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http://dx.doi.org/10.7741/rjcc.2012.20.5.725

Women's perceptions of physical deformation from aging and demand on postural correction wear  

Lee, Suyeon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Yonsei University)
Chun, Jongsuk (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Yonsei University)
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The Research Journal of the Costume Culture / v.20, no.5, 2012 , pp. 725-735 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the demand for functional clothing that compensates for the physical deformation of women due to aging. For this, the degree of perception of physical deformation at the new silver generation was examined. The demand for functional clothing that corrects body shape and posture according to differences in age and degree of perception was analyzed. Study participants(n=138) were women who ranged from 55 to 65 in age. Perception of physical deformation was investigated in the categories of deformation of body posture, cognition of joint pain, and deformation of body shape. Analysis results showed that cognition of joint pain was the largest of the three elements of body deformation, and each element had a high correlation between each other. Perception for degree of body deformation for women in their 50's and 60's was similar. These results show that changes in posture or body shape occur severely from the late 50's, and this appears as joint pain. The group with a high perception of posture deformation showed an especially high demand for functional clothing that corrects body shape and posture. The group with a high perception of body shape deformation had high demand for functional clothing that corrects body shape by lifting the hips and the breasts, and making the abdomen and waist slimmer. The results of this study show that women of the new silver generation are attuned to deformations in body shape and posture as well as joint pain beginning in their mid-fifties. There is a need to develop functional clothing to correct posture and body shape for the new silver generation women.
Keywords
new silver generation; body shape; postural correction; functional clothing;
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