Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2005;43(6):171-182.
녹색가게 이용자의 환경의식에 따른 녹색가게 이용 실태와 의복 태도에 관한 연구
Attitudes Inward Clothing and Green Store Usage, Followed by Green Store User's Consciousness of the Environment
Hye Jung Seok, Kim In Suk
Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Kyunghee Univ., Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Kyunghee Univ.
ABSTRACT
This study discusses the environmental awareness and the second-hand clothing usage of those consumers who actively purchase used clothing through a clothing swap at a used clothing market. The study used the questionnaire method, weか the subjects being those with experience of buying second-hand clothing. The findings were as follows. 1. The group of higher environmental awareness differed from the group with low environmental awareness in terms of donating or swapping clothing at a green store or in terms of discontinuing the wearing of used clothing bought from a green store. 2. The higher environmental awareness group valued fashion, status symbols and the alignment with others while the group with low environmental awareness valued comfort and economy more than those with the higher environmental awareness. 3. It was discovered that environmental awareness, education and income levels were interrelated.