본연구는 최근 한국 대중문화를 관통하는 핵심적 키워드 중 하나인 ‘복고’에 주목했다. 급격한 미디어 환경 변화 속에서 세대별 미디어 격차가 정보격차로 이어지고 이것이 세대갈등을 파생시키고 있다고 보고, 한국 사회의 갈등구조 속에서 복고 미디어콘텐츠가 갖는 세대갈등 완화와 사회통합의 가능성을 탐색하고자 tvN 드라마 <응답하라 1994>에 대한 내용분석과 수용자 심층인터뷰를 수행했다. <응답하라 1994>는 미디어, 대중문화, 정치·경제·사회적 사건을 중심으로 다양한 소재와 삽 입곡, 소품을 활용해 ‘1994년, 서울’이라는 특정한 시대적, 공간적 정서로 문화적 향수를 자극하는 한편 다양한 에피소드와 등장인물들의 성찰적 내레이션을 통해 20대의 사랑과 우정 그리고 가족애 등의 보편적 정서를 담았다. 특히 아날로그에서 디지털로의 미디어 환경 변화와 대중문화의 다양성 확대, 우리 사회에 각인된 정치·경제·사회적 사건이 집약된 1990년대의 재현은 단순히 과거를 감상적으로 추억하고 향유하거나 젊은층의 호기심을 충족시키는 차원에 머무르지 않고 해당 시기를 경험한 세대와 그렇지 않은 세대 모두에게 동일한 사회문화적 경험을 제공함으로써 미디어 격차에도 불구하고 상호 이해와 소통을 활성화시키는 촉매제가 될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 다만 1990년대의 정치·경제·사회적 사건을 주변화, 희화화하거나 시련의 극복 과정은 은폐함으로써 현실도피와 힐링의 기제로 활용한 부분은 한계로 남는다.

The purpose of this study is to categorize the dimensions of the visual evaluation of the costume details of the retro romantic fashion and to research on the costume details and the visual evaluation by evaluators’ gender, age, and major, and on their preferences. Quantitative research were conducted for this study. Based on the pictures, 10 costume details were selected for the survey questions and data were collected. All 446 subjects who participated in this research were college students(males and females) residing in or near Seoul. Data were collected in September, 2008. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS which included: factor analysis, Cronbach’s α reliability analysis, three-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, one-way ANOVA, Duncan’s multiple range tests, and the t-test. The results of visual evaluation of retro romantic fashion are as follows: First, as a result of the factor analysis of the costume detail evaluation, five factors including attractiveness, decorativeness, cuteness, retro, and femininity surfaced. Second, the gender difference in the results of the research revealed that women rated decorative, cute, retro, and feminine characteristics higher than men did. Third, there were significant interactive effects in attractiveness and femininity depending on costume details and evaluators’ gender. Fourth, subjects majoring in fashion valued attractiveness and femininity of the stimulus over non-fashion majoring subjects. Fifth, there were significant differences in the preferences of costume details depending on gender.

The purposeof this study was to provide a formative charateristics by analyzing aesthetic charateristics of Egypt costume expressed in contemporary fashion. The result of this study obtained through this process were as follows. Aesthetic characteristics were expressed as a primative-retro characteristics, and a erotic-retro characteristics and a decorative-retro characteristics. Based on these trends, this study analyzed formative charateristics in an aspect of form, color, material, and decoration. In the modern fashion, unlike the H-line silhouette given by a natural fit in the primitive retro, the erotic retro was characterized in the shape by a tight H-line silhouette. For the color, peach, yellow green, gold, light blue, red, and black were used as the main color. For the material, see-through, gauze, mesh, organdy, and tight vinyl were utilized to emphasize an erotic image and expose a body secretly. For the decoration, the characteristic of erotic retro using the simple or same colors frequently was the use of similar accessories colors matched with material colors. The decorative retro was characterized in the shape by a H-line silhouette connected as a part of clothing which applied passium and a greatly modified silhouette from an Egyptian simple style which was well-matched with splendid accessories. For the color, the broadest range of color changes was found from light pastel such as white, yellow, light pink, burnt orange, blue, purple, silver, gold, and red to strong vivid tones. For the material, modern materials such as organdy, tulle, leather, and furs were often used. For the decoration, passium, an eagle pattern, scarab earrings, a crown, a sneak-shaped coronet, and pictograph printed on the fabric were frequently used.