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Style Graph
A Style Graph is a per-shopper taste model that learns from every interaction — what a shopper likes, skips, buys, and avoids — and uses that data to produce increasingly personalized outfit recommendations over time.
This is an Elara-specific term. The definition below reflects how Elara uses it.
What this means
The Style Graph is Elara's core personalization layer. Where most recommendation systems learn from what shoppers purchase, the Style Graph learns from the full interaction — including what shoppers skip. A shopper who consistently passes over floral prints has told the system something precise about their aesthetic. That negative signal is weighted alongside positive signals like purchases and likes. The model is built per shopper and per brand. A shopper's Style Graph on Brand A is entirely separate from their Style Graph on Brand B — their taste data stays private to each brand relationship. The exception is the Elara iOS consumer app: shoppers who use the app build a cross-brand taste profile they can optionally share with brands they visit, making a first brand visit feel like a fourth. The Style Graph compounds. A single session with a complete outfit interaction gives the model enough signal to be useful on the next visit. By the third or fourth session, the model produces recommendations meaningfully better than a cold start. This compounding is why the Style Graph is described as a moat — taste data built up over months cannot be replicated by a competitor who enters a brand's store later.
Why it matters for fashion brands
Standard recommendation engines predict what a shopper might buy based on what similar shoppers have bought. The Style Graph builds a model of what this specific shopper considers beautiful, appropriate, and fitting for their life. The distinction matters because fashion preference is personal in ways that purchase history alone cannot capture. For merchants, the Style Graph has a second dimension: aggregate intelligence. The dashboard surfaces how shoppers cluster by aesthetic preference, which occasions drive the most repeat visits, and where the catalog consistently fails to meet shopper taste — all of which inform buying decisions and campaign targeting.
Related terms
AI Taste Model — A machine learning system that builds a profile of a shopper's aesthetic preferences. Outfit Assembly — The AI-driven process of selecting multiple catalog pieces that work together as a complete look. Proactive Engagement — An AI assistant initiating a conversation based on behavioral signals, before the shopper asks.
See how the Style Graph works
Explore how Elara's per-shopper taste model builds increasingly personalized outfit recommendations.