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There\u2019s a lot to love about online shopping: It\u2019s fast, it\u2019s easy and there are a ton of options to choose from. But there\u2019s one obvious challenge \u2014 you can\u2019t try anything on. This is something Google product manager Debbie Biswas noticed, as a tech industry veteran and startup founder herself. \u201cHistorically, the fashion industry only celebrates people of a certain size and skin color,\u201d she says. \u201cThis was something I wanted to change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Debbie grew up in India and moved to the U.S. after she graduated college. \u201cI started a company in the women’s apparel space, where I learned to solve user pain points around shopping for clothes, sizing and styling.\u201d While working on her startup, Debbie realized how hard shopping was for women, including herself \u2014 the models in the images didn\u2019t show her how something would look on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got an opportunity to work at Google Shopping, I realized I could solve so many of these problems at scale using the best AI\/ML tech in the industry,\u201d she says. \u201cAs a woman of color, and someone who doesn’t conform to the \u2018traditional beautiful size,\u2019 I feel very motivated to solve apparel shopping problems for people like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n