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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2021.45.2.346

Artification of Luxury Fashion Products  

Beom, Seohee (Dept. of Fashion Design, School of Art, Sungkyunkwan University)
Yim, Eunhyuk (Dept. of Fashion Design, School of Art, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.45, no.2, 2021 , pp. 346-355 More about this Journal
Abstract
Art strategies have been addressing the problem of volume growth caused by changes in the distribution environment of luxury brands. Art is a universal language that transcends borders and communicates across cultures, therefore, artification acts as a strategy for the globalization of luxury brands. This study aims to study how contemporary luxury brands communicate their artifacts strategically through branded products via artification. As a research method, a literature review and case studies were combined. The cases of artification range from the 2000s to the present, and the top 100 brands in the luxury category of Millward Brown were selected. Drawing on the characteristics of artification defined in this study we analyzed the cases of articulation of luxury brands. As a result, first, appropriation of art in the product frame is carried out by borrowing ideas from renowned works or artists. Second, as an experimental attempt, it is effective to associate the international reputation of an artist with a product through a reinterpretation of the product. Third, as an artistic creation for the brand narrative, luxury products are sublimated into artwork and idealized.
Keywords
Luxury; Art; Fashion; Artification;
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