Development of a Self-Sexualization Scale

The purpose of the study is to develop a scale to measure self-sexualization, responding to the need for a new scale development based upon the lack of consistency in defining and operationalizing the concept, issues of validity inherent in the existing scales, and shortcomings in measuring the possible dimensions underlying the concept. Dress often plays a central role in many self-sexualization activities. Even when the activity is not dressing the body per se or appearing in a sexualized manner, the body and dress are often featured. We operationalize the self-sexualization as voluntary imposition of sexualization to oneself, with four dimensions adapted from APA\u27s sexualization (APA, 2007). The four scales were developed through a mixed-methods research design with ten steps: Scale 1- Favoring sexual objectification of oneself, Scale 2-Relating sexual desirability to self-esteem, Scale 3 -Equating physical attractiveness with being sexy, and Scale 4 -Contextualizing sexual boundaries

Korean Immigrants and their Aesthetic Perspectives on Appearance

Beginning in the late 1960s, mass immigration has increased the diversity of ethnic groups in American society (Alba & Nee, 2003). As the geography of U.S. immigrant population has shifted from Europe to Asia, Africa, and Latin America, a more favorable environment has been provided for nonwhite immigrants than in the past (Alba & Nee, 2003). Current immigrants think that cultural differences in society are valuable and express interest in maintaining their own cultural origins and cultural objects. Different values and views co-exist in contemporary American society

Re-Birth Product Development for Sustainable Apparel Design Practice in a Design Studio Class

The term Re-Birth design , as a sustainable fashion practice, refers to the redesign of stocked products, originally released through the distribution route to be sold to consumers but returned to the headquarters due to lack of use, and subsequently supplemented and redeveloped by designers as new products (Lee & DeLong, 2015). The objectives of this study are for students: (1) to understand the process of fashion product manufacture and analyze issues around the stocked products; (2) to develop rebirth products as a sustainable design practice from stocked products of a fashion company

Perception of Apparel Sustainability Based upon Cultural Differences among Design Students

Designers need to understand the breadth of strategies for developing more sustainable solutions (Shedroff, 2009). Design students’ concepts of sustainability are different depending on their cultural contexts and approaches to sustainability issues that universities have taken that vary across cultures. In this research, we examine how American and Korean design students perceive the importance of sustainability regarding their apparel as a user and professional and how they strategize sustainable practices. This cross-cultural comparison of American and Korean students perceptions of sustainability can provide valuable insight regarding how cultural factors shape and influence a group’s sustainable behavior and can help the instructor who wants to educate students as broadly as possible

Etiquette of dress: A comparison of 1960 and 2010

Virginia Postrel (2003) discusses aesthetic meaning from two aspects of authenticity: objective and subjective. ‘Objective’ is the ideal and is informed by a set of codified rules and guidelines, or “which elements are acceptable in which setting” without allowing for any individual interpretation (p.110)

Changing clothes for sustainability? The how and why of clothing redesign

Redesigning used clothing – requiring deconstruction and reconstruction beyond basic repair and alteration – could be a sustainable alternative to these problems. Only a few authors have researched clothing redesign but even so have identified potential opportunities for economic and environmental gain (Janigo & Wu, in press; Young, Jirousek, & Ashdown, 2004). Our research goals were to add a longitudinal element to previous research which involved women in a collaborative redesign project in 2011 (Janigo & Wu, in press), to further understand how and why female consumers might redesign used clothing, and to identify what characteristics, if any, are shared among consumers of redesign

Attachment to Clothing and Implications for Sustainability within a Cultural Context

Extending the life span of clothing through better quality and increased usability can result in fewer resources used in the overall clothing consumption system (Fletcher, 2008). If people experience emotional attachment toward clothing they own, they are likely to manage their clothing with more care, for an increased life span of their clothing (Schifferstein & Zwartkruis-Pelgrim, 2008). In this regard, it is worthwhile to explore people’s attachment to clothing from a sustainable perspective. The research explored how American and Korean consumers in their twenties report attachment to their clothing. The research gives perspective to apparel designers and companies who want to design clothing to be worn for an extended time

Perspectives of Apparel Sustainability Among Design Students from Different Cultural Backgrounds

Designers need to understand the breadth of strategies for developing more sustainable solutions (Shedroff, 2009). Design students’ concepts of sustainability are different depending on their cultural contexts and approaches to sustainability issues that universities have taken that vary across cultures. In this research, we examine how American and Korean design students perceive the importance of sustainability regarding their apparel as a user and professional and how they strategize sustainable practices. This cross-cultural comparison of American and Korean students perceptions of sustainability can provide valuable insight regarding how cultural factors shape and influence a group’s sustainable behavior and can help the instructor who wants to educate students as broadly as possible