• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.59-72
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to establish objective data for marketing of industries and product development design by researching popular singer fashion of Korea, investigating the preference for popular singer design in street fashion among adolescents on the basis of the research, and drawing an conclusion. To analyze street fashion, total 190 young men and women in their 20s, including teenagers, were surveyed mainly in downtowns around Daehakro, Gangnam and Hongik University. First, in relation to the upper garment, men were found to wear T-shirts and hood T-shirts the most, while women were found to wear T-shirts and one-piece dress the most. Second, in relation to the lower garment, the ratio of those who wore skinny clothes was high both among men and women. Third, in relation to the outer apparel, the ratio of men who wore casual jacket and hood zip-up was high, while the ratio of women who wore tailored jacket and leather jacket was high. Fourth, in relation to shoes, the ratio of men who wore sports shoes was high, while the ratio of women who wore heeled-shoe was high. Fifth, it was found that plane pattern was preferred the most. As it was stated above, the findings of this study on the effect of entertainers' fashion on adolescents through street fashion indicated that the number of adolescents who imitate the fashion of entertainers increased.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.228-234
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences in fashion attitudes between adolescents and the parents of adolescents. 562 adolescents and 163 parents' responses in South Korea are used for the analysis. Survey questionnaires specifically designed for the adolescents and parents are used to compare the differences of the two populations. The results suggest that adolescents and parents in South Korea have different evaluation values for adolescents' fashion goods and school uniforms. The Adolescents placed a premium on 'Comfort' and 'Design' for fashion goods and school uniforms. However, the parents placed a premium on 'Practicality' and 'Price' values for fashion goods and school uniforms. The school uniform items which were most accepted in Korean middle and high schools need the change in composition of items for four seasons. In purchasing behavior, the adolescents answered that they have more than one item of preferred fashion brand. The Korean adolescents prefer famous sportswear brand like Nike, Adidas and etc. The fashion market for adolescents in Korea is closely related with the parents in shopping behaviors. The comparison of the fashion attitude between parents and their children is more practical method for developing the adolescents' fashion items and young fashion market.

• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.171-181
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• 2015

With an increasing number of at-risk adolescents, the environmental and personal risk factors that have been building up inside them as a result of not feeling protected at school or at home are manifested externally as anxiety, depression, rage, complexes, lethargy, violence, and alienation. This study intends to help at-risk adolescents to discover what they are good at, nurture their dreams, and help them to develop themselves through various culture and arts experience programs so that they can have better self-esteem through the wholesome understanding of themselves. The objective of this study, in paticular, is to help young girls who are interested in the physical appearance to develop higher self-esteem through self-management and creative programs for related to fashion, beauty, culture, and the arts. A questionnaire survey on the appearance management behavior, the recognition of image, and the request for participation in a fashion styling program. It was prepared based on the appearance management behaviors during the adolescence, body image, and lifestyle analyzed with past studies. The characteristics of appearance management during adolescence were examined. An the appearance management program was developed that centered on yhe major variables, and a fashion and appearance management activity program was developed that centered on the appearance management techniques preferred by young girls based on the result of analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.666-677
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to analyze market opportunities for Korean image fashion products, focusing on adolescents. In other words, preference, purchase intention and gift intention of adolescents on Korean image fashion products were analyzed. For this study, four stimuli which reflect Korean image were chosen. We measured design evaluation and adolescent fashion innovativeness. The subjects for this study were 219 high school students. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Duncan test, cross-tabulation, correlation analysis, multiple regression. The more innovative the subject is, the higher the clothing purchase frequency and the purchase price are. Also, high-innovative group showed that they like Korean image fashion products more than low one. Product attributes such as prettiness and newness significantly influenced purchase intention for their own use and for others as a gift. In conclusion, when related marketers and scholars provide Korean image products that target adolescents, they should try to make those products more sophisticated and modern.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.65-70
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• 2008

The objectives of this study are to forecast the pattern of adolescents that will appear in the future and to contribute to the creation of the fashion styles that meet their tastes. This study analysed the relationship between the features and the fashion of modem adolescents through a comprehensive perspective. And it was focused on a literature study and empirical study. Specifically, for the fashion style of modem adolescents, the study conducted an empirical analysis of the styles shown in pictures selected around key words out of a total of 21 volumes of ${\ulcorner}$SPORT&STREET${\lrcorner}$ from 2001 to 2006. The fashion style of modem adolescents is developing into a different pattern from the past, and by theme this can be classified into sports style, jeans style, romantic style, vintage style, hip-hop style, future style, humor style and ethnic style. The features of modem adolescents, including collective conformity, personal expression, and receptiveness to new concepts, were expressed by unique fashion styles. It is necessary to create a fashion style that modem adolescents, who have diverse tastes and dispositions and are living in this rapidly changing society, can enjoy it by understanding the nature of their features, such as collective conformity, personal expression, and reception to new concepts.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.241-242
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• 2012

