Journal of Fashion Business (패션비즈니스)
- Volume 4 Issue 3
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- Pages.35-45
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- 2000
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- 1229-3350(pISSN)
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- 2288-1867(eISSN)
A Research on the Suit Wearing Conditions for Korean Adult Men
성인(成人) 남성(男性)의 신사복(紳士服) 착용(着用) 실태(實態) 조사(調査)
- Park, Jin-Young (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
- Sohn, Hee-Soon (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Sookmyung Women's University)
- Published : 2000.09.30
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to offer basic data for the study of men's suit by investigating the wearing conditions of men’s suit. For data collection, a questionnaire was composed of the number of times and the reason of wearing the suit and the number of suits they possessed etc. The subjects were male who aged 25-39 and resided in Seoul, kyunggi and Chungnam region. The results of the research are summarized as the following : 1. The mean age of wearing the suit for the first time is 22.3 years old. 2. A number of times of suit wearing for a week is less than 2 days mostly. In the case of job, office men is wearing suit many times more than others. Most of the adult men is wearing the suit as a ceremonial costume. 3. As a general rule, men have about 1.5 business suits for spring/fall/winter, and few character suit.. Korean adult men like character suit more than business suit. Also their favorite suit brand is Gallaxy and Intermezo.
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