As modern men realized that clothes and hair styles are important in expressing their desired appearances upon taking interest in fashion trend at the exposure of numerous mass media, the need for searching for their own unique hair styles is increasi...
As modern men realized that clothes and hair styles are important in expressing their desired appearances upon taking interest in fashion trend at the exposure of numerous mass media, the need for searching for their own unique hair styles is increasing, and in the recent men's hair style designs are becoming diverse to allow them to express their own individualities and emotions. In modern times, men are obtaining information through the advancement of the Internet, and improving appearance is becoming another competitive advantage at work and it is an area that is receiving most attention when explaining the lifestyle that is becoming a trend in our society.
Accordingly, this study analyzed the hair styles, according to the hair design elements of shape, texture and color, of 150 leading actors
and 240 supporting actors in the total of 390 actors who are in their 20s to 40s who appeared in 150 trendy TV dramas among the TV dramas that were ranked in the top 10 annual program ratings, except for historic dramas, that were produced by the three major broadcasting systems in our country (KBS, MBC, SBS) from 2006 to 2010, and the result of analysis is as follows.
First, in the classification of shape according to point, line & surface, it showed the shape of line the most and surface the least, in the order of line > point > surface.
Second, in the classification of texture according to permanent wave, iron wave & straight hair, it showed the texture of iron wave the most and permanent wave the least, in the order of iron wave > straight hair > permanent wave.
Third, in the classification of color according to dark color as one's hair color, brown color, light brown color and red brown color, it showed the color of dark color the most and light brown color the least, in the order of dark color > brown color > red brown color > light brown color.
Fourth, as for the hair style that male actors prefer the most, it is line shape style with iron wave volume and they prefer natural wave, and it was found that they most prefer the soft texture of shaggy cut with dark color and medium style hair length. In the case of short length hair, they preferred the Mohegan style that emphasized top point with short side hair.
Fifth, as for the characteristics of men's recent hair styles, the two block dandy cut is a trend. The style that creates a masculine and elite image on top of the image of clean, natural and strong men, and the style that significantly changes the image and feel depending on how styling products are used, and the hair style with soft wave and red brown color on top of rough texture that can highlight one's individuality are being highly favored by many young men.
Modern hair designs are changing in their shapes and images in a more drastic and innovative way, and irregular mix and innovative design will be in trend all the more in hair designs that are receiving countless items. In addition, mass media will achieve extensive and multilateral advancement in future along which trend will propose various hairs and form the popularization of hair. Furthermore, it is expected that the hair industry will advance through popular trend.