최경자 패션에 나타난 한국적 패션 디자인 연구

Fashion reflects various cultures, including the spirit and the lifestyle of the period. SouthKorea has experienced rapid social changes, including the Korean War, industrial development,and the inflow of Western influence. Modern Korean fashion has developed along with thesechanges. Acceptance of suits and the reformism of the Hanbok are the two notable changes inKorean fashion. Gyungja Choi, and her fashion show, is known for combining modern fashionand traditional beauty by entwining traditional Korean fashion design elements into modernfashion. This research investigated Gyungja Choi as a fashion designer, a fashion education executivewho cultivated fashion designers through the education business, and a fashion publisherwho published the first professional costume magazine. This research classified the Korean-styledesign elements in Gyungja Choi’s fashion show by analyzing the clothes exhibited in her fashionshows. In conclusion, Choi’s design utilized Korean-style fashion design elements, such as line,colors, patterns, and materials. Which can be said to be the introduction period that expressedKorean style image in fashion considering the period.