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Friends and welcome to another video.
Today, I'm gonna be trying out Amazon's personal shopping service
because we all know that Jeff Bezos is a stylin' dude.
Billions of dollars, one killer vest. So a few weeks ago, I was trawling the internet
bottom-feeding like a carpet shark as I am want to do, and I stumbled upon a few articles
announcing the launch of Amazon's new personal shopping service
where basically Amazon Prime members can pay a small fee each month to take a fashion quiz and be matched up with a real live
stylist as opposed to a robot stylist,
I felt like that needed to be said, who will pick out things for you to wear. Now when I think of personal shoppers,
I sort of think of old-school, higher-end department stores.
Kind of like what Rachel from FRIENDS's job was at Bloomingdale's.
"My mom calls it bloomies."
So I think it's kind of interesting that Amazon has "killed retail" and now is trying to bring back things from it,
but it also feels like with this they're trying to close in on the Stitch Fix style box space because the format is kind of
similar where you take a quiz, they give you suggestions, you try things on, and choose what to keep. So it seems like
Amazon is just trying to eat everyone's lunch. "Who would steal 30 bag lunches?"
But I guess we'll see how they do
both in terms of figuring out my style and in terms of what the products themselves are like because Amazon has sort of a huge
spectrum of quality and price.
Like will we be on the Wish side of Amazon or on like the Nordstrom side of Amazon?
I guess we'll find out.
So right now I'm gonna take this quiz, and then in a few days
they'll give me a personal shopper, and then we'll see what they come up with.
And if I don't end up bald and wearing a great vest I'm gonna be very upset. Alright,
let's do it. So apparently the Amazon personal shopping service is only available on the app for your phone,
so I have my phone. I am screen recording that is why there is a computer here
also. I think I should just search for personal shopper right? Here we go
I found the landing page. "Introducing personal shopper by Prime Wardrobe. Let our stylists do the shopping for you.
Just $4.99 a month. Cancel anytime. We'll see about that Amazon." You can't really cancel anyone nowadays.
All right, I'm gonna click "let's get started". Bing!
Ooh, it says: "create your style profile", "customize your upcoming styling", and "sign up for your membership".
Am I not already signed up for Amazon Prime? Is this like sign up inception?
I have to sign up for an account within my own account. All right, I'm gonna click "next". Ah yes,
we're on to the quiz now, and the first question of my style profile is: "How often do you like to wear the following styles?"
So it seems like it's giving me sort of like
outfit flat lays, and then I have to say if I like them or not or how much I would wear them. And the first
one is casual. I would say often. I would say that I don't really wear real pants anymore,
so I think that counts towards often.
- [Tyler] I would say always.
Edgy! Oh, I mean I think this flat lay is definitely like more my vibe,
but I would say my daily style is more like edgy with yoga pants on. I'm gonna say often on this one also. Next up,
romantic. I do like like turtlenecks and lace, but I feel like not necessarily in a romantic way,
so maybe I should say rarely. Alright, sporty. Now, I'm not sporty but I do like athleisure.
- [Tyler] Yes.
I like leisure. I edit most of my days.
- [Tyler] Well we have that bike desk.
I don't use it,
but I like it.
- [Tyler] You like what it stands for.
Yes. Oh, and then the next one is glam which I would say
I am rarely glam. Nothing against glam. Good for glam.
- [Tyler] Good for glam?
You know, wam bam hand in the glam. It's usually just, "wam bam hand in the clam."
- [Tyler] No it's - wam bam thank you ma'am.
What?
- [Tyler] Where did this clam reference come from?
I don't even know. Okay, so the next one is minimal.
In a sort of monochromatic way, I am minimal, but I do like dramatic flourishes.
So I would say I'm sometimes minimal. I would say that's pretty fair.
And then the last flat lay is retro. Now I do enjoy a good decade
fashion adventure, but I'm not sure my daily style is retro. So I'm gonna say rarely and then click "next".
Let's see what else they have in the store for me. Ooh, all right. This is a question about brands.
Oh no, I'm never good at these. Which of the following are in your closet? Adidas, yes. Alo yoga,
yes. Amazon essentials? They have their own brand? See, I told you they're coming for everyone's merkin.
