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http://dx.doi.org/10.12940/jfb.2021.25.4.125

A Study on the Development and Commercialization Trends of Wearable Fashion Products Using Flexible Displays  

Lee, Hyewon (Dept. Home Economics Education, Korea University)
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Journal of Fashion Business / v.25, no.4, 2021 , pp. 125-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, flexible displays have been used as part of fashion beyond the concept of parts for electronic products. The flexible display applied to wearable fashion products flexibly bends according to the wearing position of the human body and, at the same time, decorates the fashion product more splendidly through the screen on which images or videos are displayed. Flexible displays, which are used for clothes and accessories, combine analogue fashion sensibility with digital screens to create a new level of convergence product design and expand the range of fashion design and fashion materials. This study aims to analyze the trends of the development and commercialization of fashion products that use flexible displays. As a research method, theoretical research and empirical research through case analysis were conducted in parallel. First, as a theoretical study, the morphological and technical characteristics of flexible displays were examined. Through theoretical studies, the effect of the characteristics of flexible displays on the development of wearable fashion products was investigated. Second, as an empirical case study, the design of wearable fashion products using flexible displays over the past 10 years and the characteristics of the displays used in the products were analyzed. Based on the characteristics analyzed, the product design, display and product integration methods and the commercialization stages of wearable fashion products using flexible displays were analyzed.
Keywords
flexible display; wearable fashion product; flexible organic light-emitting diodes fashion; flexible liquid crystal display fashion; e-paper fashion;
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