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A Study on the Current State of Korean Military Winter Uniform Tops

한국 군용 방한복 상의에 대한 실태조사

  • Jeong, Mi-Ae (Dept. of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, Seoul National University) ;
  • Nam, Yun-Ja (Dept. of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design/Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • 정미애 (서울대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 남윤자 (서울대학교 의류학과/생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2016.04.06
  • Accepted : 2016.08.08
  • Published : 2016.08.31

Abstract

This study is designed to understand the problems of existing Korean male soldiers' winter uniform tops by researching its current state, and contribute to developing uniforms with improved size and motion appropriateness. Military bases were visited to research satisfaction of size and motion appropriateness of the current winter uniform tops. 193 soldiers were surveyed and interviewed, and the shape and fit of the standard sizes of the inner and outer layers of the current winter uniform were analyzed. Findings of this study are as follows. 1) Compared to the new combat uniforms that soldiers were wearing in their appropriate size (of the 44 sizes), there were many cases where the soldiers were not wearing winter uniform inner (of the 8 sizes) or outer (of the 18 sizes) layers in the correct size for their body. 2) A total of 37 combat uniform sizes appropriate for the body shapes were expected to be newly applied, and inside and outside layers of winter tops would be presented as sets of 14 different sizes in step with the new combat uniform sizes, instead of the existing 8 inside layer sizes and 18 outside layer sizes. 3) The inner and outer layer of the existing winter uniform tops had several problems with the shape and fit. First, the inner layer was shorter than the combat uniform. Its shoulder width was wide, but the sleeve length was short creating lack of coverage, and the angle connecting the sleeve and bodice was very small creating a high sleeve cap curve and narrow sleeve width that make motions difficult and cause discomfort. As for the outer layer, the hem moved up when soldiers bent over or adjusted the waist string so the top could not sufficiently cover, the shoulder width was wide and the sleeve length was short, requiring improvements.

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