Electronic personalized clothing makeover assistant

A computer program product in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for customizing the display of clothing for sale on the Internet, the computer program product comprising:

• first instructions for receiving a digitized image of a person selected by a user;
• second instructions for receiving dimension and scaling information from the user;
• third instructions for receiving a selection of a clothing item that the user would like to see the image of the person wearing;
• fourth instructions for scaling the image of at least one of the image of the person and the image of clothing item selected by the user;
• fifth instructions for creating an image of the person wearing the clothing item selected by the user;
• and
• sixth instructions for presenting the image of the person wearing the clothing item selected by the user to the user.

A system for customizing the display of clothing for sale on the Internet, the system comprising:

• first means for receiving a digitized image of a person selected by a user;
• second means for receiving dimension and scaling information from the user;
• third means for receiving a selection of a clothing item that the user would like to see the image of the person wearing;
• fourth means for scaling the image of at least one of the image of the person and the image of clothing item selected by the user;
• fifth means for creating an image of the person wearing the clothing item selected by the user;
• and
• sixth means for presenting the image of the person wearing the clothing item selected by the user to the user.

A method for aiding a customer in selecting clothing via a networked data processing system, the method comprising:

• presenting a user with body type and clothing options;
• receiving a user selection of body type and clothing option;
• generating an image of a model of the selected body type wearing the selected clothing;
• and
• presenting the image of the model to the user.