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A Study of Green and Its Imagery in Western Costume  

Park, Mi-Yeon (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Ewha Womans University)
Cho, Kyu-Hwa (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Fashion Business / v.7, no.6, 2003 , pp. 67-75 More about this Journal
Abstract
In fashion history, the color "green" has been used from ancient to modern times constantly. Especially nowadays, the worth of green in fashion is becoming bigger than ever before to express the longing for pure nature. The purpose of this study is to define green's imageries in western costume history. For the basic about green, first of all, this study researched green of origin, effect and costumes in western history, then classified green's imageries. Green's imageries expressed in western costumes can be divided mainly into a 'nature imagery' and a 'religious divinity imagery'. Nature imagery was extended again into 'youth, devil, citizen and ecology image'. Youth image came from the luxurious feature of nature and it was extended again into 'innocent love, virgin and immaturity'. Religious divinity imagery has been represented in the ancient Egypt, Islam and Christian religion. In those cultures, green was considered as a sacred color of Osiris, Mahomet and Holy spirit.
Keywords
green; imagery; nature; religious; divinity;
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