Try-on glossary

Try-on, fit and sizing terms A–Z

Terms are listed alphabetically. Each one links in naturally to the guides where it comes up.

AR try-on (augmented reality)

A try-on method that shows a live layer of an item over your camera view. It is engaging and shows movement, but usually looks stylised rather than like a photo, and it only works for items a shop has prepared for AR.

Bracketing

Ordering several sizes or colours of the same piece on purpose, planning to keep one and return the rest. It comes from sizing uncertainty and adds to return volume on top of genuine fit misses.

Body and pose detection

The step where software reads your build, proportions and stance from a photo — or works them out from your height and weight — so a garment can be shown on your figure rather than on a generic mannequin.

Conversion rate

The share of shop visitors who complete a purchase. Retailers often track it when they add try-on features, alongside the return rate.

Ease

The extra room a garment has beyond your body measurements. A relaxed tee has more ease than a fitted one, which is why the same size can feel loose in one cut and snug in another.

Expectation gap

The difference between how you picture a piece before buying and how it actually fits and looks on you. It is behind “it looked different on me” returns.

Fit model

The person a brand uses to fit and photograph its clothes. Product photos show a piece on a fit model who usually has a different height and build from yours.

Garment drape

How fabric falls, folds and hangs on a body. Drape depends on fabric weight and cut; a believable try-on image has to show it, not just a flat outline.

Generative virtual try-on

A tool that creates a photo-like image of you wearing a chosen garment from your photos. wearfits.me is one: you add a selfie plus height and weight (a full-body photo is optional and raises accuracy) and paste a product link.

Inseam

The length of the inner leg seam of trousers, from crotch to hem. It decides where a hem lands for your height; see how to measure yourself.

Look

On wearfits.me, a whole outfit — pieces from one or several shops combined into a single studio shot of you. A look uses one try-on, the same as a single piece.

Personal model (wearfits.me)

What wearfits.me builds privately from your selfie, your height and weight and, if you add one, your full-body photo, so every studio shot looks like you. It is never shown on its own — you only see it wearing the pieces you choose.

Product link

The web address of a single product page in an online shop. On wearfits.me the link replaces a prompt: the piece is read from the page, so there is nothing to describe.

Prompt

The written instruction you give an image or chat tool, such as “put me in a navy blazer”. Some tools also accept reference images. Results depend on the prompt and references and may alter or invent garment details, so check the image against the listing.

Return rate

The share of ordered items that are sent back. Clothing and footwear are the most-returned online categories; see apparel returns data for sourced figures.

ROAS (return on ad spend)

Revenue earned for each unit of money spent on advertising. It is often quoted when brands measure the impact of try-on campaigns.

Size chart

A brand’s table of body or garment measurements for each size. It is the best tool for choosing a size but shows nothing about how the piece looks on you.

Studio shot

A full-body photo in clean, even studio light, like the model on a product page. wearfits.me makes studio shots of you wearing the pieces you pick, typically in up to 20 seconds each.

Vanity sizing

Labelling garments with a smaller size than their measurements suggest. Because brands do it differently, the same label can fit very differently from shop to shop.

Visual preview

A picture of how a piece looks on you, as opposed to a measurement of fit. A wearfits.me shot is a visual preview, not a size guarantee.

Which of these terms matter when you shop?

Three groups of words map to three questions you ask before buying:

• How will it look on me? — studio shot, look, garment drape, fit model. A studio shot of you answers this directly.
• Which size should I order? — size chart, ease, inseam, vanity sizing. Start with how to measure yourself and the clothing size converter.
• Why do so many orders come back? — bracketing, return rate, expectation gap. The apparel returns data page has sourced figures.

For how the try-on methods differ in practice — including general image tools — see ways to preview clothes, compared.