1. A method for clothing search in images, comprising: characterizing, using a processor, clothing within a plurality of reference images; characterizing, using a processor, clothing within a query image; identifying, using a processor, a number of the plurality of reference images having clothing with similar color features as clothing of the query image; and selecting, using a processor, a subset of the identified number of the plurality of reference images having clothing with similar predefined non-color clothing attributes as clothing of the query image.