PERSONAL LOOKBOOK
TIPS & HELP
What You Can Do with Your Lookbook
Tips
Add Looks
Create Custom Collections
Find Something to Wear
Use Keywords to Search by Anything
Plan your Looks with the Calendar
See When and Where You've Worn a Look
Pack for a Trip
Take Outfit Selfies
Back Up and Restore
Give Personal Lookbook
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LOOKBOOK
- Find something to wear fast—search your outfit selfies by Rating, Weather, Attire, Fit, when last worn, and just about anything else with keywords. Learn how...
- Create collections for looks you wear to work, looks for a trip, favorite outfits, designer looks, and anything else you want to look up fast! Learn how...
- Use the Calendar to plan your looks for the week, weekend, or a trip. Learn how...
- Track who has seen your looks. Learn how...
- Sort by 5 stars to bring all your favorite looks to the top.
- Find all your outfits that go with a favorite item of clothing. Learn how...
- Make a visual shopping list with keywords. Learn how...
- Remember all of the amazing looks you have put together and see how great you look in them!
TIPS
PHOTO GRID
- Tap & hold any look to open its shortcut menu.
- Double tap a look to update its details.
- A yellow dot indicates a look that does not have any details yet.
ADDING LOOKS
- All sections on the Add a Look screen are optional—you only need to add details in the sections you want to search. For example, only add a rating if you want to be able to search your looks by Rating.
- Any words you include in Items, Notes/Tags, or calendar Wear Notes will become searchable keywords in “Find a Look.”
EDIT COLLECTIONS
- To delete a collection, swipe it left.
CALENDAR
- Include Wear Notes to remember where you wore a look and who saw you in it. (You can search these Wear Notes with "Find a Look.")
- If you don't wear a look as planned, remove it from your calendar to keep its Last Worn date accurate.
SEE PERSONAL LOOKBOOK'S SETTINGS TO:
- Delete all example looks.
- Learn how to backup your Lookbook.
- Automatically sort your looks by Rating, When Planned, etc.
ADD LOOKS
Add your outfit selfies with the Personal Lookbook camera or by selecting a photo from your iPhone's or iPad's gallery. You can also share photos to Personal Lookook from your iPhone's Photo's app or another photo editor.
After importing your photo, it will open in the Add a Look screen. If you want to be able to search your Lookbook, add details such as a Rating, Weather, and/or Fit (see the next section) and/or add it to your calendar. Or you can simply save your look and add details later—your look will be marked with a yellow dot to remind you.
Add additional photos if you want a closeup of accessories, a back view, alternate stylings, or a shot of you wearing your look in real life.
QUICK TIP
In Settings, you can set up custom daily reminders to take photos of your outfits.CREATE YOUR OWN COLLECTIONS
Categorize your looks any way you want with collections. You can make a collection of looks for recurring events in your life, like “Work” or “Girl’s Night Out,” a trip to Paris, designer looks, outfits that need tailoring, or anything else you want to look up fast. You’ll be able to view your collections quickly by tapping “Collections” under your photo grid.
Hint: To delete a collection, swipe it left.
FIND SOMETHING TO WEAR
If you add details to your looks, you’ll be able to search your closet on your phone and find something to wear anywhere. For example, you can set up your Lookbook to find:
- Something to wear to work that you haven’t worn in over a month.
- A dressy, 5-star outfit for dinner in Paris when the weather is warm.
- A comfortable outfit to wear to your book club when there’s a chance of rain.
- An outfit that your date hasn’t seen that includes your Zimmerman snakeskin boots.
To make your Lookbook searchable, simply add details and calendar dates to your looks in the Add a Look screen after you have imported your outfit selfie. (You can update a look anytime by double tapping the look.)
Note that you only need to add details in the sections want to be able to search. For example, if you only want to search your looks by Rating, there is no need to add details in the other sections (Weather, Fit, etc.).
Also, if you don't want to search by When Last Worn, see when a look is planned, or remember when and where you wore a look, there is no need to add it to the calendar.
Once you have added some looks, open “Find a Look” to search your looks by Rating, Collection, Weather, Fit, Attire, When Last Worn, and just about anything else with keywords. (See the next section.)
USE KEYWORDS TO SEARCH BY ANYTHING
You can set up your Personal Lookbook to search your looks by designer, color, trend, style, a favorite clothing item, and just about anything else with keywords. Just add your searchable keywords in the Items or Notes/Tags sections when adding or updating a look.
FOR EXAMPLE
If you want to be able to find all of your looks by your favorite designer, such as Chloé, include “Chloé” in the Items section whenever you add a look that includes an item by this designer (e.g., “Chloé yellow floral sheath dress”). Then, when you search by “Chloé” in the keyword field of “Find a Look,” all of your looks that include Chloé items will show in your results.
Or, if you want to be able to find everything that goes with a certain item of clothing, such as your purple paisley pencil skirt, whenever you add a look that includes your purple paisley pencil skirt, add “purple paisley pencil skirt” to your Items list.
