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A Comparative Study on the Changes in Size of Lower Body for Different Postures between Korean and American Women in their Twenties

20대 한국과 미국 여성의 자세에 따른 하반신 치수변화 비교 연구

  • Choi, Sun-Yoon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Research Institute of Clothing & Textile Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Chun, Jong-Suk (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Research Institute of Clothing & Textile Science, Yonsei University)
  • 최선윤 (연세대학교 의류환경학과/의류과학연구소) ;
  • 천종숙 (연세대학교 의류환경학과/의류과학연구소)
  • Received : 2011.02.26
  • Accepted : 2011.07.27
  • Published : 2011.10.31

Abstract

U.S. apparel brands are being imported to Korea more than any other country's apparel brands. Against this backdrop, this study intends to verify the fitness of U.S. apparels for Korean people in terms of size. To this end, the authors selected 25 American and 25 Korean women in their twenties and studied the differences of these two groups with regard to the size of their lower body parts. In addition, the authors analyzed how the size of each part of the lower body changes according to different postures. All the study subjects were required to be able to wear medium-sized pants of the U.S. apparel. The results of the present study are shown below. The American women were bigger than the Korean counterparts in leg length, hip circumference, thigh circumference, and all height-related sizes. However, the Koreans were bigger than their peers in lengths from waist to crotch; crotch length, body rise and the length from front waist point to hip line. Standing posture was used as a yardstick, when the changes in size according to the different postures were examined. The results indicate that hip and knee circumferences increased in the sitting posture. In particular, hip circumference significantly increased in the American women group. Regarding length-related sizes, increases and decreases in sizes for different lower body parts differed according to the posture. For a walking posture with ordinary strides, the front crotch length decreased while the back crotch length increased. This tendency was more notably observed for Korean women. The American woman clearly showed a decrease in outside leg length for all postures. The Korean women obviously presented an increase in the front center leg length for the sitting posture and for the posture where the knees were bent at $120^{\circ}$. The length from the front waist point to the hip line significantly declined in the Korean woman for the sitting posture and for the walking posture with ordinary strides.

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