| Abstract |
| Recently, there has been a growing interest in `men in their forties` who have ample financial resources and have emerged as main consumers in fashion market. The functional clothes products targeting the men in their forties - who experience rapid changes in body type characterized by the increasing obesity and pot belly - require high fitness and functional design and therefore require the pattern design based on the characteristic elements of body type.
In this situation, this study was intended to present the modification scope of pattern design by classifying the body type of the `men in their forties` into different categories based on the characteristics of each body type. For that, the characteristics of body type in the `men in their forties`, which would affect the pattern design, were analyzed to identify the elements of pattern modification, and furthermore, the cluster analysis was conducted based on the characteristics of body type.
The subject of this study was 435 men aged between 40 and 49(data obtained through direct measurement of the 6th size Korea). The analysis was conducted for 42 items of direct measurements, 33 index value items for height and chest circumference, and 4 flatness items of circumference.
From the analysis and cluster analysis based on aforesaid items, the following conclusion was drawn:
First, 5 elements were identified from the element analysis of direct measurement items. The first element was the size element. The second element was the height element of the lower half of body. The third element was the length element of upper half of body. The fourth element was the shoulder size element, and the fifth element was the hip length element.
Second, the element analysis was conducted using the chest circumference index value for application of design variables. As a result, the first element was the shape of lower half of body. The second element was the shape of abdomen area, and the third element was the upper body thick element.
Third, the element analysis was conducted using the height index value for setting the vertical ratio of design. Resultantly, the first element was the shape of shoulder. The second element was the shoulder size. The third element was the arm length. The fourth element was the crotch length, and the fifth element was the length of the upper half of body.
Fourth, a total of 3 types were identified from cluster analysis based on element scores of direct measurement items. Type 1 was found to be the body type which was the most slender with long lower half of body, short upper half of body and broad shoulder. Type 2 was the body type which was the most obese with short lower half of body, short hip length and arm length. Type 3 was the body type with intermediate circumference, short lower half of body, long hip length, and narrow shoulder.
Fifth, based on the cluster analysis based on element scores for chest circumference index value, Type 1 was the body type with thick lower half of body but was found to be the most slender body type. Type 2 had moderate degree of upper body thick but was the body type with thick lower half of body and protruded belly. Type 3 was the body type which upper body was the most thick but was found to have relatively thin lower half of body and moderately protruded belly.
Sixth, based on the cluster analysis based on element scores for height index value, Type 1 was the body type with long upper half of body and arms, narrow and drooping shoulders. Type 2 was the body type with short upper half of body and arm and long crotch length. Type 3 was the body type with broad and rising shoulder, long upper half of body and arm, and short crotch length. Type 4 was the body type with long upper half of body, long arm, and long crotch length.
The results above provide basic data for standardizing the pattern modification elements and defining the pattern modification scope for customized automated design of clothes patterns, thereby contributing to the automation of functional clothes design that requires high fitness. |
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| Key Words |
| 40대 남성 체형, 체형변형요소, 체형분류, Body shape of men in their forties, body shape transformational elements, classification of body type |
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