You can also leave keywords in Notes/Tags or in your calendar Wear Notes to keep track of where you wore a look and who saw you in it. Learn how...
MAKE A VISUAL SHOPPING LIST
If a look needs new shoes or a better sweater, type the word “shop” in its Notes/Tags field. Then, when you’re out shopping, type “shop” in “Find a Look” to see all of your looks that need new items.
PLAN YOUR LOOKS WITH THE CALENDAR
Get out the door faster, look more put-together, and spend more vacation time vacationing instead of figuring out what to wear.
HOW TO PLAN YOUR LOOKS FOR THE WEEK
- Tap & hold a look you want to wear this week to open its shortcut menu.
- Tap "Add to Calendar."
- Tap the date you want to wear your look.
- Type where you're wearing it in Wear Notes.
- Tap “Done” on the keypad and “Done” on the calendar.
- Repeat steps 1-5 for all the other looks you want to wear this week.
RUNWAY
If you have a favorite or new look that you know you’ll want to wear soon, but aren’t exactly sure when, add it to your Runway collection by checking the Runway checkbox when adding or updating a look. You’ll be able to view your Runway looks anytime by opening “Find a Look” and checking “On the Runway.”
SEE WHEN & WHERE YOU'VE WORN A LOOK
Once you have past dates for a look in your calendar, you can 1) tap the look, then 2) tap “Last Worn” in the bottom left of your Closeup screen to see all the dates you have worn this look. If you have added Wear Notes, you will also see where you wore it, who saw you in it, and any other details you have added. (See next section, below, to learn more.)
If you want to see a look’s past and planned dates, just 1) tap & hold a look, 2) tap “Add to Calendar,” then 3) tap the Calendar-List button at the bottom of your calendar.
You can also view the past & planned dates for all of your looks: Tap the calendar button under your photo grid, then tap the Calendar-List button at the bottom.
TRACK WHO HAS SEEN YOUR LOOKS WITH SEARCHABLE WEAR NOTES
Whenever you add a look to your calendar, add the names of the people who saw you in that date's Wear Notes. Then you’ll be able to type a person’s name in “Find a Look” to see all the looks you have worn around that person.
For example, whenever you wear an outfit with Justin, add it to the calendar and include “Justin” in that day’s Wear Notes. Then open “Find a Look” and type “Justin” in the keyword search field. All of the looks you have worn around Justin will show in your results.
You can also use Wear Notes to track where you wore your looks.
PACK FOR A TRIP
Use the Calendar if you want to plan your trip day-by-day; or you can create a custom collection for your trip if you just want to see all of your looks for your trip in one place. If you are going to Tokyo, for example, create a collection named “Tokyo Trip,” then add looks to your new “Tokyo Trip” collection. Here’s how:
- Tap "Collections" under your photo grid.
- Tap “Edit" in the header.”
- Tap the text box at the top of Edit Collections and type "Tokyo Trip."
- Tap "Done" on the keyboard.
- Tap the blue zero to the right of your new collection.
- Select the looks you want to wear on your trip.
- Tap "Done."
- Tap "Done" to close Edit Collections.
Then, when you’re packing, just tap, “Collections” and select “Tokyo Trip” to see all of your outfits to pack. Also, when you’re relaxing in a Harajuku cat cafe, you can filter your looks further with “Find a Look” to see all of your outfit options for dinner.
QUICK TIP
You can also long-press any photo on your photo grid to quickly add it to a collection.
TAKE OUTFIT SELFIES
The best way to take pictures of yourself in your outfits is with an phone tripod and a remote shutter or an extra long selfie stick. If you need better lighting, a light wand can also be helpful.
Alternatively, you can:
- Shoot into a full-length mirror with the flash off and lots of light.
- Ask a friend to take your picture (outside in daytime shade is best).
- Hold your camera upside-down over your head (if you’re in a pinch).
Hint: You don’t need to be wearing a look to save it. Just lay your look out on your bed, a table, or the floor.
QUICK TIP
Give all your photos the same backgrounds and filters to make them look great together on your photo grid. We’d love to see what you do—send a screenshot to info@personallookbook.com.
BACK UP AND RESTORE
If get a new device, you don’t need to save your looks all over again. Just make sure that you have enough space on iCloud and confirm that Personal Lookbook is backing up daily. Learn how to manage your iCloud backup here.
Go here to learn how to transfer your iCloud backup to your new device.
GIVE PLB
Personal Lookbook makes a fabulous gift for fashionistas, professionals, travelers, students, organizers, and anyone else who needs to get dressed in the morning. To give Personal Lookbook, open to The App Store on your mobile device and search "Personal Lookbook." On our app page, tap the SHARE icon and then the GIFT icon.
CONTACT US
You can reach us at info@personallookbook.com if you have any questions or suggestions.
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