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Talk about a "designer" app.
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation is updating their Ralph Lauren Collection App with the new Rugby App.
According to the announcement on Reuters:
This unique app will enable consumers to make their own Rugby directly from their iPhone and iPod touch. Consumers can customize with patches, share and order their own Rugby styles within the app.
The Rugby name, if you're not familiar, refers to not just jerseys, but also to the broader collection of polos and sweaters, all of which can be customized via the Rugby App. Perhaps the coolest aspect of the app, however, is that users can superimpose their face on a rugby model using the iPhone camera to get a preview of how they will look in a particular article of clothing. Those images can then be shared, for example, on Facebook.
Enabling customers to create, customize and define how they are using the technology to drive their own social currency and relevancy amongst their peer group is a key differentiation point for the app.
To appreciate this app, liking the Ralph Lauren Collection itself is completely irrelevant. In the big picture, the app speaks volumes about how so many other apps (fashion related or otherwise) should function as a social and highly personalized experience. And for this reason, I personally hope this app is hugely successful.