A Study on VMD for Emotional Clothing Shops

감성의류매장에 관한 VMD 연구

  • Kang, Kyung-Ae (Dept. Apparel & Textile Design, KonKuk University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Mi (Dept. Apparel & Textile Design, KonKuk University)
  • 강경애 (건국대학교 예술문화대학 의상.텍스타일학부) ;
  • 김선미 (건국대학교 예술문화대학 의상.텍스타일학부)
  • Published : 2007.12.31

Abstract

Amid a wave of informatization, the world is allowing diverse exchanges and cooperations in the global village to be promoted. And, a change in the life environment and the consumption pattern allows the key word in distribution revolution called 'online' and 'emotion' to be recalled. As the emotion is being positioned as the trend of the new era, this study has its significance in that even the fashion industry desperately requires the emotion marketing aiming at the artistic value and practicality in fashion and the creation in value-added, and requires the development and utilization plan for diverse VMD programs on the rational dress shop, like the successful case of the trendy shop such as America's large bookstore 'Barnes & Noble.' Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to design and suggest the virtually trendy dress shop as one plan of utilizing VMD, by examining about the fashion business environment and about 'emotion trend' according to the consumer purchase needs, and through researching into the cases of the trendy dress shops with the emotion marketing. The virtual trendy dress shop 'Muse,' which was proposed as its research result, was designed with having the main concept as urban naturalism, which points to the urban and sophisticated coordination, and to the simple personality and rational value, as one method of utilizing VMD in the differentiated dress shop. And, it is desired to be performed the researches on the development and the utilization plan for diverse VMD programs in the dress shop down the road.

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