• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.211-225
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• 2010

This research investigated the purchasing behaviors of fur clothing consumers to verify fur clothing consumption and to establish marketing strategies for the fur clothing market. Since fur clothing has clear characteristics distinguishing it from other clothes, there are many differences in customers' interest. Therefore, it is needed to identify some differences in the customers' interest by their own buying habits. A survey was conducted with a questionnaire and revised by using a theoretical background. Questionnaires were given to 322 ladies in their over 20s. SPSS 12.0 was used to analyse the result with analysis of frequency, a primary factor, crossing, cluster and ANOVA. There were several results as follows. First, purchase behaviors of fur clothing were significantly different between groups divided by demographic variables such as marital status, age, and income level of household. Second, factor analysis on sought clothing benefits resulted in 4 dimensions such as symbolic value, brand value, economical value and practical value. Cluster analysis on the 4 factors of clothing benefits being sought resulted in 3 groups such as one group pursuing symbolism, one group pursuing practicism/economism and a group pursuing brand. Third, purchase behaviors of fur clothing and demographic variables were significantly different between the groups divided by clothing benefits being sought.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.51-63
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• 2018

The study aims to articulate a definition of luxury brands, to propose a framework for consumer luxury brand relationships and to provide empirical evidence of the proposed model. The study conducted two surveys in Portugal and the United States in 2009 and 2013 for selected luxury brands. The study employs factor analysis and structural equation modelling techniques to test the hypotheses. The study finds a link between luxury products and consumer's psychological association represents in a hierarchical order of: cognitive attributes at its base level, extrinsic attributes on a secondary level and intrinsic attributes at the advance level. The findings suggest a concept for luxury brands from three dimensions of: luxury product characteristics, consumer's psychological characteristics, and consumer's psychological association with the luxury product. The research was conducted in Portugal and the United States so that there is always a potential criticism concerning the ability to generalize research results to a broader international population. The findings provide a holistic perspective in the understanding of luxury brand constructs and a definition of luxury brands in the way why consumers involve symbolic consumption. The successful application of the findings in a brand setting would be of particular interest to marketers and brand strategists.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2008

Urban architecture density is getting higher, and this trend is expected to continue in the future. Therefore, skyscrapers are being brought into relief as future alternative architecture beyond symbolic meaning in the aspect of demand and supply of urban space. However, skyscrapers which were newly built have many problems such as consumption of enormous amounts of energy, destruction of natural environment, and traffic jam. For this reason, environment-friendly skyscrapers based on the concept such as Green Building and Green Skyscraper started to be built around the world. However, plans or evaluation standards, which take account of the environment-friendly aspect of skyscrapers, leave much to be desired. And especially it is hard to find environment-friendly skyscrapers. Therefore, this study aims to establish the concept of environment-friendly skyscrapers that has not properly been defined, and to find realistic planning methods and practical alternatives through the analysis of the works that have brilliant ideas about environment-friendly architectural method. From the perspective of architectural planning, we did case analysis focused on site planning, form planning, elevation and floor planning, and tried to give useful ideas for high-rise architectural planning in Korea by finding practical solution focused on the active use of natural energy, saving resources, the reduction of wastes, natural architectural environment design and natural friendly system from the view of environment-friendly technological analysis.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.717-727
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• 2011

As new luxury brands are becoming more popular, recent new luxury consumers are showing different tendencies of consumption. The purpose of this study is to investigates the specific bond between the product benefits for new luxury fashion brand and the consumer-brand relationship. Specifically this study conceptualizes the dual path which leads to brand loyalty and brand commitment. 300 data from on-line survey were collected from middle class women who had trading up needs and respondents were asked to select their favorable new luxury fashion brand. As a result of an exploratory factor analysis to identify the structural dimensions of product benefit for new luxury brand groups, four factors were extracted; psychological/emotional benefits, social/symbolic benefits, self-expressive benefits, and product functional benefit. Additional results show that brand attitude had more positive effect on brand loyalty and brand attachment had more positive effect on brand commitment. The findings of this study contribute to provide practical implication on market segmentation for new luxury brands.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.409-426
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• 2018

