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How virtual try-on works at Levi's

Levi's shoppers can try on denim and apparel through Google Shopping's AI try-on, a 3D avatar on Zalando, and a Snapchat AR lens. Here is how each channel works, and how your store can put an on-body apparel preview on your own product pages.

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The quick read

  • Levi's virtual try-on runs through three channels: Google Shopping AI try-on (US), Zalando 3D avatar (14 EU markets), and a Snapchat AR lens tied to a Kohl's campaign.
  • All three are partner-powered platforms, meaning shoppers stay in Google, Zalando, or Snapchat rather than on the Levi's website itself.
  • A hosted widget lets your store keep the shopper on your own product page, with a photo-in, worn-result-out AI experience installed with one script tag.

Why on-body beats a flat photo

2.3x
higher conversion for try-on users(eMarketer, 2024)
-35% to -45%
fewer returns in fashion try-on(Focal research summary)
29
languages supported out of the box(Photta)

How Levi's virtual try-on works

Levi's virtual try-on is distributed across several partner platforms rather than living on levis.com. In the US, Levi's apparel appears in Google Shopping's AI virtual try-on, which lets searchers preview items on a range of AI-generated models directly in Google Search results before clicking through to buy. In Europe, Zalando offers a 3D avatar try-on across 14 markets where shoppers enter their measurements to build a body-proportionate avatar and see garments fitted to it. A Snapchat AR lens was also launched in a campaign with Kohl's, letting users try on specific styles through the Snapchat camera.

Each channel uses a different try-on family: Google Shopping uses AI-image rendering, Zalando uses a measurement-based 3D avatar, and Snapchat uses live AR. None of these experiences live on the Levi's storefront directly.

A Google Shopping search result showing a Levi's denim item previewed on an AI model
Levi's try-on surfaces in Google Shopping and partner platforms

The catch: the shopper stays on the platform, not your site

Partner-powered try-on through Google Shopping or Zalando is effective for discovery, but the experience happens inside those platforms. When a shopper tries on a Levi's item in Google, they are a Google user at that moment, not a Levi's customer on the Levi's site.

For a brand or retailer with its own storefront, the goal is different: you want the shopper to see the item on themselves on your product page, add to cart there, and check out with you. That requires a try-on widget you host and own.

How to add the same try-on to your store

A hosted try-on widget brings AI-image apparel try-on to your own product pages on the web, with no app, no platform dependency, and no custom code. Photta installs as a single script tag.

The shopper taps Try it on, uploads a photo, and sees the jeans, jacket, or shirt on themselves right in the browser. It covers apparel and jewelry, runs in 29 languages, deletes the shopper's photo after processing, and you manage and brand it from a dashboard.

A denim store product page showing an AI try-on result with jeans on a shopper's photo
Your store, your own branded apparel try-on

Why it pays off for a clothing store

Denim and clothing shoppers abandon carts when they cannot judge fit from a flat product photo. Shoppers who see a garment on their own body convert at materially higher rates and return far less, because they are buying with a realistic preview rather than guessing.

Reducing returns on apparel, where return rates can run 20 to 40 percent for online orders, has a direct impact on margin. A try-on widget that lowers returns by even a fraction pays for itself quickly.

A chart showing clothing conversion rising and return rates falling after try-on is added
On-body previews drive conversions and cut returns

Set it up in minutes

Sign up at business.photta.app and start the free trial (14 days, 30 try-ons). Create a key, choose apparel, and add your store domain.

Paste the one-line script into your Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, or custom HTML theme, pick your product image and brand color, and your shoppers can preview clothing on themselves right on your site. Paid plans start at $49 a month for 500 try-ons after the trial.

What you get with Photta

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Apparel-tuned AI

Tops, jeans, jackets, and dresses rendered on the shopper's uploaded photo with accurate fit and fabric detail.

30-second install

One script tag on Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, or custom HTML. No developer needed.

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Privacy-first

Shopper photos delete after processing. Results auto-expire. GDPR and CCPA friendly.

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ROI dashboard

See per-product try-on counts, conversion deltas, and projected return savings in real time.

FAQ

Levi's virtual try-on is available through partner platforms: Google Shopping's AI try-on lets US shoppers preview Levi's items on AI models in search results; Zalando offers a 3D avatar try-on in 14 EU markets using body measurements; and a Snapchat AR lens was used in a Kohl's campaign. None of these experiences live on the Levi's website itself.

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