• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.162-174
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• 1998

Though the growth rate of the population of aged people in Korea is rapidly rising, research about this age group is relatively scarce compared to those about younger groups. This paper aimed to survey the clothing purchasing behaviors and clothing dissatisfaction of the aged women in Korea. A questionnaire concerning demographic status, clothing purchasing behaviors and clothing dissatisfactions was administered to 430 aged women residing in Seoul. Results showed that the aged women are as much well-planning, logical, and consumer-right-conscious purchasers as they are aesthetically demanding. 9 factors including product quality, design, sales service qualities revealed to be important factors explaining their dissatisfaction. But the strongest clothing dissatisfactions of the aged women were found to be those factors related to high price, lack of exclusive merchandising practices for the aged, and difficulty in the handling of clothing items. Their age and income status had partial influence on their purchasing behaviors and clothing dissatisfaction.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.49-61
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of clothing involvement on the perceived risk in internet shopping and store selection criteria. The subjects used for the study were 210 male and 338 female college students. The clothing involvement consisted of pleasure, symbolism, and selection difficulty factors. The perceived risk consisted of size/defect risk, social psychological risk, privacy risk, delivery risk, and price risk. The store selection criteria had security/service, entertainment/variety, price/convenience factors. The results showed that consumers were segmented by four groups based on clothing involvement factors: clothing pleasure group, symbolism group, confidence group, and low clothing involvement group. The four segmented groups differed in regard to the perceived risk, store selection criteria, and demographics. For example, clothing pleasure group perceived the size/defect risk and social psychological risk higher than did the other groups. Also, the clothing pleasure group considered entertainment/variety more important and had younger female consumers.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.73-85
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to discover the effects of clothing involvement and risk perception, which can influence risk reduction behavior. The subjects of this study were young male consumers living in Seoul and Kyunggi-do who had purchased fashion products from an Internet shopping mall. Questionnaires were collected from July 1, 2018 to July 8, 2018 and 300 questionnaires were used in the data analysis. The data was analyzed utilizing a factor analysis, a regression, ANOVA and a Duncan-test. The results of this study were as follows. Clothing involvement factors influenced various risk perceptions and risk perception influenced risk reduction behaviors. Among the various risk perception factors, psychological risk was the most important factor, which was influenced by clothing involvement factors. The usage of media was the most important factor, which was influenced by various risk perception factors. Finally clothing involvement and risk perception influenced risk reduction behaviors. Among the various risk reduction factors, the usage of media was the most important factor, which was influenced by clothing involvement and risk perception factors.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.4 s.218
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• pp.65-74
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between shopping value and clothing shopping orientation according to clothing involvement. The study subjdects comprised 298 females living in Seoul. The data were analyzed with factor analysis, correlation, t-test, cluster analysis and regression analysis. Clothing involvement, shopping value and clothing shopping orientation consisted of various factors. Clothing involvement influenced various shopping values and orientations. According to three clothing involvement factors, women were classified into two clusters(: high and low involvement groups). In the two groups, there was an intimate relationship between shopping value and shopping orientation, while there were significant differences in shopping value, clothing shopping orientation, and clothing purchasing behavior. In addition, shopping value have influenced shopping orientations and clothing purchasing behavior, while shopping orientations influenced clothing purchasing behavior. As a result, the successful marketer should know the consumer's clothing involvement and shopping value as well as clothing shopping orientation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.55-66
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between Sex Role Identity, Clothing Involvement, and Clothing Satisfaction, among high school students, and the difference of Sex Role Identity, Clothing Involvement, and Clothing Satisfaction according to demographic variables. The questionaire survey was used toward 555 high school students in seoul region during October, 1998. SAS package program were used to analyze the gatherd data. Frequency, Percentage. Factor Analysis, Duncan test, Correlation Analysis and so on. The conclusion based on the results are as follows: 1. With the analyses of Sex Role Identity, Clothing Involvement, and Clothing Satisfaction, we divided the polarized Sex Role Identity into four factors : androgynous, masculine, feminine and undifferentited type. Four factors are considered to decide Clothing Involvement: fashion, interesting pleasure, symbolism, and utility perceived risk. 2. There are significant differences in Sex Role Identity, Clothing Involvement, and Clothing Satisfaction according to demographic variables. 3. The analysis of correlations among Sex Role Identity, Clothing Involvement and Clothing Satisfaction showed that there are significant among them.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.25
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• pp.119-132
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• 1995

