KOREASCHOLAR

Contemporary fashion research has paid increasing attention to the sublimity in the context of postmodernism. Sublimity is considered essential in contemporary fashion design as it arouses complex emotions which verbal expression cannot describe. Therefore, contemporary fashion designs need to be interpreted in terms of the sublimity. Through a detailed review of literature, the present study discusses Kantian and Lyotardian sublimity as main theories representing conventional and cotemporary concepts of sublimity. This paper selected five Korean fashion designers who won the prize of Samsung Design Fund from 2006 to 2019 and actively introduce their works every year. Images were collected to analyze their designs introduced from 2018 S/S to 2019F/W at their website. In addition, formative and color characteristics were analyzed to identify the changing features of s sublimity. Major findings of analyses are as follows. First, all designers’ collections reflected both male and female sublimity with the respect to its formative characteristics. Color characteristics of sublimity indicated that Jeong, Wook Jun’s collections represented features of male sublimity and other designers works showed elements of female sublimity. Essentially, the typical contemporary concept of the sublimity was found in the designs of Seo, Hye In. Consequently, female sublimity is more inclusive than male sublimity, while being opened to otherness.

Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Literature Review
    1. Sublimity
    2.Concept of sublimity and periodical changes in meaning in fashion
    3. Male sublimity
    4. Female sublimity
III. Research Method
    1. Research subjects
    2. Analysis methods
IV. Results
    1. Characteristics of sublimity represented in Korean fashion designers’ designs
    2. Formative characteristics of female sublimity
    3. Formative characteristics of female sublimity
    4. Color analysis of Korean fashion designers’ design
V. Discussion and Conclusion
    1. Discussion
    2. Conclusion
References

• 지정숙(고려대학교 사범대학 가정교육과 겸임교수) | Jeong Sook Ji (Concurrent Professor, Dept. of Human Economics Education, Korea University, Korea)
• 이예영(고려대학교 사범대학 가정교육과 교수) | Yhe-Young Lee (Professor, Dept. of Human Economics Education, Korea University, Korea) Corresponding author