehang the clothes from the dressing room and put them back on the rack if you like... they don't launder them first.

  2. Great by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This will be great for my wife. Not so great for my wallet.

    "But it's 20% off! I'm saving us money by buying more!"

  3. 21st Century Capitalism. by geekmux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Prime Video. Prime Pantry. Prime Wardrobe.

    Sure as hell seems like every new feature on Amazon is making a Prime membership rather mandatory instead of merely a nice benefit to cut down on shipping costs.

    I shouldn't be surprised. Being forced to subscribe to every service you use to create a per-customer-cost-for-life revenue stream is the definition of capitalism in the 21st century.

  4. Re:Vanity Sizing - now in men's clothes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All this makes it brutally hard to buy clothes that fit based on measurements!

    I make clothes from scratch, starting with pattern drafting. Buying clothes based on measurements will always be a crap-shoot. There are countless curves and angles that can not be communicated effectively. Most "size charts" are laughably simplistic. They might tell you if a garment will be too small to stretch over your body, but if you actually care about how your clothes fit, you have to try things on.