Costume Design and Production for the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"

Choe, Su-Yon The Korea Society of Costume 2007 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.7 No.2

This is a project presented to obtain Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Production. The candidate has to present 20 costume illustrations and four full constructed costumes for selected actors. At the presentation, the candidate is given 45 minutes to present followed by questions asked by the committee and audiences and it was presented and exhibited in Brookline Arts Council. The thesis consists of two parts; research and analysis on the play, and the result of the design and production for the $play^{1)}$which consists of four fully built costumes-two in chosen fabrics and the other two in muslin with full closure worn on selected actors for each character. The period for the costume design is the Elizabethan period, the actual period the play Hamlet was written in England. The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is a play written in 1967 from a view of two small characters from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. So the costumes of Hamlet's characters are in full period, but the main two characters' costumes will have some of modern twists.

A Study on the Colors and Coloration of Jeogori of Chosun Dynasty and the Modern Period of Korea

Lee, Jee-Hyun The Korea Society of Costume 2007 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.7 No.1

The subject of study concerns the color characteristics of clothing/accessories from ?Chosun?a nd modern Korea. It particularly focuses on the colors of the ?Jeogori? traditional jacket) which represents Korean traditional clothing. Color data were collected from 353 woman?s ?Jegori?s from ?Chosun?a nd modern Korea and divided into the predominant colors & sub colors, and analyzed with HV/C and PCCS. According to the analysis, the representative the predominant color of 'Chosun Jeogori' for woman is YR, Y and side one is R, YR. The p, dp, sf, ltg colors are frequently found and the freshness of most of them is medium or low which shows a calm-feeling. The p, and ltg tones are often found as a the predominant color and p, dp are also often found as a the side color. In the 'Chosun Jeogori' for woman, the predominant colors and the side colors spread in a similar frequency and most of them have medium or low freshness of the color that shows a calm-feeling. The side color is one of the R colors and it shows characteristics of traditional coloring such as ?Jajoo Goreum? Among the ?Jeogori?f or modern women, the R, YR, Y, and B colors are often used for the single-color ?Jeogori? the Y, GY, N, G colors are for the colorful ?Jeogori? The P, lt, and b tons of the color are often used for a single-color ?Jeogori?a nd the p, lt, and W are for the colorful ?Jeogori? For the colorful ?Jeogori? the side color have a high freshness which shows that a strong image was used frequently as the dp, s, dk tons of the color were often used. According to an analysis of the coloring, the predominant color and the side color of ?Chosun Jeogori?a re applied to create a harmony of analogy & contrast in one aspect of Moon & Spencer?s view. It is found that the predominant color and the side color are similar or contrasting in one view of the color harmony, except that the traditional the ?Jeogori?i s colored by ideological and symbolic meanings. The predominant color and the side color of modern the ?Jeogori?a re complementary colors which are applied to the indistinct relationship or contrasting harmony in one aspect of Moon & Spencer?s view of the color harmony. The characteristics of the color as above show that traditional the ?Jeogori?r egards the side color as both the harmony of the colors in general and also of symbolic meaning, while modern the ?Jeogori?f or woman has a tendency toward a cultural transition and is mixed with new colors focusing more on its the predominant color than on the general harmony and character of ideological & traditional coloring.

A Comparative Study on Fashion-Conservativeness of Religious People and Non-Religious People in Korea

Park, Judy Joo-Hee,Choo, Ho-Jung The Korea Society of Costume 2008 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.8 No.1

Religion is deeply connected with human culture and life, and affects all areas of religious people's lives. The aim of this study was to find out how fashion-conservativeness of religious people and non-religious people differ in Korea. Ten religious people and ten atheists all in their twenties were interviewed to find out the differences between religious people and non-religious people related to their viewpoints on clothes. The twenties age group was selected because people in their twenties are sensitive to fashions and styles, and a fair proportion of males and females were selected. The subjects were asked demographic questions, questions about their religion and faith, whether or not they thought they were conservative or affected by religion, and finally, what they thought of photographs of certain styles. 12 photographs from the 2006-7 F/W collections of London, Paris, New York and Milan were presented to the subjects. The photographs were from the Vogue U.K. website and divided into 6 major styles based on verbal evidence used to describe the collections in catwalk reports: "Sexy," "attitude/confidence," "luxury," "sophisticated/chic," "feminine," and "rock." In conclusion, religious people were found to be more conservative than non-religious people in their twenties because they prefer more conservative and covered up styles, have more negative views of bold and skin-showing trends, and regard some styles to be too sexy when non-religious people do not.

