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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2012.36.1.27

Content Analysis of Articles of Korean Fashion in Domestic and Foreign Fashion Journals  

Eum, Jung-Sun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kyung Hee University)
Yoo, Young-Sun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.36, no.1, 2012 , pp. 27-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study locates typical Korean fashion images in domestic and foreign fashion journals to advance Korea's international image in contemporary global fashion markets. The investigation of the frequency of articles and their types (so as to inquire into interest in Korean fashion in the global fashion markets) showed that for the appearance frequency of domestic articles studied, a good number of articles were published in the first half of 2008 and in 2009. In the case of foreign articles, the number of them increased from the second half of 2008 and the majority of articles were shown in the first half of 2010. Second, the investigation of the appearance features by article type studied in order to understand how Korean fashion played a role in the world's markets. The majority of articles were related to fashion brands that entered Chinese market in fashion brand articles in the case of domestic articles; however, many foreign articles introduced designers that participated in global fashion collections in Paris and New York. Third, as a result of analyzing typical key words by article type in order to find key words which could enhance Korea's fashion national image representing, we could confirm that 'Korean designers' can be a typical key words to represent Korean fashion. The key word most exposed in both domestic and foreign articles was 'designer Lie Sang Bong' and only his articles contained the content about influential Korean design materials.
Keywords
Korean fashion; Domestic and foreign fashion journals; Contents analysis;
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