• Digital Contents
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• no.9 s.112
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• pp.86-91
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• 2002

'아바타(Avatar)'가 수익창출에 골머리를 앓고 있는 인터넷 기업들의 주요 수익원으로 자리잡았다. 네티즌들이 온라인 상에서 사용하는 가상의 캐릭터에 옷을 입히고, 액세서리로 장식하는데 '돈'을 지불하는 것이다. 2000년 11월 네오위즈의 채팅사이트 '세이클럽'에서 처음 선보인 아바타 서비스가 이런 돌풍을 일으키리라 예상한 사람은 거의 없었다. 하지만 지난해 삼성경제연구소는 아바타를 2001년 히트상품 8위에 올려 놓으면서 인기를 입증했다. 사이버 공간의 분신을 위해 600원짜리 신발을 신겨주고, 4900원짜리 힙합룩과 크로스백까지 구입한다. 또 500원짜리 선글라스까지 구입해 멋을 부린다. 유료화 콘텐츠의 성공모델로 떠오른 '아바타 비즈니스'를 취재했다.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.11-21
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to understand of future image in fashion for 20C, to suggest a guideline's role in the development on fashion designs study. The methods of this study are used academic literatures as well as practical study. Futuristic image in fashion is to introduce about the future period, as fashion goes ahead times. Trends and formative characteristics of future image in 20C fashion are summarized as follows. First, futuristic images in fashion for 20C had emerged strongly futurism, space look, kinetic look, glitter look, techno look, cyber look. Second, perspectives on response for future society's changes are summarized as follows. Attitude of futuristic images of fashion, futurism, space look, kinetic look and glitter look, had been favorable about future society's changes until 1980. In 1990, techno look had been defensive and cyber look had been aggressive about future society's changes. Third, formative characteristics of future image in 20C fashion are studied shape, material, color, pattern. Shape was preferred linear and geometric form in the first half of the 20C, but body conscious type had appeared often in the second half of 20C. Material maintained the luster or the metal touch. Color was based image of colorless and preferred the gold, silver or color feels like metal. Pattern was preferred clarity with geometric type in the first half of the 20C. On the other hand in the second half of 20C pattern of future image was dominated by vague and abstract chaotic type.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fashion and Beauty
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• v.2 no.1 s.1
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• pp.34-45
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• 2004

Hair styles which independently coexist by transcending the time and space under the environment of highly developed information and communication technology of recent years, were analyzed. Moreover the concerned trends of art which influenced on these styles were introduced in this study. Through IT based information exchange produced new hair styles which have the technological images. The characteristics of these hair styles are investigated also. For the examination of yearly trends, hair styles in fashion collections of Yves Saint Larent during 1962 to 1999 were examined and classified. The results show that time variated trends are appeared in this period. For the analysis of the trends of hair styles featuring technological images, hair styles in fashion collection of Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier and Chanel in the early 2000s are quoted.