No. White background without shadows means the images will be used as product images on websites. He will most probably produce interactive turntables of living models for online clothing stores.. Or he is planning his own clothing store or clothing preview app for iPad, whatever. That's the only way it makes sense as an investment.
You can, but you might not want to for reasons of privacy (if one wanted to record one's own intimate moments, say). On the other, there's no particular reason to use your own home for the mechanical business of product photography.