This study explores the effect of moral identity on attitude toward and purchase intention of upcycled fashion products by comparing purchasers and non-purchasers. Data from 127 purchasers and 307 non-purchasers collected through a survey was analyzed using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, model invariance check, and multiple-group comparison tests using Amos 23.0. Results indicate consumers with purchase experiences of upcycled fashion products showed a higher level of moral identity (internalization and symbolization), positive attitude toward upcycled fashion products, and purchase intention than did consumers with no purchase experience. In model tests, internalization affected attitude toward purchasing upcycled fashion products, whereas symbolization affected purchase intention, regardless of purchase experience. The effect of symbolization on purchase intention was consistent with prior studies focusing on charity behaviors that are highly visible to others. These findings demonstrate that fashion products are visible and symbolic, so it should be carefully considered in ethical consumption studies. From these results, researchers may obtain insights on the process of how consumers apply moral identity to their purchase intention regarding upcycled fashion products. Likewise, marketers may enhance satisfaction of consumers with a high level of symbolization by putting special tags and logos that clearly highlight the products' upcycled nature.

• The International Journal of Costume Culture
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2002

The main focus of this study is to understand realities of postmodern consumer culture by deconstructing fashion advertisements, Calvin Klein's ck One and cK be. The metaphysics of critical theory, visual and textual analysis are used to deconstructing the ads applying one of the postmodern cultural critics, Baudrillard' s notion of hyperreality. Through deconstructing the ads five postmodern characteristics representing hyperreality were found. First, there is no message regarding functional characteristics of the product offered in the ad, which is far from the modernist's utilitarian Point of view. Hyperreality in Postmodern consumer culture is consumption centered and focuses on the product's symbolic meanings. Second, especially for cK be, the ad uses atypicai, irrelevant models and images, which are introduced as a concept of ‘real people’ rather than the ideal person or body type. Third, there are transformations of the meanings from cK one to cK be such as the notions of globalization and gender which clearly represent ongoing reality in the Postmodern culture. Fourth, there are hidden meaning of hedonism and relativism, which are prevalent in postmodern ideology. Finally, models' bodies are used to convey messages as well as form the ground and figure in the ad that is a significant characteristic of postmodern consumer culture. In conclusion, the study of Calvin Klein's fashion ads supports the notion that advertising mirrors reality in postmodern consumer culture, which is hyperreality.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.789-804
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• 2022

Retro fashion is emerging among young people as an approach to discovering a new meaning in Korea's historical culture. Research on Korea's unique retro fashion culture is required because there is no research on retro fashion culture based on Korea's historical background. Therefore, this study examined how retro fashion culture has progressed based on Korea's historical background from a nostalgic perspective. All retro-related newspaper articles from 1950 to 2020 were collected, and content analysis was conducted for each semantic unit. The results revealed that personal nostalgia is based on personal experience and is extending to younger generations. In terms of nostalgia in interpersonal relationships, the younger generation reinterpreted the fashion culture of the older generation after the 2010s. In terms of vicarious nostalgia, a retro culture reminiscent of the 1990s with a background in economic development and consumption culture appeared after 2012. The youth culture and university culture of the 1970s and 1980s were reinterpreted as street fashion. Since the late 2010s, the younger generation has been exhibiting cultural nostalgia, believing that the historical Korean culture is not outdated but has a unique heritage formed during the modernization process. Symbolic nostalgia appeared in Korean fashion culture during modernization.

• 커뮤니케이션디자인학연구
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• 제68권
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• pp.278-288
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• 2019

