This study aims to merge Picasso’s expressive elements and deconstructive fashion’s formative traits, proposing an upcycle fashion design that fuses artistic and philosophical aspects. The analysis of Picasso’s Cubism identified qualities like liberating revolution, fluidity of vision, geometric reducibility, complex symbolism, and creative imitation. The analysis of Derrida’s deconstructionism revealed expressive traits: uncertainty, intertextuality, différance, and dis-de phenomenon. An upscale fashion design was developed based on six Picasso works featuring women. The design was created using the fashion design software CLO 3D and integrated clothing waste and scrap fabrics as materials.The results are as follows. First, upcycle fashion was viewed from a new perspective based on Picasso and Derrida’s values. This perspective suggested creating better ethical values by upholding environmental protection in novel ways that overcome limitations rather than destroy existing values indiscriminately. Second, upcycle fashion design methodologies were derived from various perspectives utilizing formative features of Picasso’s works and specific expressive features of deconstructed fashion. Third, the direction of mitigating waste and pollution from clothing production and transportation was revealed by making clothes in a virtual space using the CLO 3D program. This study contributed to obtaining various methods for developing upcycle fashion designs using own methods of Picasso and Derrida to diversify the approaches of upcycling, which is relatively stagnant in disassembling.

The misuse of resources is getting serious every year, and the annual cost of domestic wates disposal announced by the Ministry of Environment is appraching 15 to 23 trillion won, Concerns are mounting that if the situation persists, the saturation of domestic waste landfill in 2025 will not be prevented. As the movement to prevent and solve global environmental problems increases, institutions, companies and individuals are increasingly interested in ‘Upcycle environmenal design’ that considers nature and composes spaces. This study explores solutions to environmental problems caused by waste, focusing on upcycle products and describes the uniform characteristics and effects of upcycle products shown through the analysis. The results of the study are as follows. First, upcycle products are not only treating waste but also protecting the environment at another level. Second, manufacturing upcycle products that take advantage of the original characteristics of packaging material. And third, drawing economic profits from upcycle products as well as the environment. The development of upcycle products according to social consciousness is creating a new environmental design for the surrounding environment(architecture, landscaping, interior, etc) and the movement to think and protect the environment leads to many changes in individual lives beyond institutions and companies. As the movement for environmental protection is expected to become more activement the outlook for upcycle products is also expected to rise further.

This study explores the effect of moral identity on attitude toward and purchase intention of upcycled fashion products by comparing purchasers and non-purchasers. Data from 127 purchasers and 307 non-purchasers collected through a survey was analyzed using descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, model invariance check, and multiple-group comparison tests using Amos 23.0. Results indicate consumers with purchase experiences of upcycled fashion products showed a higher level of moral identity (internalization and symbolization), positive attitude toward upcycled fashion products, and purchase intention than did consumers with no purchase experience. In model tests, internalization affected attitude toward purchasing upcycled fashion products, whereas symbolization affected purchase intention, regardless of purchase experience. The effect of symbolization on purchase intention was consistent with prior studies focusing on charity behaviors that are highly visible to others. These findings demonstrate that fashion products are visible and symbolic, so it should be carefully considered in ethical consumption studies. From these results, researchers may obtain insights on the process of how consumers apply moral identity to their purchase intention regarding upcycled fashion products. Likewise, marketers may enhance satisfaction of consumers with a high level of symbolization by putting special tags and logos that clearly highlight the products’ upcycled nature.