Designing support device, designing support method, designing support program, and recommendation device

A designing support method, comprising:

• inputting a plurality of design element indexes obtained by quantifying design in association with a plurality of portions constituting shoes;
• estimating an impression index obtained by quantifying an impression of the shoes, based on a set of a plurality of the design element indexes that have been input;
• and
• outputting the impression index thus estimated.

A designing support device, comprising:

• an input unit that inputs a plurality of design element indexes obtained by quantifying at least design in association with a plurality of portions constituting clothes;
• an estimation unit that estimates a plurality of impression indexes obtained by quantifying impressions of the clothes, based on a set of a plurality of the design element indexes that have been input;
• and
• an output unit that outputs the plurality of impression indexes thus estimated.