Web wizards, I have an idea.  I'm not saying that this will earn you anywhere near what the creators of YouTube raked in from Google, but I think it's an idea that could catch on and revolutionize clothing shopping on the Internet.

We need a program that will work with a company's website and a web cam to visually scan consumers top to bottom, front, back and both sides.  That information will then be processed by the software and so that the clothing companies know the exact size of each garment to fit and flatter each individual consumer. 

Better yet, let's add a feature so that a picture pops up of the customer wearing the garments instead of the models.  Ohhh, that would multiply sales 100 times!

Simply brilliant, right?  Remember, I said it here first, so I deserve a cut of anything you make once you develop the software and sell the service to companies.  We'll both be blissfully happy with the profits, I'm sure.

Okay, so what brought on this rush of inventive energy? 

I ordered clothes from a company online.  I studied the styles, sent my current size (Yes, the actual size, not the "I wish I was this size" or the "If I suck it in I could be this size".) and eagerly awaited the box.

I loved the clothes when they arrived and they fit.  To a point.  They were almost perfect . . . except for an undefinable something that makes them not flattering enough.

I'm not sure if it's the style... or maybe the fabric... or the drape... or a combination thereof, but each garment is an "also ran" instead of a clear winner. 

*aggrieved sigh*

Now I have to box them all up again.  There is no way on this green earth that I can get them to lie so flat and perfect inside the tissue paper.  If anyone knows the secret to that skill, please share.

If we had that shopper scanning ability, this would never happen. 

So... any creative geniuses out there ready to take up the challenge?