- [Tyler] They make everybody's merkin.
I mean, it seems like Amazon will soon be the worldwide
manufacturer of merkins, so everyone hang on to yours. Yeah, I don't have that many brands.
I have like one pair of Calvin Klein underwear and four pairs of Calin Kelun underwear, so um. I don't see him on here.
I'm pretty disappointed about that. Oh, Ugg is on here. I do have one very large pair of Uggs,
so I feel like that counts.
- [Tyler] You shouldn't be including products from videos though.
See, but if I don't then I only have like one brand checked, so.
- [Tyler] Ok, got it.
Ah, so the next question is about colors and patterns that I dislike. Hm.
I feel like I should be honest and click everything.
- [Tyler] Yeah
I'll leave like the neutrals on, but I'm gonna get rid of colors just so they know that. So currently what's left on there are:
neutrals, grays, blacks, and silvers. This is embarrassing for some reason. I feel exposed.
So the next section is asking me how often I wear different clothing items. First up is dresses.
I'm gonna say I often wear dresses actually. When I shave my legs.
For like the week after that I wear only dresses. Jeans.
I'm not against them, but I do rarely reach for them. Pants, same deal. If it's not stretchy
it's not that I don't like it, it's that I don't wear it. All right, next.
Ah, now it's asking me how I feel about specific trends. Midi-length
dresses and skirts.
I'm actually a big fan of like midi and maxi length things.
Partially because it
minimizes the amount of leg you have to shave and also because you can kind of sweep around. You know,
you have kind of like a butt cape.
- [Tyler] A lot of your clothing decisions centralize around leg hair.
Leg hair and also
dramatic flourishes. Do I have to shave my legs and can I pretend I'm Snape? Ooh-hoo!
The next trend is bell sleeves. Let me just smash that "love it" button. Circle.
Hole. What?
- [Tyler] Smash that hole?
I didn't realize it sounded like that.
Obviously, I am a giant fan of bell sleeves, bat wing sleeves,
giant sleeves, really dramatic sleeves of any kind, so they can send these to me all they want.
Okay, so the next question is about my body shape. I think I'm straight up and down.
I think I've got wide shoulders and wide hips but not necessarily like a really small waist. I think I'm just
straight up and down.
- [Tyler] You're like celery.
What did we say in that video we did? The perfect makeover video?
- [Tyler] You're like a rhubarb.
Rhubarb, I've got the rhubarb body type. Tyler's into it.
- [Tyler] Yeah.
The next couple of sections of the quiz are asking me how I like different
clothing items to fit, how much I like to highlight different parts of my body, my height and my weight, and my
general sizes. And they're also giving me an opportunity to leave a little extra fit info for the stylist.
Oh, maybe I should tell them I have a big booty?
- [Tyler] Okay.
I have decently long legs and kind of a big booty. FYI. Alright,
next. And then there are even more questions.
Including some about my budget, for which I'm just gonna check towards the middle of each category,
and then a series of questions about how often I'd like to receive certain vibes of items like:
business-y, going to the club-y,
snug-y. Those kinds of things. And with that, I am finally at the end of this quiz.
It's gonna let me save my style profile, so let's do that. I'm gonna click "continue". Alright, so this is about my payment information.
- [Tyler] Don't they know everything already?
They do, they do, they do. Ah ha, my personal shopper subscription is confirmed, and next up
they're gonna notify me when my stylist's pics are ready.
So presumably in a few days that real life, not robot, stylist is gonna reach out to me and
recommend me some stuff to wear. So I'll see you guys then.
Alright.
So it's a few days later, and I've received a notification that my Amazon shopper has picked out a few things for me
to go through and see what I like from them.
Tyler: Choose from?