광범위하고 다양하게 발전해가고 있는 IoT 시장에서 리스크와 사용 편리성이 구매 의도에 미치는 영향분석과 이에 대한 감성적 소비 가치의 조절 효과를 분석하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 크게 세 가지 제품군에서 각각 2가지의 제품을 선정해 연구를 시행하였다. 연구의 방법으로는 크게 세 가지로 첫째, 이론적 고찰, 둘째, 연구모형 검증을 위해 IoT 제품의 소비가 가능한 20대 이상의 남녀 250명을 대상으로 survey 분석을 하였으며 분석은 SPSS를 이용하여 기술통계로 신뢰도 분석과 요인분석을 하였다. 셋째, Survey 분석의 오류를 해소하기 위해 남녀 20~30대 8명을 대상으로 심층 인터뷰와 간접적 체험에 따른 뇌전도(EEG)의 변화를 측정하였다. 본 연구의 가설의 실증분석 결과 IoT 제품의 사용 편리성이 구매 의도에 있어서 영향을 미치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 리스크가 구매 의도에 부정적인 영향을 보일 것으로 예측하였으나 본 연구에서는 유의미하지 않게 나타났다. 이는 일반적으로 고객이 하이테크제품을 구매할 때 제품구매 비용, 사용 비용, 처분에 관한 비용 등 금전적 손실에 대해서 일반제품의 경우보다 경시되는 경향을 나타낸 것이 아닌가 짐작하였고, 심층 인터뷰와 EEG 분석결과 IoT 제품의 특성상 리스크가 있어도 신기술의 신기한 제품, 나의 삶을 이롭게 할 것이라는 막연한 생각 등으로 구매해보고 사용해보고자 하는 욕구가 있다고 이야기했다. 감성적 소비가치의 하위요소인 심미성, 상징성, 쾌락성 모두 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 이는 감성적 소비가치가 구매 의도에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타난 선행연구들과 일치하는 결과이다. 심층 인터뷰와 EEG 분석결과 역시 동일한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 감성적 소비가치가 IoT 제품 구매 의도에 영향을 미치는 것을 밝혀냈다. 이는, IoT 제품을 생산하는 기업들은 좀 더 감성적 소비가치를 적용한 마케팅에 집중해야 할 필요성으로 보인다.

• 미래기술융합논문지
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• 1권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2022

본 논문은 자기제시와 브랜드 선호도의 관계에서 체면민감성과 사용상황의 조절효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 충남지역에 소재한 대학교의 학생들을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같이 요약될 수 있다. 우선 공적 사용 상황에서든 사적 사용상황에서든 상징적 브랜드 선호도에 대한 자기제시의 효과는 유의하지 않았다. 반면, 두 가지 상황 모두에서 기능적 브랜드 선호도에 대한 자기제시의 영향은 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 체면민감성의 주효과는 공적 상황에서 기능적 브랜드 선호도에 부적인 영향을 미칠 때만 유의할 뿐 다른 경우에는 유의하지 않았다. 셋째, 자기제시와 체면민감성의 상호작용효과를 보면, 공적 상황에서든 사적 상황에서든 체면에 대한 민감성이 상대적으로 낮은 사람들은 자기제시 수준과 무관하게 브랜드 선호도의 변화가 크게 나타나고 있지 않았다. 본 연구는 사용 상황이 공적이든 사적이든 체면민감성은 자기제시와 상호작용을 통하여 브랜드 선호도에 영향을 미침을 밝히고 있다는 점에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2015

대부분의 근대예술영역에서 시도된 자본주의적 저항운동은 예술과 기술의 융합, 즉 상징적 경계의 새로운 형성을 통해 진행되었다. 러스킨과 모리스로 대표되는 이러한 저항운동은 수공예 장인의 부활을 통한 장인적 예술의 복원이 목표였지만 결과적으로 예술의 계급화를 초래하게 되었고 자율적인 노동을 배제하게 되는 탈장인적인 예술이 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 장인적 노동의 복원을 위한 노력으로서 유일하게 기계제대공업이 가져온 조건을 적극 활용하는, 즉 '기술과 예술 그리고 기계와 산업의 융합'을 통해 상징적 경계의 해체와 새로운 융합을 시도하였던 바우하우스에 주목하여 그것의 '행위자들actors'을 중점적으로 살펴보고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 16세기 르네상스 예술부흥운동, 19세기 미술공예운동, 그리고 바우하우스의 예술적 사조가 역사적으로 연계되어 있다는 것을 전제로 <생산으로서의 장인적 예술, 예술소비로서의 민중의 권리, 표현방식으로서의 근대기술>의 교량역할을 수행했던 바우하우스 실천가들과 그들 사이의 협력과 갈등에 대한 고찰을 통해 바우하우스가 디자인 민주주의 이념을 구현하려 하였다는 점을 주장하고 있다. 더 나아가 현대 메타기술의 시대가 디자인과 기술의 융합을 통한 민주주의로의 이행을 추동하고 있어 바우하우스의 '협력과 갈등'그리고 '위기와 해체'로부터 반면교사해야 함을 보여주고 있다.