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A Study on the Korean Modern Girl Fashion Style: Focused on Actual People and Film Heroine

한국 모던 걸의 패션 스타일 연구: 실존 인물과 영화 주인공을 중심으로

  • Yang, Junghee (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Changwon National University) ;
  • Park, Hyewon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Changwon National University)
  • Received : 2015.02.23
  • Accepted : 2015.03.27
  • Published : 2015.05.30

Abstract

This study probed into the fashion of modern girls between the 1920's and the 1930's who led the mentality and fashion of women as the progenitor of the alpha girl in Korea. For this, the fashion of actual people who received attention as modern girls in various occupations and that of modern girl heroines reinterpreted in films were examined. Methods included the theoretical study based on fashion related newspaper articles at the time, specialized publications, advance researches, and internet data and the empirical study that involved contents analysis centering on visual data. The Western women's fashion between the 1920's-1930's was dominated by the garçonne look to promote women's entry into society and competition against men and the practical and mature long and slim look due to the influence of economic recess. Korean people also adapted Western clothes following Western fashion while also modified the traditional clothes and wore modified Korean clothes. The fashion of 5 actual modern girls of Korea and that of 3 film heroines were examined. The fashion of actual people most well represented the fashion trends at the time and that they used fashion as the means to express their mentality and their artistic propensity and professionalism were expressed through fashion. On the other hand, the fashion of film heroines substantially expressed various occupations of the characters in the film and reflected trendy clothes and cosmetics, and it showed sexy and romantic fashion trend due to the influence of modern trends and reinterpretations.

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