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Clothing Sharing for Efficiency Use of the Children's Clothing in a Sharing Economy

공유경제 시대, 유아 및 아동기 어린이의 효율적 의복활용을 위한 의복쉐어링

  • Lee, Yoon Kyung (Dept.of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2017.04.26
  • Accepted : 2017.05.28
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

This study focuses on how clothing can increase in the age of the shared economy and as an alternative to the capitalist economy of the 21st century. This study investigates how infants and children use clothes as they undergo many changes based on physical growth, identifies use and disposal methods for surplus clothing from the perspective of a shared economy and explores plans to foster an environment for the healthy use of clothes. The objectives of this study are as follows. First, identify the need for new clothes based on physical changes in the human body; second, propose an alternative to permanent disposal by making used clothes appropriate for temporary disposal (renting and leasing). In sharing services, the condition and quality of the product were found to be the most important factors. The condition and quality of the product (70.0%) were the most important factors in sharing services. The sharing services for clothes and goods of infants and children could become popular quickly if there was a reliability guarantee offered by such sharing services. In addition, providing trial services and aggressive publicity for sharing services is urgent for the expansion of opportunities for general consumers.

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