I can't see myself using this as a service for casual wear, or even office wear.
In line with BobbyH's point 2 - I'd suggest looking into formalwear and weddings markets. In the "not wearing a white/ivory/champagne gown", it's really hard to find a way to match gown, hair accessories, shoes, bags etc, and then add in bridesmaids.
If you can find a way to select matching gowns - that would be hugely popular in both wedding and formalwear markets (going to prom with your besties with gowns that look awesome together I'd bet would get people in the door to your service, and if you can convert that to loyalty...)
Weddings and formal events are times when people spend more than they otherwise might on matching clothes and accessories, and for many will be the only occasions where they'd indulge themselves in a completely new outfit from head to toe.
I'd probably separate out "bug" issues from adding data.
Even if it doesn't 'take off' right away, you'd do yourself a huge favour by allowing people to add their own entries. If you need to add user submitted data to a moderation queue that you have to check yourself, that's still better than you having to enter things in. By allowing people (who maybe can't help with the programming) to add to the database itself, you are then freed up to do things like, say, work on an API ;o)
I love this idea (it's resonating with me because I've been investigating whether library management software packages provide APIs).
I'm concerned though that if you need people to email you so that you can add info to the database, you're going to be in for an awful lot of work if this thing takes off, maybe beyond your ability to provide.
The other thing I was wondering is if kopibibli will provide any kind of API itself, so other applications can query your database? There's a world of potential for third parties there if so.
Can you give us a preferred format for information? CSV? Or if you can outline the database structure, I don't mind contributing if you can tell me the preferred data format (to make it easier for you to import).
In line with BobbyH's point 2 - I'd suggest looking into formalwear and weddings markets. In the "not wearing a white/ivory/champagne gown", it's really hard to find a way to match gown, hair accessories, shoes, bags etc, and then add in bridesmaids.
If you can find a way to select matching gowns - that would be hugely popular in both wedding and formalwear markets (going to prom with your besties with gowns that look awesome together I'd bet would get people in the door to your service, and if you can convert that to loyalty...)
Weddings and formal events are times when people spend more than they otherwise might on matching clothes and accessories, and for many will be the only occasions where they'd indulge themselves in a completely new outfit from head to toe.