introducing my outfit archive
OOTD without the doom scroll
outfit archive [name pending, tbh] is an ongoing study of personal style, built by yours truly as a custom wardrobe catalog and outfit logging web app. it traces the lives of individual garments, from how they came into my closet to the outfits they become a part of it. put together, this corner of my digital garden is a living record of how i dress, evolve, and express myself over time.
the archive today | what's working
home page + monthly views
home page feels like it needs a redesign, but i love the gif on hover preview for all the months!
public closet catalog
a searchable, filterable catalog of my wardrobe, each with its own category-based code. individual entries document garment details, photographs, textures, and acquisition history.
garment histories
track how pieces enter the wardrobe (purchased, thrifted, gifted, or borrowed) and document when they leave the collection
outfit logging (in the terminal for now teehee)
combine closet pieces into outfit records with dates, tags, notes, and photographs
admin side
add and edit pieces to the wardrobe
currently in development
outfit management
refining workflows for creating, editing, and organizing outfit records
media management
expanding image handling for garment details, textures, multiple outfit views, and drag-and-drop and batch uploading
testing
unit testing to catch bugs and make my baby full stack dev life easier
more flexible archive
advanced filtering, garment wear tracking, seasonal wardrobe, and a more polished mobile experience
mobile view
design explorations
daily outfit view
evolutions
this project started in 2024 initially as a web design project, when I only really knew HTML, CSS, and a teeeny bit of JavaScript (hello each subpage being its own file and static website!!!).
in 2026, however, i started to learn Python and it blew my mind. i knew it was exactly what i needed to make this project way more dynamic, user friendly, and easy to maintain (goodbye static webpages, hello flask apps!).
as this has been years in the making so far, the design has taken a few turns but the core stays the same. scroll through its earlier iterations below :p