时文选读| AI会成为你的私人造型师吗？

Would you let AI be your personal stylist?

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Part I. Passage

Would you let AI be your personal stylist?

From virtual assistants and proofreading essays to improvements in healthcare, it seems that artificial intelligence, or AI, is becoming an increasingly larger part of our daily lives and most industries, but would you trust AI to choose your wardrobe?

There are now numerous apps that create virtual wardrobes, giving users insight into their current fashion style and giving tips to elevate it. One of these apps is Indyx, which describes itself as a ‘one-stop digital wardrobe app unlocking the potential of what you already own’. Indyx encourages you to be environmentally conscious by combining the clothes you already have in your closet, which could mean breaking a cycle of fast fashion, helping you to shop smarter. There are similar apps out there too, like Whering, which can create entire outfits for you based on weather or occasion, and StyleDNA, which assesses the colours that suit you best.

It’s not only consumers using AI, but shops too. Clothing retailer M&S started using AI in 2024 to give advice to shoppers on outfit choices based on answers they give in an online quiz. They are asked about their body shape and style preferences, and are then given relevant outfit ideas with the aim being to personalise online interactions. Stephen Langford, M&S’s director of online, has said the quiz can help choose outfits from 40 million options.

However, there are sceptics within the fashion industry. Michelle Barrett is a personal stylist with Capsule Closet Stylist. She warns that consumers must remember that AI doesn’t really understand your needs or looks — it’s simply creating statistically-plausible looks for you. She says that when it comes to choosing colours that suit you best, for example, “the apps get different results each time. The algorithm is placing you into predetermined boxes based on the questions you answer and forms you fill out”.

So, considering this, will you use AI to help choose your outfits?

【Vocabulary】

1. intelligence n. 智能  

2. wardrobe n. 衣柜  

3. closet n. 衣橱  

4. outfit n. 服装，装束  

5. personalise v. 个性化  

6. sceptic n. 怀疑者  

7. algorithm n. 算法  

8. predetermine v. 预先决定  

Part II. Questions

Q1. What is the main focus of the article?  

A. The environmental benefits of AI wardrobe apps.  

B. The growing role of AI in the fashion industry.  

C. The limitations of AI in personal styling.  

D. The best AI apps for choosing outfits.  

Q2. What is the purpose of the app Indyx according to the article?  

A. It combines existing wardrobe items to encourage sustainability.  

B. It helps users purchase new clothes more efficiently.  

C. It creates virtual wardrobes to mimic high-end fashion brands.  

D. It uses AI to assess body shape and style preferences.  

Q3. What feature does the app StyleDNA provide?  

A. It creates outfits based on weather conditions.  

B. It combines existing wardrobe items for sustainability.  

C. It provides quizzes to understand body shape.  

D. It assesses the colours that suit users best.  

Q4. What is the aim of M&S’s AI-powered quiz?  

A. To reduce the number of clothing options available.  

B. To create outfits based on weather and occasions.  

C. To personalize online shopping experiences for users.  

D. To encourage environmentally conscious shopping habits.  

Q5. What can be inferred about Michelle Barrett’s opinion on AI stylists?  

A. She believes AI stylists are more effective than human stylists.  

B. She thinks AI stylists lack the ability to truly understand individual needs.  

C. She feels AI stylists are ideal for choosing colours that suit users.  

D. She considers AI stylists to be completely unreliable.  

Part III. KEY

Q1. B.【解析】主旨题。文章开篇引出AI 进入日常生活，主体介绍各类 AI 穿搭软件、服装品牌使用 AI 做穿搭建议，最后提出时尚行业从业者对 AI 穿搭的质疑，可知文章主要讨论AI在时尚行业中的应用及其角色，因此正确答案为B。  

Q2. A.【解析】细节题。根据“Indyx encourages you to be environmentally conscious by combining the clothes you already have in your closet, which could mean breaking a cycle of fast fashion, helping you to shop smarter.”，可知Indyx可以通过结合用户已经拥有的衣服来提高环保意识，践行可持续理念。正确答案为A。  

Q3. D.【解析】细节题。根据“StyleDNA, which assesses the colours that suit you best.”，StyleDNA能评估最适合用户的颜色。正确答案为D。  

Q4. C.【解析】细节题。根据“They are asked about their body shape and style preferences, and are then given relevant outfit ideas with the aim being to personalise online interactions.”，可知玛莎百货（M&S）的 AI 问答根据用户体型和风格偏好，提供相关的服装建议，目的是打造个性化线上购物体验。正确答案为C。  

Q5. B.【解析】推理题。根据“She warns that consumers must remember that AI doesn’t really understand your needs or looks — it’s simply creating statistically-plausible looks for you.”，可知Michelle Barrett警告消费者必须记住，AI并不真正理解人的需求或外貌——它只是根据统计学创建合理的造型。由此可以推断，她认为AI缺乏真正理解个人需求的能力，因此正确答案为B。  

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