현대 남성 드레스 셔츠에 나타난 잰더 밴딩 디자인 특성

Abstract

The aim of this study is to serve as a stepping stone to outlook changes in men’s fashionbased on gender characteristics and the design proposal as a reference to shirts design formen’s wear brands. This study is a theoretical work extracted from related books,dissertations, and web- resources referenced. Research method is as followed. It is based onthe four main collections from S/S 2001 to S/S 2010 and selected designer brands among themost influential foreign men’s fashion designer brands which have show cased theircollections of 19 seasons in the last 10 years. These are what the study has found out.Firstly, the shoulder-line which used to be straight and hard in men’s dress shirt haschanged to comfortable curved line which falls from the shoulder to sleeve. Silhouettes weremainly shaped to an hourglass or slim silhouette representing the body curve line. Unlikehow the masculine beauty was emphasized through the straight line, men’s dress shirtsnowadays used curved line for softness. Secondly, there were various designs withdecorations added to the basic structure, making it no different from women’s blouse andblurring the line between men’s and women’s fashion. Thirdly, colors were normally inbright ones. Tones were often in pale tone which used to be the women’s color. Alsochoosing shades of yellow or red was a remarkable change in men’s wear. Fourthly, throughvarying patterns and texture there were many shirts that gave clear visual effect. There wereapproximately equal portions of patterns with feminine image like natural patterns, abstractpatterns, or small patterns and patterns with masculine image.