The Research Journal of the Costume Culture (복식문화연구)
- Volume 15 Issue 4
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- Pages.677-687
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- 2007
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- 1226-0401(pISSN)
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- 2383-6334(eISSN)
A Research on the Types of Middle Aged Women's Body Figures
중년 여성의 체형에 관한 연구 - 직접계측을 중심으로 -
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Kim, Kyung-Hee
(Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Sungshin Women's University)
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김경희
(성신여자대학교 의류학과)
- Published : 2007.08.31
Abstract
This research aims to classify the physical characteristics of middle aged women. The characteristics are esteemed to be adopted for the formalisation of the types of their body figures and their characteristics for each type. For this purpose, middle aged women in the significant change of their body shapes were sampled for body measurement which would be used for the comparison between each measured figure. A group of sample for this research was constructed with 154 middle aged women who is currently living in Seoul and its Metropolitan area and being in their age of