A STUDY ON THE WEARING CONDITION OF SKINNY JEANS OF WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Buying tight-fit pants by 20’s women who want to be looked like slim and having long legs has increased department store jeans sales and represents a ‘fashion horror fever’(“Skinny jeans”, 2006). Steady interest in skinny jeans for 20’s women transformed it from a fashionable item to an essential item. In particular, the selection as a best seller item and consistent skinny jean sales have established a ‘Ultra supper skinny fit’ fashion that emphasize a slim line (“Ultra super skinny jeans”, 2010). This study investigates the wearing condition and dissatisfaction of women in their twenties who mainly wear skinny jeans.

The survey was completed by question investigation from June to July 2014 on 20’s aged women living in Gwangju. A total of 298 copies of questionnaire were used for the analysis. The questionnaire is made up of 28 questions: 4 general questions, 3 wearing conditions of jean pants, 10 wearing conditions of skinny jeans, and 11 fitness of skinny jeans. The analysis method used descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, and mean value using SPSS Statistics 20.0.

The majority of all respondents were 20’s women were mostly unmarried students. A total of 90% knew their general pant size and 79.9% selected skinny jeans for mainly wearing pant. The results of image perception survey for jean pants, they selected skinny jeans for most images such as ‘Slim look’, ‘Long leg look’, ‘Body reshaping’, and ‘Timeless’ except ‘Comfortable to act’. Women in their 20’s have a positive image of skinny jeans that corresponds with the above results in regards to the wearing of skinny jeans. Only 15.4% perceived the skinny jeans size; however, 90% perceived their general pants size and 73.5% selected ‘After wearing’ as they select pants size. The survey about fitness of wearing skinny jeans indicated dissatisfaction with, ‘There are distinctions according to tight-fit pants brands’, and they appealed the fitness dissatisfaction in several parts such as ‘waist’, ‘abdominal’, and ‘crotch’. They had also dissatisfaction in other parts: ‘pant length’ ‘wrinkles under the crotch’ and ‘crotch length’.

Skinny jeans are essential items most frequent worn among various types of pants, and their awareness is very positive in 20’s women. However, most respondent have little perception about skinny jean pants size, especially with a dissatisfaction about waist, abdominal abdominal, crotch fitness and size difference per pant brands. Based on the results, skinny jeans sizing systems and pattern development will be done.