Virtual sizing system and method

A method of surveying a group in connection with the group's apparel needs, the method comprising:

• conducting virtual sizing sessions with participating members of the group via an interactive virtual sizing application interfaced with a computer network, including automatically gathering user-specific information from a set of users over the computer network;
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• generating a set of survey results, including aggregating the user-specific information gathered from the set of users;
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• generating a uniform procurement forecast based on the set of survey results.

A method of selecting, ordering, or furnishing apparel for individual members of a group such that the group members are dressed to project a commonly-governed image, the method comprising:

• establishing image criteria that associate a set of apparel specifications with corresponding body properties according to a desired image to be maintained for the group;
• conducting virtual sizing sessions with participating members of the group via an interactive virtual sizing application, including:
• prompting each of the participating members of the group for user-specific information that includes at least one selection from among selectable options;
• applying the image criteria to user-specific information to determine which selectable options to present to each of the participating members;
• presenting selectable options to each of the participating members according to the image criteria;
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• gathering a first type of user-specific information and a second type of user-specific information from a first participating member of the group. wherein the first type of user-specific information and the second type of user-specific information are at least partially overlapping at respective overlapping information portions.

A system for managing apparel needs for a group, the system comprising:

• a network interface that communicates information over a computer network;
• a set of group-specific data, including image criteria that associate a set of uniform specifications with corresponding body properties according to an established image;
• a virtual sizing application communicatively coupled with the network interface and the set of group-specific data, wherein the virtual sizing application automatically gathers user-specific information over the computer network, and generates a virtual sizing result based on the user-specific information and the image criteria;
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• an administrative interface that provides administrative access to an image authority and facilitates the establishing the image criteria.