Characteristics of Imitation for American Trendy Casual Styles Made by Domestic Casual Brands

Kim, Chan-Ju The Korea Society of Costume 2007 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.7 No.2

American trendy casual styles can be characterized as fitted to body and rendering sexy and fashionable images and now very popular in Korea. This paper aims to identify diffusion channels of Amreican trendy casual style among Korean market and the characteristics of imitation for American trendy casual styles made by Korean casual brands. American trendy casual style was introduced and diffused mainly through 3 channels: American films and TV dramas, on-line communities, on-line shopping mall speciallized for purchasing American apparel brands. Some of American celebrities became fashion ikons and played critical roles in diffusing American trendy styles. After searching websites and fashion magazines and visiting brand stores, several Korean casual brands imitated the styles of American trendy casual brands and the scope of imitation was vast across items. Imitation was found mainly among T-shirts,jacket, jumper, pants, skirt and accessaries. Also imitation was found in almost every aspects of clothes such as shape, sihlouette, color, prints and stitching, belt, and drawstring.

A costume study on the basis of descriptions in the novel Im Kkeok Jeong

Kim, Soh-Hyeon The Korea Society of Costume 2008 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.8 No.1

Writer Hong Myung-hee, author of the novel Im Kkeok Jeong, provided an excellent description of the costume customs of the Chosun era, based on an understanding of various historical texts and literature by practical science proponents, and experience gained from the Hong household of Pungsan, a noble family of high standing during the Chosun dynasty. However, there is a tendency towards descriptions of late Chosun era customs, rather than 16th century customs, with the intent of heightening the image of what most people felt to represent Chosun and its prestige, thereby generating greater reader sympathy. Therefore, information on the costume customs of the novel 1m Kkeok Jeong is analyzed and re-formed to fit with the temporal setting of the 16th century. By providing data to aid visual understanding and re-creation, the intent is to accept it as material for the rumination of our ancestors and their lifestyles in the 16th century. The novel provides a good description of Chosun economic customs, in which cotton and hemp were used not only as fabric for clothes, but also as currency. The trade value of cotton drapery or hemp drapery with dimensions of 5 strand density at a length of 35 ja per roll was designated as 5 mal (about 90 liters) of rice by national law, but the actual value varied depending on the production of rice. Also, it is possible to confirm the existence of sang po with dimensions of 3 strand density at a length of 30 ja per roll, or 2 strand density seochongdae cotton, which was used only as currency due to the rough quality. Characteristics of the Chosun dynasty, a class-based society, are described through distinctions of attire. The writer's intent regarding the symbolic nature of attire reflecting social position, a characteristic of the entire Chosun period, is analyzed with the presentation of visual material.

The Changing Clothing-Image of Women Politicians in Korea in Relation to the Improvement of Women's Status

Choy, Hyon-Sook The Korea Society of Costume 2008 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.8 No.2

A person's external image is a non-verbal form of communication, through which the person's tastes, mode of thought, preferences, and overall personality is expressed. The dominant factor in building an external image is clothing, since clothing-images provide the most information about a person in the least amount of time. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the clothing- images of women politicians and the improvement of women's social status in Korea, by focusing on changes in clothing-image of female politicians at public functions throughout modern Korean history, and inquiring into the method of classification concerning aforementioned images. The time period of this study starts from 1945, when the first female political party was established, to the 2008 presidential elections. The methodology of this study consists of literature study of related books, theses and journals, which was jointly conducted with empirical study consisting of the research of news photographs of major daily newspapers. This study confirmed the clothing images of women politicians since liberation till 2000's reflects the directions of women's movement and their status in return. It is especially meaningful that the sudden increase of romantic and feminine images among the women politician in Korea is the reflection of the ideas of postmodern feminism which emphasize the acknowledgement of womanhood and the enjoyment of being a woman as its core.

