# Language Guided Fashion Image Manipulation with Feature-wise Transformations

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.04000 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1808.04000/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 12 Aug 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [More Control for Free! Image Synthesis with Semantic Diffusion Guidance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.05744/) (2021)
- [FashionTex: Controllable Virtual Try-on with Text and Texture](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2305.04451/) (2023)
- [Smart Fashion: A Review of AI Applications in the Fashion & Apparel Industry](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.00905/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Developing techniques for editing an outfit image through natural sentences and accordingly generating new outfits has promising applications for art, fashion and design. However, it is considered as a certainly challenging task since image manipulation should be carried out only on the relevant parts of the image while keeping the remaining sections untouched. Moreover, this manipulation process should generate an image that is as realistic as possible. In this work, we propose FiLMedGAN, which leverages feature-wise linear modulation (FiLM) to relate and transform visual features with natural language representations without using extra spatial information. Our experiments demonstrate that this approach, when combined with skip connections and total variation regularization, produces more plausible results than the baseline work, and has a better localization capability when generating new outfits consistent with the target description.