Field Guide № 05 · Your closet
Import your wardrobe from a rack.
The slowest part of any wardrobe app is adding clothes one photo at a time. Skip it — shoot the whole rack in one go and let the AI do the sorting.
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Open your Wardrobe, then shoot once.
Open the Wardrobe tab, tap the camera, and choose the rack or worn-outfit option. Spread a pile flat or hang the rack with a little space between pieces, in even light.
Then take a single photo of the whole thing. No need to isolate each garment — that's the AI's job. A wearing-it selfie works too: shoot the full outfit you have on and Clottr pulls the top, bottom, shoes, and layers apart.
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Watch it separate the pieces.
Clottr detects each garment in the frame and turns it into its own clean, flat-lay cutout — background removed, ready to use. A rack of a dozen items becomes a dozen wardrobe entries.
You get a review grid before anything saves. Deselect anything that isn't yours or didn't extract cleanly, then keep the rest. If a couple of pieces were hidden behind others, snap a quick second photo — the import continues from where it left off.
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Automatically Tagged.
Every extracted item arrives already tagged — category, color, material, season, formality, and more. No typing. Skim them, fix anything that reads wrong (a "navy" that's really black, a "shirt" that's a jacket), and move on.
These tags are what let the AI reason about your closet later — build outfits, spot gaps, and calculate cost-per-wear. Duplicates are already filtered out, so you won't end up with the same tee twice.
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Your closet is live.
That's it — a searchable digital wardrobe in one sitting instead of a week of nightly uploads. Everything you just imported now powers daily fits, virtual try-on, trip packing, and Should I Buy.
Buying online later? The browser extension adds new pieces to this same closet in one click from any store, so it stays current without another rack session.
Tips & gotchas
Get a clean import on the first try.
Give the pieces room.
Heavy overlap is the one thing that trips extraction up. A hand's width between hangers, or a loosely spread pile, and the AI separates everything cleanly.
Light beats resolution.
A bright, evenly-lit photo from an old phone imports better than a dim shot from a new one. Face a window, avoid harsh shadow, and the cutouts come out crisp.
Do it in batches.
Don't try to fit forty items in one frame. Shoot a shelf, a rack, a drawer — five or six photos of ten pieces each is faster and cleaner than one crowded mega-shot.
Already have a Pinterest board or order history?
The browser extension can bulk-import a page of images too — a brand's site, your order history, a saved board — with the same de-duplication. Handy for the pieces you own but aren't in the room.
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Guide
Set up your try-on photo
Add one selfie so you can see every imported piece on your own body.
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Set up your daily fit
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I add my whole wardrobe to Clottr at once?
Photograph a rack, a pile, or a worn outfit in a single shot and Clottr's AI detects and extracts every garment as its own clean, tagged item. You can also bulk-import a page of product images with the browser extension. It beats photographing each piece one at a time.
Can Clottr pull separate clothes out of one photo?
Yes. From a single photo of a rack or an outfit you're wearing, the AI finds each garment, removes the background to a flat-lay cutout, and adds it as an individual wardrobe item — top, bottom, shoes, and layers all separated automatically.
Will importing a rack create duplicates?
No. Clottr hashes each extracted image and checks it against what's already in your closet, so garments that appear across multiple photos — or that you've already added — are skipped rather than duplicated.
What makes a good rack photo?
Even light, a little space between pieces, and garments facing the camera. Avoid heavy overlap and deep shadow. If two items are stacked and one gets missed, just snap a second photo of the leftovers — the import picks up where it left off.
How many clothes do I need to import before Clottr is useful?
Around 30 items is enough for varied daily outfits; 50-60 is the sweet spot. A rack import usually gets you there in one sitting, which is the whole point — the faster your closet is complete, the sooner the recommendations stop repeating.
What if the AI tags a piece wrong?
Open the item and edit any field — category, color, material, formality, season. Corrections are one-off and stick, and they make future recommendations and cost-per-wear numbers more accurate.