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http://dx.doi.org/10.7741/rjcc.2016.24.5.670

Expression and characteristics of kidult in contemporary women's collection  

Jia, Zhai (Fashion of Institute Design, Donghua University)
Lee, Yoon Mee (Dept. of Knit Fashion Design, Hanyang Womens University)
Lee, Younhee (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Hanyang University)
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The Research Journal of the Costume Culture / v.24, no.5, 2016 , pp. 670-686 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to delineate and analyze the expression of the kidult and its characteristics and thereby provide data to be used for fashion design in various manners as well as to suggest creative and varied possibilities of fashion design. As a way to study, the author of this paper organized the general terms, concepts and definitions concerning the kidult in the previous papers and journals. The data was collected from the collections represent the characteristics of kidult especially from 2006 to 2015. The results are as follows: Firstly, The characters stimulating the innocence of children were used the most for infantile expression. Parody used characters in the movie or famous logos. Deformation was used to create designs by way of distortion and deformation. Exaggeration thereby showing visually strong impression and inducing surprise and unexpectedness. Depaysement was useful to let us describe concepts and enhance our infinite creativity and interests about objects using surrealistic. Secondly, Infantile characteristics used the images of toys with infantile imagination and sense of humor. Fantasy introduced objects or expressed a dream-like feeling. Unexpectedness used two-faced ideas or conflicting ideas to express conflicts, collision and an interchange with heterogeneous things, avoiding the limit of size and the simplicity of materials. Parody used jocular expressions, satire and ironic expressions to express the original image in a fun manner. Exaggeration transformed changed the structure to restructure objects in a subjective and creative manner, thereby expressing creative patterns using various subject matters by way of special modeling or distortion and transformation.
Keywords
kidult fashion; expression of the kidult; characteristics of the kidult;
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