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Forget your Ken doll, dress Kevin instead

Jennifer Guevin Former Managing Editor / Reviews
Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at CNET, overseeing the ever-helpful How To section, special packages and front-page programming. As a writer, she gravitated toward science, quirky geek culture stories, robots and food. In real life, she mostly just gravitates toward food.
Jennifer Guevin
2 min read

A 22-year-old living in Hoboken, N.J., desperately needs your help. Bleary-eyed and foggy-headed, deciding what to wear in the morning can be a monumental task for the fashion-challenged. But, rather than donning the same dirty jeans he's worn all week, this recent college grad came up with a novel solution to the problem so many of us have in the morning.

Kevin McCormick calls himself helpless when it comes to picking out clothes to wear. So he turned to the Web for advice. He set up a Web site, DressKevin.com, on which helpful Web folk can view his entire wardrobe--shirts, shoes, belts and all--and vote for outfits they think he should wear. McCormick is a trusting soul.

He posts a list of activities he'll be doing during the day, such as going to work, posing for a newspaper photoshoot, doing his taxes, etc. Fans can vote for a shirt, pair of pants, socks, shoes and accessories. And he says he always wears the winning outfit, even if it's a little silly.

On his site, he says he's willing to post clothes from designers and advertisers at no charge. But they have to send him the clothing. Anyone care to wager on how long it'll be before we see a GoldenPalace.com t-shirt in the wardrobe?

Assuming his voters are kind--and at least a little more fashionable than he claims to be--it's probably a relief each morning to get online and forego the daily closet debate. But he's relying on them for a lot. He has a dress code to comply with at work, New Jersey weather to suffer through, social norms to keep. And maybe most importantly, his FAQ says he "wouldn't mind attracting some female attention." So, with any luck, his fans may end up orchestrating some matchmaking too.