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Luxury, Redefined for the Comfort of Your Home

Find out how Wink revolutionized luxury fashion by employing a mobile application that revolutionizes the concept of made-to-measure garments along with innovation. Wink provides the users with unique access to premium designs that are made exactly to their measurements via a single digital touch point.

About the client

Wink is a new luxury fashion brand aimed at changing the way people think about and experience premium apparel. Conventional premium apparel has generally encompassed ready wear outfits which usually need extensive fittings that involve many contacts with store personnel. Wink is all about integrating technology to the fashion luxury goods brand where the client is pampered in equal measure.

Industry

Ecommerce

Location

USA

Serivices

UI/UX, Product Strategy,

Business challenge

Turning a Vision of Digital Luxury into Reality

Problem

When Wink came to us, they had a vision but lacked execution capabilities to create a solid, successful mobile application. The first difficulty was in how to guide an apparently inexperienced user through the setup process, and at the same time, how to obtain their preferences and measurements without the process becoming overly complicated. In many cases, especially when appealing to the luxury market, users are not used to comprehensive digital interaction with a platform, and thus, the environment has to be simple and entertaining. Also, incorporating Wink’s big brand identity such as logos, colors and over-bearing text were some of the challenges when designing an appealing app that is functional and accessible. In this case, the design of the project required the creation of luxury in conjunction with the functionality needed to encompass Wink’s vision.

Solution

In response to Wink’s difficulties, we designed a specific mobile application that will be functional, beautiful, and easy to navigate. The onboarding process was divided into two interactive phases: the first one to attract the user’s attention and the second one for gathering measurements and payment data. Thanks to clickable elements, the minimum of general questions, and inviting visuals, we ensured it was a pleasure to use. Our design team developed an active and concise design solution set, which use Wink’s trademark elements such as logos and colors while considering legibility and usability. Screens were made high fidelity to maintain simplicity and avoid distracting the viewers from the clothes. To improve navigation, new linear elements were applied and the general design was refined to match the vision of Wink.

The Solution

Platform Components

Custom Measurement Onboarding:

A comprehensive and fun onboarding process that will enable the collection of user measurements and preferences in the shortest time possible, but while at the same time looking elegant.

Digital Concierge Integration:

For additional services – a specific services division in the application for choice of fabric, and other individual requests for particular garments to make shopping even more enjoyable.

Intuitive UI/UX Design:

A fully responsive design which makes it look exquisite and is easy to navigate in contrast to many designs which may be sleek but difficult to use for either the technical or non-technical customer.

Responsive Design System:

Progress laden bars, call out boxes, and navigation controls were designed in harmony with Wink and its mark to be consistent. 

Product development challenges and solutions

Challenge #1: Creating Engaging Onboarding for a Digital Luxury Audience

The onboarding process required capturing first and second order user preference and measurement data but had to do so in a way that engaged the user since luxury consumers are notoriously impatient with lengthy or complicated processes.

Solution: Simplified and Interactive Onboarding

We divided onboarding into two stages: one for the purpose of grabbing user attention and another one for accurate measurement and . By employing an interactive interface with less preprogrammed questions and more eye-popping components, we made the procedure fun and quick.

Challenge #2: Integrating Brand Aesthetics Without Compromising Usability

The issue of the integration of Wink’s numerous brand elements including logos, colours and fine-textures into the application design was another challenge. Thus, it was critical to strike a delicate chime between the visual high-end look and the clear and convenient navigation.

Solution: A Streamlined and Elegant Design System

We were able to avoid drastic changes to the brand’s color palette and fonts because of the need to keep things consistent and easy to read. Information-dense components were blended using concise forms; linear components were added to prevent the overloading of users with textual information, thus, the application corresponded to Wink’s exclusivity.

Challenge #3: Balancing Rich Content with Minimalism

The brands work on luxury, thus, the content is always detailed as to explain the value they bear, but here the problem is that if the interface is overloaded with details, then some users will simply leave due to confusion.

Solution: Focused Content Presentation

The content was chosen and arranged, so that the audience is able to quickly and easily comprehend the material. Some features were clarity elements such as progress bars, clickable navigation and short text blocks, but everything remained clean and simple to highlight the rich services Wink offered.

The Impact:

  •  Enhanced User Experience: Easy sign-up and a user-friendly design for both professional users and newcomers.
  • Refined Luxury Branding: Design of the app was done professionally to represent the Wink brand as a premium one, but it was also easy to navigate.
  •  Market Differentiation: That was how Wink positioning itself as a digital luxury fashion with the help of advanced technologies in contrast to the more traditional system of shopping.
  • Future-Proof Scalability: The design system adopted in the application also enables easy update and flexibility whenever the market conditions change.
  • Bridging Technology and Luxury: Wink’s app revolutionised the luxury tailored shopping concept by making it a personal and technologically driven exercise, a unique selling proposition of the fashion business. 

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