The purposes of this study were to consider the aesthetic side in the clothing positively, search the relationships of the preferance and the aesthetic factors in the general costume of body form, analyze consumer's characters against the value evaluation factors. Stimuli and questionaries were used in this study. The stimuli were twelve color photographs on clothed bodies differing in the degree of beauty and function. The scales were chosen to measure variables refering to sundry records, prediminary exam-ination. The following null-hypothese were estabilished for this study. Ⅰ. Viewer's preferance for the general 4 costumes of body forms will haved significant relationship with aesthetic factors of clothing Ⅱ. Value evaluation factors of clothing will be significantly different according to the vari-ous viewer's characters. Data were abtained from 160 females stu-dents. The data were analyzed by using spsspc+ program-correlation coefficient, one-way ANOVA and scheffe-test. The results were as follows. Ⅰ. The viewer's preferance for general 4 costumes of body forms has significant re-lationship with aesthetic factors of clothing Ⅱ. Value evaluation factors of clothing are significantly different according to the various viewer's characters.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.50
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• pp.23-32
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• 2000

This study was performed to investigate the mothers' preferences for their children's clothing images and color images. Questionaries were analysed by factor analysis cluster analysis one way ANOVA x2 -test. The results are as follow: First the preferred clothing images for children have no differences across gender. The preferred images are active tidy and fashionable. Second the preferred clothing images are according to season. In the case of clothing color images the preferences in spring and summer seasons are differed from fall and winter seasons. Third factors of boy's clothing image were fashionable cute splendid and classic And factors for girl's clothing image were lively tidy fashionable and classic. These factors revealed the differences of preferences between boys and girls clothing image. Fourth the preferences of clothing color image for children changed across seasons. Bright and neat color images were preferred in spring and summer warm and deep color images were preferred in fall and winter. Fifty the preferences of clothing images classified into four groups and each group has the different preference in color tone. Finally Season and gender were revealed to be more important variables in the preferences of children's clothing image and color image.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.825-836
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• 2019

This study focuses on how to improve the use of the sustainable clothing through consignment clothing Stores. This study finds factors for activating consignment clothing stores that can help expand and implement the clothing consumption culture of Korean consumers towards sustainable clothing behavior. The objectives of this study are as follows. First, we identify consumer's sustainable apparel behavior through an in-depth interview with a manager who is currently working in a consignment-selling apparel company in Seoul. Second, we analyze factors for activating a consignment clothing store that help enable the implementation of concrete action plans into Korean culture and towards a sustainable clothing behavior. The study results on consignment clothing stores serve as service factors. First, it increases the participation of consumers in the mindset of secondhand apparel. Second, it secures the quality of used apparel products. Third, it can be seen by expanding the market channel. There is a need to rethink the specialty of apparel products in order to secure the quality of used apparel products and appraisal of experienced apprentices of commodity appraisers.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.683-694
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• 2015

This study defines the concept of triple media and examines various marketing media that influence a consumer's purchase of outdoor fashion brands. We explore the effects of gender and age on information searches related to outdoor fashion brands and purchase criteria related to outdoor clothing. A survey of consumers who visited stores was conducted. We targeted consumers between the ages of 15 and 50 and analyzed 764 questionnaires. The results show that triple media involve eight factors: five factors (printed ads or radio ads, campaign ads, Internet ads, TV ads, and store ads) in paid media, one factor (direct marketing) in owned media, and two factors (channels of social network services, channels of direct promotion) in earned media. Further, the evaluation/appraisal criteria of outdoor clothing consist of four attributes (practicality, promotional activities, product power, and customer service). The teenager group showed significantly low usage of campaign ads, direct marketing, and direct promotion, while the use of Internet ads is particularly high among teenagers compared to other age groups. Moreover, teenagers are least likely to rely on practicality when evaluating clothing and are most likely to value product power. Additionally, women show significantly high usage of direct marketing. In terms of the clothing appraisal criteria, women assign higher value to practicality and promotional factors than men. The theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.363-371
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• 2003

This study is designed to identify the dimensions of clothing shopping motives and clothing involvements which influence consumers' store choice behaviors and to find out what variables have a direct influence on the attitudes of customers toward stores. The empirical research was made through the survey on 300 female and male shoppers who purchased clothing. The major results of this study are as follows : 1. The dimension of clothing shopping motives is composed of leisure-related shopping motive, products-related shopping motive, and economy-related shopping motive. And the dimension of clothing involvement consists of pleasure involvement factor, fashion involvement factor, and symbol involvement factor. 2. The dimension of the store choice criteria is composed of such five factors as promotion, products, prices/salespersons, service, and location. 3. There is a positive correlation of the products-related shopping factor and the leisure-related shopping motive only. And the store choice criteria have a positive correlation with all the factors of clothing involvement. 4. The high-shopping-motive group turns out to pay more importance to such factors as products and location than the low-shopping-motive group. 5. The variables which have influences on the attitudes of customers toward stores tum out to be such factors as fashion involvement, promotion in the store choice criteria, and gender.