That's better. In general,
I haven't been like contacted by any person besides this push notification
like I haven't chatted with anyone on the phone or like DM to anyone but I did participate in like a
Tinder style survey where Amazon like gave me selections and then I would like swipe left or right if I liked them or not
So that did provide them like a little more information than just the quiz that we took but besides that that's it
Okay, so I guess we should just open up the app and see what's up
Shall we haha, my pics already I've clicked in
Okay, so they sent me a list of like 10 clothing items presumably based off of my style profile
So they say that I should choose two to eight items from this list to try on at home for free
There's two jackets on here two dresses
For tops one pair of leggings and one pair of shoes
They all seem to be name brands that I recognize
so we're definitely on the Bloomies side of Amazon versus the Romwe side with the average price being about
$60 per item. Overall
These clothes look pretty decent if a little plain
But I'm gonna hold off any real judgement until I can see them in person
Maybe I should try on eight just so we can see
The most possible which means that two of these clothing items are getting out Vitas aimed right now
I think that I am going to
Leave out this gray turtleneck sweater just because it's not really doing a lot for me and I can't really see myself
Keeping it. So I'm not gonna waste its time. And then the second item I'm gonna boot is this jean jacket
I feel like although I do wear denim jackets a lot
Getting a plain denim jacket to try on is not the most exciting thing.
- [Tyler] No
So I think I'm gonna eliminate that one as well and then we'll go with everything else basically
So I'm going to say review and ship and we will see these items when they arrive here
And we can try them on. So next time you see me
I'll have my haul. Alright
so it's about a week later and we are here and ready to unbox, I mean, unbag our
Amazon personal shopper haul.
- [Tyler] Oh, wow.
It's a pretty big sack.
- [Tyler] You just slammed that thing
There's nothing fragile in there, is there?
- [Tyler] No, there isn't.
Alright. So this is my sack.
- [Tyler] This is your sack?
This is my sack
- [Tyler] Okay, you're saying sack a lot
I feel compelled to say sack it feels right in my mouth.
- [Tyler] Oh my god [wheeze]
Sorry, why am I so raunchy today?
- [Tyler] I don't know.
Ooh alright first up is I believe a white denim or linen jacket
I kind of like this jacket actually when I see it in person. It's got a little bit of like a
Waist cincher and it also has like some nice like cargo sort of like military jacket vibes. It feels nice
It's definitely the right weight for a Los Angeles jacket.
- [Tyler] So it's like barely a jacket.
It's barely a jacket
Yeah, but that's the kind of jacket you need in LA. So I'm not angry about that.
- [Tyler] We can mock it but it's practical
Alright, so that is item one of eight. What's next out of my bag of tricks? Ooh
Exciting stuff this is the linen peasant blouse
This looks very
Comfy actually a little similar to a different like peasant shirt that I own that I've worn in a fair amount of videos actually
So this is not a terrible pick, but maybe not the most exciting pick.
- [Tyler] No
It's cute and
-Serviceable for now. We'll see how it fits. We'll see how it fits. 
- [Tyler] Yeah. 
- Ooh
Alright, here is another black item. I think this is our black t-shirt
they taped this one seriously
- [Tyler] they do not want you to get into that thing
Why? What the actual heck is going on.
- [Tyler] Is it double bagged?
I don't know--ooh
This is cute. Actually, I would say online
um
It looked like slightly
Underwhelming but actually in person I like the fabric the seam down the middle and the knot detail
It's a very very conservative version of the hit me baby one more time
It's like I will tie up my shirt act wear my jeans end. Okay, so next up
We've got this lump. Look ma, it's a lump.
- [Tyler] It looks something came out of a vending machine kind of
That is totally next up for Amazon. Yes, clothing vending machines Wow. I just gave them a free idea. You're welcome
All right. So here's a cute white wrap top. Oh
- The fronts open. 
- [Tyler] Oh, yeah? 
- I'm flashing myself
It is a little
business casual and I am pretty much in a place in my life where I have no need for business casual clothing and I think
I told them that but you know, we'll see how it looks on. Maybe it reads a little more casual on the body
All right, what's next?
Ah, I believe these are the leggings. Whoo
The fabric of these is really soft. Tyler, feel this reach out and feel this.
Suddenly it's turned into a leggings ad. Oh, yeah reach out and feel this, Rhonda
- [Tyler] Rhonda?
I'm trying to be like a home shopping network type person now
I did tell them that I liked yoga pants and these do feel pretty promising but as a sort of like item that was picked
Out for me personally by a stylist. Once again, I would say it's a little bit of a safe choice.
