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Introduction
Sungeun Suh is an associate professor and a head of Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising in College of Social Science, Gachon University, with a Ph.D. in Aesthetics of Dress from Seoul National University and a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design. The research interests are the impact of new technologies such as social media and AI on fashion, fashion as a cultural lifestyle, sustainable fashion, fashion thinking and creative fashion design, and fashion communication.
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Sustainability and ethical consumption have emerged as essential topics globally in the
carbon-neutral era. The adoption of eco-friendly production and distribution methods have been
prominent in the fashion industry as well. This study performed a qualitative case study analysis
based on a literature review and in-depth expert interviews. The sear...
The rapidly increasing importance of technology integration and generative AI in the fashion industry is prompting changes in fashion design education. This study explored a new design methodology utilizing AI for sustainable and future-oriented fashion design education. The methodology involved consulting practitioners to select ChatGPT and Midjou...
This study explores the significance of incorporating soft skill training in fashion design education through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and examines various AI-based approaches for sustainable fashion textile design education employing a multifaceted methodology that encompasses empirical, quantitative, and qualitative meth...
Digital technology has changed every process of the fashion industry significantly. Using big data analysis methods such as text-mining, network, CONCOR, and content analyses, this study aims to understand the impact of digital technology trends from the fashion design perspective. The influence of digital technology on fashion design elements (e.g...
Recently, outdoor activities have grown into popular hobbies. Among them, climbing is so popular that it has included as an official Olympic sports. Also in fashion, collaboration with outdoor and streetwear has emerged as a trend such as athleisure, techwear and gorpcore. The purpose of this study is to explore about Yosemite rock climbing subcult...
Sustainability has become an essential task to be solved in all areas, including fashion. The concept of sustainability first emerged in the 1970s in the first report of the ‘Club of Rome’ and its meaning and concept gradually expanded to all areas. In the fashion industry, various efforts for sustainability are being made in the stages of ‘materia...
This study qualitatively examines the “non-boundaries of style” represented in fashion on a social media platform. The term “non-boundary” refers to a nonlinear boundary or distinction based on the more flexible time and space in the digital era, rather than a space at a certain time. Based on a theoretical review of media ecology, that is, how the...
This study qualitatively analyzes the phenomenon of fashion everydayness as a cultural revolution in the digital space as everyday life continues to expand into digital platforms. The analysis proceeded in four perspectives based on Lefebvre’s theoretical framework: the festivalization of everyday life, the artification of everyday life, the holist...
Wearable smart products contributed to expand the concept of modern clothing in terms of closer communication between wearers and the surrounding environment. This study investigated the concept of wearable smart actuators and characteristics of actuating feedback. The representative product development trends over the past 10 years are examined ba...
This study recognizes the importance of the social network platform as a new fashion media, and analyzes the significance of various digital fashion images, based on the 'Aura’ theory of Walter Benjamin. The concept of “Disappearance of Artistic Aura” can be summarized into three discussions: 1) the change in the way of artistic perception, which i...
This study analyzes French designer Hedi Slimane who has received recent attention from the fashion world. He changed sub-culture `Rock Fashion` into high fashion and altered the stereotype of the existing menswear with the skinny look. His extreme slim-fit style also has changed the menswear market dramatically. Hedi Slimane was mainly inspired by...
In the era of 2.0 web, blog has become the media that men can express themselves with fashion more actively and independently, as paying much attention to their personal appearance and cultivating an upscale lifestyle. They often create their fashion images in the virtual space where enables a free and creative operations of self-expression. The st...
This study aims to analyze the representation forms of bloggers` personal style on the fashion blogs and enlighten their values which can be actively applied to design and marketing in fashion industry. Image representation of fashion bloggers is reflected by the characteristics in the digital environment, which are the creative manipulation of exp...
