| Characteristics of the Animal Motif Found in Modern Fashion |
| Sun Young Kim |
| Department of Fashion Design, Sunchon National University |
| Corresponding Author:
Sun Young Kim ,Tel: +82-61-750-3685, Fax: +82-61-750-3680, Email: ksy6341@sunchon.ac.kr |
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Received: March 13, 2012; Revised: May 8, 2012 Accepted: June 23, 2012. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study looked into the trend of expression of animal motifs that appears in modern fashion, and the values embedded in them. As to the research method, empirical analysis was performed on the works presented at the four global collections of Paris, Milan, New York and London from 2001S/S to 2010F/W, as well as a literature review. As a result, animal motifs applied in modern fashion appeared in material groups, such as leather or feather. The first group shows a realistic material feel, with artificial leather or fur, expressed in a transformed complex animal motif, with process skill or various methods of expression. The second group is the case of a single motif or reality, mode, and abstraction pattern. Printing is a generic expression, but patchwork, collage or bead ornament are also used, and expressed in the various forms of pattern: pattern in a single animal, pattern in different animals, and pattern combining both animal and other shape. The third group is a small decorative ornament, including headset or accessory and makeup, which is transformed in an animal-characterized motif into part of clothing components for expression, or to set the real animal to the stage for a performance. The embedded values were also categorized as natural beauty, sensual female beauty, pleasure, and ornamentation, which could be an endless spiritual source, and a breakthrough that enables us to show a creative and new aesthetic for the modern fashion field. |
| Keywords:
animal motif, naturalness, sensuality, pleasure, ornamentation |
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