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A Study on the Middle-Aged Women's Body Type Changes for Clothing Construction - Focused on the 5th and 6th Size Korea's Anthropometric Data -

의복 설계를 위한 중년 여성의 체형 변화에 관한 연구 - 제 5차, 제 6차 Size Korea 직접 측정치를 기준으로 -

  • Nam, Young Ran (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Choi, Hei Sun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Lee, Jin Hee (Dept. of Fashion Design & Apparel Industry, Wonkwang University)
  • 남영란 (이화여자대학교 의류학전공) ;
  • 최혜선 (이화여자대학교 의류학전공) ;
  • 이진희 (원광대학교 패션디자인산업전공)
  • Received : 2013.03.05
  • Accepted : 2013.07.20
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

In the women's clothing industry that targets middle aged-women, there is increased interest on middle-aged women and their appearance management and diet. It is believed that the body type of middle-aged women is becoming thinner. This study examines if middle-aged women body types have changed based on data from the $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ Size Korea that objectively analyzed the aspects of middle-aged women's body size change and the related fashion industry that recognize changes in middle-aged women body types by suggesting foundational data for clothing designs. According to research results, middle-aged women's body type shows an increase in items related to height and that measurement values related to obesity (such as weight and BMI index) tend to decrease. Height has increased and weight has decreased compared to the past. Most items related to width or depth tend to show decreased values and we can assume that the present middle-aged women's body type is changing more dynamically than before. It will be possible to design proper clothes for consumer body type and trends if we design clothes that afford multilateral attention to the patterns, design, or material in clothing design by applying the aspects of middle-aged women's body size and body type change.

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