An investigation of contents and use of the home wardrobe

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Abstract

The home wardrobe is a complex and variable system, interacted with daily by its user/manager in a time- and resource-constrained decision-making process. Ubiquitous computing technology offers advantages in augmenting the decision-making process, and the potential to simultaneously encourage sustainable behaviors. In this study we present an empirical analysis of the contents of 11 home wardrobes and 3-6 months of daily dressing decisions for 5 users. We find that an average of only 7% of our female participants' wardrobes and 47% of our male participants' wardrobes are in regular use. In addition, we present an analysis of wardrobe contents, outfit composition, and garment utility in the wardrobe.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationUbiComp'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages203-206
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781450312240
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: Sep 5 2012Sep 8 2012

Publication series

NameUbiComp'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Volume2012-January

Other

Other14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period9/5/129/8/12

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Informatics program. Thanks to Allison Danzl and Misty Karges for their assistance in data collection.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 ACM.

Keywords

  • domestic technology
  • ubiquitous computing
  • wardrobe

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