A Study on the Fabric Trend and Characteristics of 1990's Women's wear

1990년대(年代) 국내(國內) 여성복(女性服) 소재경향(素材傾向)과 특성(特性)에 대(對)한 연구(硏究)

  • Ha, Jung-Won (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Cho, Kyu-Hwa (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University)
  • 하정원 (이화여자대학교대학원 의류직물학과) ;
  • 조규화 (이화여자대학교 의류직물학과)
  • Published : 1999.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate of fabric characteristics in women's wear as reviewing the fabric trends in 1990's domestic fashion. As a method to accomplish this research, I have examined the articles related to fashion fabric and fashion trend magerzines. This study considered women's wear relatively used diverse fabrics, there was not previous study regarding the fabrics used in domestic, since the 1990's. The social fators for the 1990's fashion were the influence of the informed, the increased concern for the ecological environment, the sattlement of young popular culture, the increase of resonable consume and social anxiety. To understand the fashion trends of the 1990's women's wear, it is divided three periods. The traditional period is from 1991 to 1993, the mixed period of the naturalism and the technology is from 1994 to 1995, the retro period is from 1996 to 1999. The charateristics of the fabrics used in 1990's women's wear were the appearance of various functional fabrics, the development of new synthetic fabric with high sensitivity, the popularization of circular knit, the fabrics with a retro mood toward traditional feminine mood and the blending of fabrics. The fashion of 1990 have had the characteristics of various utilization of the materials on the base of reasonable and practical trends than the changes of design and detail.

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