Involved in Clothing or Involved in Fashion?

The goals of this study were to refine conceptualization of clothing involvement and fashion involvement and develop a distinction between the two construct. A questionnaire was developed for an empirical study. A total of 669 female consumers participated in the study. Results indicated that respondents were able to be segmented into four groups based on clothing involvement and fashion involvement. Consumers who were highly involved in both clothing product and fashion were likely to be young and not married. Consumers who were involved in clothing were likely to seek quality than consumers who were involved in fashion. Interest in brands was more related to fashion involvement rather than clothing involvement.