Layout Inspiration #3- Fashion/Styling Apps

The above apps are all personal styling and fashion apps. My favourite layout is the Stylebook app (the last image), as it's clear, sophisticated and looks really easy to use. In addition, the layout is quite similar to that of Facebook with the options/menu down the left hand side of the app. Therefore users feel like they already know the design layout. I've never seen an app with it's menu bar on the right hand side, therefore left will always be used in the design of my own. I think it's also very important to have the menu and navigation available to use at all times so users can quickly swap between what they're doing.

I quite like navigation tools at the bottom of the app screen similar to that of Instagram and What I Wore Today (third image). That way it leaves the rest of the screen free to be used for the app rather than half of it covered by a menu bar. However, it's only really on iPad layouts that the menu bar is at the side as there isn't much room for that on an iPhone. It may be something to consider whether to have two slightly different layouts for an iPad user and iPhone like Facebook does. 

One of the layout ideas I particularly like is the first image whereby the home screen is a series of boxes with different options in. I think this would make understanding the app easier upon first play with it and also keep everything simple and sleek. From the home screen, the navigational options would either then go along the bottom or along the side. I think it's definitely going to be easier to create an iPad version of the app because there is a lot more space to work with. 

I also really like the use of white backgrounds with different sized circles in (see second image). The circles are also something Company uses a lot within their magazine layout (see here), therefore in terms of continuity that would work quite well on a home screen. In addition, it may be an idea to have circles representing clothing items, with bigger circles for the items they wear the most therefore consumers can visually see which items of clothing they wear the most and least.