We got laid off/waited out our jobs to build a fashion app where friends share closets

Hey everyone — I'm Fernando, co-founder of Acaso.

We're building a social app where friends share their closets and try on each other's style using AI-powered virtual try-on. The idea came from a simple observation: people have always wanted to try on their friend's closet. That's actually how most of us develop our own sense of style — not from algorithms or influencers, but from the people closest to us.

Before this was an app, my co-founder Camille and I ran a made-to-order fashion business out of Brooklyn. We worked with creators, sourced fabric walking the Fashion District, sold over 3,000 pieces. That experience taught us something important: you can't proxy personal taste. It has to come from the individual.

So now we're building the tech around that insight. Camille handles all the engineering and product — she built the entire app. I handle business, marketing, and growth. We're live, growing organically, and prepping for a Product Hunt launch soon.

Background: grew up in a fashion and garment manufacturing family, studied biology, worked at Intel on hardware, then came back to fashion because I couldn't stay away.

Happy to chat about building in the fashion/AI space, going from physical product to tech, or the reality of being a husband-wife founding team (it's great until you disagree on a feature at dinner). Always down to trade notes with other builders here.