- [Tyler] Very safe. Yeah. It's like I'm gonna buy a lady in her 20s yoga pants.
What!
We like those? That's wild. All right, so next up. We have this gray sweater dress, which is very cute
I like the neckline and I like these little things around the sleeves, but I am a little concerned
about the thickness of the knit
I thought that this dress might be more of like a where whenever like thin dress and this is definitely a sweater dress
Like I feel the warmth
I feel like they didn't 100% take into account my location for this one
Like if I still lived in Chicago, I would be pleased with this. But I don't.
- [Tyler] Something that like a personal stylist should know
I mean Amazon definitely knows that
All right, let me roll this thing up and then we'll move on to the second to last item
- [Tyler] the penultimate
the penultimate item
- [Tyler] Oh, that's cute.
Whoo, I like this pattern.
- [Tyler] What are those?
I think they're stars here. Let me like unfurl. Oh
- [Tyler] This is definitely your style
This is definitely up my alley. There are a lot of features on this dress that strike my fancy
I like the like fit-and-flare. I do like the sort of um corset neckline situation
even if it doesn't look good on me, this is
Probably a good pick like from a online personal shopper
I would say that this is a good shot a good (Tyler: stab) a good stab (a good stab) I declare
Cute. Ow
We should get a gavel.
- [Tyler] We don't need a gavel.
I need a gavel dear Amazon personal shopper dear Bezos
can you send me a gavel? So that is item seven out of eight and then our final item is a pair of shoes and
If I remember correctly
These are a pair of white studded backless mules
- [Tyler] those these are like straight out of the Elton John biopic
Yeah, I was gonna say for some reason. These are giving me like somewhere in between
Elvis Presley and Kris Jenner
Bedroom slippers, does that make sense at all?
- [Tyler] You know you throw some sunglasses on and give her a microphone and I think Kris Jenner could like be a stand-in for Elvis
That's not the worst call. It's not perfect, but it's not the worst
These shoes are an interesting choice and sort of like a judge on Project Runway or Top Chef
I have to give them points for trying something. (Tyler: Yeah) this is not like a sort of neutral white top or great dress
This is like a studded  mule
So with all of our items de-sacked, let's get them on my body and see how they look
-[Tyler] The King Kardashian lives
So after trying on our eight items
There were some hits some misses and some close but no cigars and out of those
I would say that there are four items
I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna keep first being the white linen jacket. In general, this is quite a comfortable jacket
It's very light and the cut of it is okay
But a white linen jacket just seems pretty hard to maintain
So I don't think I would wear it
Especially since I'm used to rubbing spills into my jacket rather than off of it
- [Tyler] I can already envision like mustard stains on this thing.
Yeah. I eat a lot of mustard. Mustard, hot sauce, coffee
I consume a lot of stain-ful items. Like I've said before I'm a sauce gal
That's a problem with the white jacket. The second item that's going back to Bezos is the black also linen
peasant top
I feel like my problem with this top is that it is close to a top that I already like so it's kind of in
Like an uncanny valley in between a hill. That is I have a top that's like this
So I do like this style and another Hill that well if I like that top better than I should keep this top the fabric
Of it is also kind of stiff and wrinkle prone which isn't awesome
I feel like with like a peasant top you might want to just be able to sort of throw it on a little bit more
than like a shirt you have to like steam and
unwrinkle. The third item that's getting returned is the white wrap top.
Usually I'm a medium fan of like wrap style tops
but this is an actual wrap top like there is holes in it and like I actually have to wrap it together and it could
become unwrapped and then I could flash people so it not only feels kind of precarious but also
I don't think it is the most flattering style on me. So it is out along with the gray
inappropriate for LA sweater dress. it is warm and comfortable like what I'm feeling myself
Like I am liking what I'm feeling, but it's fitting me a little bit weird once it's on my body
- [Tyler] It's like a pillowcase.
Maybe it should have been like more body con or just like more flowy
(Tyler: Yeah) It's kind of like in-between, which is pretty unfortunate because I do like the sleeves
I like how long they are. And they've also wrapped my wrists or sort of like forearms like a present.