한국의 스트릿 문화 중심에는 한류가 있었고 지금까지 많은 발전을 해왔다. 이를 뒷받침 하는 것이 한류 열풍이고 k-pop이라는 새로운 문화 트렌드가 자리가 잡았다. 아이돌 가수들의 노래, 패션, 말투, 춤 등 이 모든 것들이 청소년의 여가 활도에 상당한 영향력을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 청소년의 스트릿 댄스에 대한 관심과 인식 조사를 통하여 청소년들이 참여할 수 있는 동기유발과 스트릿 댄스 교육의 중요성 및 방향을 제시함으로써 스트릿 댄스의 발전에 기여하고 올바른 청소년의 여가활동의 방향을 잡고자 하였다. 따라서 연구 문제는 다음과 같이 설정하였다. 첫째, 스트릿 댄스는 청소년 문화와 정서에 큰 영향을 미친다. 둘째, 스트릿 댄스는 신체적 심리적 사회적 변화와 개인의 여가활동 변화에 긍정적인 작용으로 나타날 것이다. 스트릿 댄스 교육의 활성화를 위해 청소년기 학생들로부터 관심을 높일 수 있는 다각화된 연구가 지속적으로 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.96-112
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• 2018

This study developed the pants pattern, that improved appearance and gesture functions in clothes to resolve inconveniences in case of activities with being adequate in fitness of slim-fit pants for obese adolescents. The slim-fit pants pattern was developed through the fitting test after designing and making the pattern of the experimental clothing A(c/pu; 99/1%) with the primary commercial clothing as basic prototype, through the fitting test and implementation of the experimental clothing, modified and supplemented secondarily, and through the fitting test of the second experimental clothing, modified and supplemented tertiary. In terms of findings, first, as a result of analyzing the commercial slim-fit pants, it is interpreted to have projected an optical illusion, that appears to be slim due to being narrow in width of the front panel when observed from the front of the pants. Second, in the fitting test of the first experimental clothing, the prototype of commercial clothing was understood to have improved butt, crotch, waist and femoral regions. Third, pattern design of the second experimental clothing was allowed to decline abdominal pressure, in case of the sitting position, by making the crotch line in the front panel short and by handling it with a yoke belt, and was processed a difference between waist and hip circumference in the back panel, with a rubber band in the whole waist part. Fourth, in the gesture function test of the third experimental clothing, high evaluation was received in every item excluding the knee region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Costume Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.33-33
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• 2004

과거 우리나라 교복의 형태는 획일적이고 개성과는 상관없는 일률적인 교복이었다. 그러나 사회가 고도로 발달함에 따라 인간의 의생활도 더불어 세분화되고 그 역할 또한 중요시되고 있으며, 교복에 대한 욕구도 다양화되고 있다. 따라서 요즈음 청소년들은 과거의 획일적인 교복 형태를 지양하고 패션 화된 디자인과 소재를 선호하면서 심미성과 기능성을 동시에 갖춘 교복을 원하고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.51-62
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• 2011

This study provides guidelines for the development of Korean fashion cultural products. This study identified adolescents' perception of Korean traditional culture and examined their attitudes towards the fashion cultural products of the Korean image with a focus on their image association of those products. For this study, questionnaire data from 447 adolescents was used for statistical analysis. Adolescents were classified into three groups (apathy group, modernization group, and balanced succession group) according to their perception of Korean traditional culture. There were notable differences among the three groups in the image association with the fashion cultural products of Korean image and their value seeking. A large number of adolescents showed positive attitudes towards products with splendid and decorative images as well as simple and refined images. It is important to maintain a balanced strategy in developing cultural products between modernization and the succession of traditional images in order to magnity the market opportunities for fashion cultural products of the Korean image that focus on adolescents.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.73-88
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• 2008

The media culture influences upon young people while introducing new cultures by every hour. Considering the mainstream culture, in which media has the greatest effect on young people, this article examines the symbolic significances of youth fashion through media culture. The results of this study can be summarized as the following: First, young people's popular culture ("pop culture") is becoming the medium that leads to the creation of similar cultures of the young people globally through various routes. Culture is being created by integration of diverse media, and not by what is seen through a single medium. Typical young people's culture, which is formed due to the influence of media culture, includes community culture, pun culture, virtual culture and fandom culture. Second, in order to examine youth fashion that is seen in those media, the survey has been conducted on media stars, tecktonik dance groups, fashion models, avatars and online communities, which are fashion icons influencing young people. Third, youth fashion, which has been formed centering on media culture, has the flexible property that varies the symbolic significance according to which culture becomes the main axis. The symbolic significance in fashion, which is seen on media culture young people are contacting, has been examined in the aspects of value orientation, diversity orientation, speed orientation and digital orientation.