The Middle Age Women's Image Evaluation of Tailored Jacket according to the Body Type and the Degree of Satisfaction with the Body - Focused on Silhouette -

중년여성의 체형과 신체 만족도에 따른 테일러드 재킷의 이미지 평가 - 실루엣을 중심으로 -

  • Park Jong-Hee (Dept. of Clothing and Textile, Keimyung University) ;
  • Ryoo Sook-Hee (Dept. of Clothing and Textile, Keimyung University)
  • Published : 2005.06.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the image evaluation of tailored jacket according to the body type and the degree of satisfaction with the body of middle-aged women. The subjects used for this study were three hundred and twenty three middle-aged women ranging from 35 to 50 years old. We measured their bodies and asked them report to the questionnaire. The results are as follows. There was a significant difference in the image evaluation of tailored jacket according to the body type of middle-aged women. The women of the type I evaluated that X silhouette was the most fascinating, elegant, active, and tender, and the women of the type II, A silhouette. The women of the type III evaluated that H silhouette was the most fascinating, elegant, active, and tender, and the women of the type IV, H silhouette. There was a meaningful difference in the image evaluation of tailored jacket according to the degree of satisfaction with their bodies. As satisfied with the girth of the body, weight, and figure they evaluated X silhouette was more attractive, graceful, active, and soft.

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