Can I Try On Accessories With Virtual Try-On?

Accessories are one of the most searched categories when it comes to virtual try-on. Shoppers want to see how sunglasses will look on their face, whether a handbag suits their outfit, or how a watch sits on their wrist before buying.

The honest answer is that virtual try-on technology handles clothing categories comprehensively, while accessories present different technical challenges. Here is the full picture.

What VTS Currently Supports

VTS body scanning and size recommendation works across all clothing categories:

• Tops — shirts, blouses, knitwear, t-shirts, jackets, blazers
• Bottoms — trousers, jeans, skirts, shorts, leggings
• Dresses — all silhouettes, lengths, and styles
• Outerwear — coats, parkas, windbreakers, gilets
• Activewear — sports tops, gym wear, running gear, yoga wear

For all of these, VTS extracts 20+ body measurements from two photos and generates a fit heatmap showing exactly how each garment will fit before purchase.

What About Shoes and Footwear?

Shoes require a different measurement set — primarily foot length and width — and a different scanning methodology than body scanning. VTS is focused on garment sizing and does not currently offer footwear size recommendation.

Footwear virtual try-on for visual purposes — seeing how a shoe looks on your foot — is a separate technology category involving augmented reality and is not part of the current VTS feature set.

What About Jewellery, Bags, and Other Accessories?

Jewellery, handbags, sunglasses, hats, and belts fall outside the current VTS scope. These categories require specialised scanning — facial recognition for glasses, wrist measurements for watches, and so on — that are distinct from body scanning for garments.

How Accessory Brands Can Still Benefit From VTS

Even if you sell accessories alongside clothing, VTS delivers significant value through the AI Photoshoot Studio.

Ghost mannequin photography creates professional product shots from flat-lay or hanger images — relevant for bags, hats, and clothing accessories.

Background studio places your accessories in lifestyle settings without expensive shoots. A handbag photographed on a plain background becomes a handbag photographed in a luxury apartment or on a cobblestone street.

Model swap puts your accessories on diverse AI-generated models, giving you variety in your product photography without hiring multiple models.

These features reduce photography costs significantly — merchants typically save thousands per collection — while producing content that converts better than plain product shots.

What Is on the Roadmap?

Accessories and footwear support is on the VTS development roadmap. As computer vision technology advances and the scanning methodology expands beyond garment body scanning, these categories will be incorporated.

The challenge with accessories is precision. A 96% accuracy rate on garment sizing requires 20+ body measurements. Equivalent accuracy on footwear requires precise foot measurements that two standard photos do not currently provide reliably enough for confident recommendations.

When the accuracy threshold is met, accessories will be added to VTS.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can VTS help me size hats or headwear?

Not currently. Head circumference measurement from photos is on the roadmap but not yet available.

What about belts — can VTS recommend a belt size?

Waist measurement is one of the 20+ measurements VTS extracts during body scanning. While VTS does not have a specific belt recommendation feature, the waist data from a body scan could inform belt sizing decisions even without a dedicated belt widget.

If I sell both clothing and shoes, should I still use VTS?

Yes. VTS will handle all your clothing categories with full body scanning and fit heatmaps. Your footwear pages will not have size recommendation, but your clothing pages will see the return reduction and conversion improvement that VTS delivers.

When will accessories be supported?

We do not have a specific release date to share. Development priorities are guided by merchant demand and accuracy thresholds. Sign up for the VTS changelog at vts.optimosolutions.com/changelog to be notified when new categories are added.