Utopia, the Anti-Fashion Statement

Im, Hyun-Joo The Korea Society of Costume 2008 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.8 No.2

The current study aims to 1) investigate how fashion is perceived in societies that utopian novels were born and 2) what fashion means in utopian worlds by content analyzing two utopian novels, Thomas More?s Utopia and William Morris?N ews from Nowhere. The analyses of More?s Utopia and Morris?s News from Nowhere revealed that both utopian societies made corrections from our (imperfect) societies to increase happiness of people. Dresses of those two utopian societies were described as comfortable, pleasant, and attractive. There was a difference in design in that More considered simple and natural designs as the best whereas Morris considered human processed, labor intensive designs as the most attractive. However, fashion did not exist in either utopian world. It is reasonable to say that utopian societies were anti fashion in general due to the conflicting natures of fashion and utopia.

A Study of Mourning Ribbon (Sang-jang) from the Opening of ports through the Korean Empire Period

Lee, Jisoo,Lee, Kyungmee The Korea Society of Costume 2017 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.17 No.2

This study consists of a discussion of the early forms of mourning ribbons (Sangjang) that are worn as the current costume for funeral rites in Korea by investigating the system of mourning ribbons that were introduced after the opening of ports and used until 1910. Mourning ribbons were introduced in military and police costumes for the first time when a state funeral was held after the murder of Empress Myeongseong in October 1895. This was the first case inwhich Western-style funeral clothes were needed, as military and police costumes first changed to Western-style costumes in April 1895. Mourning ribbons during the Deahan Empire period were established three times: protocols for officer funerals were established in 1895, rules for army costume were implemented in 1897, and the use of mourning ribbons was added to the dress code for civil servants in 1908. The early form of mourning ribbons was a rectangular shape made of black cloth. These ribbons were tied or hung on hats, left forearms, and swords. Atfirst, the mourning ribbons' material came from cedar trees. Silk fabric was also used in some circumstances in 1897, and the exclusive use of silk fabric first took place in 1908.

The Relationship between Self-Image and Clothing Behavior of Elementary School Girls

Ahn, Sun-Min,Jin, Hyun-Jeong The Korea Society of Costume 2017 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.17 No.2

This study was conducted to investigate dimensions of self-image and clothing behaviors of elementary school girls and the relations between the self-image and the clothing behaviors. A survey was conducted targeting 411 fifth and sixth grade elementary school girls from seven elementary schools in Seoul. Factor analysis, cluster analysis, ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that the realistic self-images were cute, cheerful, mature and stable and ideal self-images were outgoing, cute and neat. The sub-dimensions of clothing behavior of elementary school girls were consisted of expression of individuality, following the fashion, concern about others and self-contentment. The meaningful difference was discovered in clothing behavior according to the grades of students. Sixth grade students have higher average score on 'following the fashion' and 'concern about others' than the fifth grade students. Therefore it is proved that sixth grade students are more fashion-conscious and conscious of others.

AStudy on Appearance Management Behavior Related to Well-being lifestyles of Women

Lee, Ji-Young,Kim, Yong-Sook The Korea Society of Costume 2007 International journal of costume and fashion Vol.7 No.2

The purpose of this study was to identify appearance management behavior related to well-being lifestyle of women. The results of the study were as follows: 1. The factors relating to a well-being lifestyle were personality and value, fashionable appearance, leisure activity, healthy food, brands, social activities, reasonable consumption, environmental protection, and individuality. The factors of appearance management behavior were weight management and skin care, apparel and accessory management, dietary treatment, bathing, make-up and hair styling, underwear management, using hospitals, beauty salons, and identity kits. 2. Women were classified into 4 kinds of groups: well-being, reasonable value pursuit, ostensible consumption, and bad-being. 3. The members of the well-being group were generally married, highly educated, had a high income, and spent a lot of money for their appearance management. They had a high level of appearance management in terms of weight and skincare, apparel and fashion accessories management, dietary treatment, bathing, make-up and hairstyling, underwear management, and in the use of hospitals and beauty salons. The members of the reasonable value pursuit group were generally married, less educated, with a medium income, and spent little for their appearance management. Members of the ostensible consumption group were generally unmarried, with a low income but spent lot of money for sundries and appearance management. They also had a high level of appearance management with regard to weight training and skin care, apparel and fashion accessory management, underwear management, the use of hospitals and beauty salons, and using identity kits. Members of the bad-being group were generally unmarried, had low incomes, little disposable income, spent little on appearance management, and didn't manage their appearance as a whole.