- [Tyler] They're slightly mummified what I thought when I saw it
mummy meets Christmas present. Besides those there are two items in our haul that I'm kind of on the fence about
One being the black knot detail shirt
I actually like this one on
- [Tyler] There's not a lot not to like it looks pretty standard.
It is fairly standard, I'll be honest, but it's quite comfortable
I really like like sort of like lightweight feel and I do like the knot detail bring it around
town. I feel like my hesitancy comes from the fact that it's kind of plain and it just doesn't feel like something that I couldn't
Find myself at a variety of other stores
But I still might keep it the second item that I'm not so sure about is the yoga pants these yoga pants are
Incredibly comfortable sort of like a nice soft teddy bear around my thighs
But they are maybe a hair big. I think it's because they're not super like
Hug, or they're not really like rump lifting yoga pants
They're kind of like lounging yoga pants and I prefer at least a little snapback action from my leggings
I'm a little bit disappointed that these are too big because otherwise I would
Definitely keep these and I am leaning towards returning these and buying these exact leggings in one size smaller
It seems like Tyler is on Team keep though. You want a pair Tyler?
- [Tyler] I'll take that pair
Yeah, I'll buy a smaller pair and you'll wear this pair
- [Tyler] just hand them over to me.
I think we've figured it out
I think that's what we're gonna do and then the final two items of the haul
I'm actually leaning towards keeping the first one of which is this black starry dress
Alright, okay. I like this dress.
- [Tyler] Yeah, me too
This one is definitely one of the more exciting pics from the stylist. I would say it is like okay, it has details
It's a dress. It has a pattern. It's got sleeves, you know, there's something to it
- [Tyler] Yeah
It's a garment with a little style and besides the silhouette and the details the pattern is
Definitely up my alley. It's a little witchy
(Tyler: Yeah) a little celestial a little I want to say woman of the night, but I know that has different connotations
But you know what? I mean?
- [Tyler] Yeah, like a modern Sanderson sister
Yes sistahs grab your vacuums! Tonight: we fly! Besides the dress
I think we all knew the Elvis Jenner slides had to be a winner.
- [Tyler] Alright. Those are a hard keep come on
Though I have no idea what to wear them with. I feel strangely drawn to them in general. They are interesting
(Tyler: Yeah) they are a conversation piece. They are out there and even though I would not have picked these out for myself
I respect the stylist for going out on a limb to try to show me a new look
- [Tyler] They are unbelievable. I want these things, Saf
Elvis Jenner loafers, they're a thing. Don't look it up
So that was our Amazon personal shopper haul. In general
I think that all of the pics were nice quality
But overall I would not say I was wowed all of the things they picked out for me
It could reasonably be justified by my answers on the quiz
But most of them were pretty safe or middle-of-the-road
selections and it definitely didn't seem like they were trying to show me the range of what Amazon has to offer or any
up-and-coming trends
in fact
I don't think we saw anything that they said was a trend from that one portion of the quiz and I think when you evaluate
What a personal shopper brings to the table
You kind of want someone who is better at shopping than you or who knows more about fashion than you do like with Rachel Green
And Joey's murse this is a great bag
Okay, and it's as handy as it is becoming which may not have been the right choice
But hey, at least she tried now the service does say that they try to improve their picks as you use it over time
But I feel like they could do a better job
Faster if you could actually chat with your stylist
But we never heard from any human at any point
- [Tyler] where's, like, the personalized note, you know, like an explanation
I would have loved a note. (Tyler: Yeah) I would have really loved a note
I wish I knew who my stylist was Alexa just pipes up from the corner "it was me"
Interestingly on the FAQ page for this service
they kind of imply that there may not actually be a person styling you and it might all be an
Algorithm, so you may just be paying for a conglomeration of the suggested for you bar
I'm not saying that's definitely what's happening, but it seems possible
All of that said I wouldn't say the service was terrible
It was about the same as any other style box service
It just wasn't very exciting which is kind of disappointing given how much weird crap there is on Amazon
I actually think I would highly enjoy an Amazon personal shopper sending me random gadgets
I actually might like that more than this
But who knows? Maybe I'm just salty that I still have hair on my head and I do not have a killer vest
That's all I really wanted. Anyway, thank you guys so much for watching
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