Abstract

This study was intended to analyze the wearing practices and the subjective fabrics preferences for men's dress shirts. It was performed by means of convenience sampling survey of male office workers wearing dress shirts who were living in Seoul, Geonggi, and Chungcheong area. Collected data were analyzed by frequency analysis, cross-tabulation analysis, t-test, and ANOVA using SPSS. The results were as follows: Most of the male office workers owned 5 dress shirts, and blue color dress shirts were preferred to white one. It was shown that most of the respondents wore dress shirts at the office almost every day with necktie. The preferred sensations of the dress shirt fabrics were the soft, wrinkle-free, smooth and dry ones. There were partially significant differences according to gender and age of male office workers in the wearing practices and subjective fabrics preferences of dress shirts.

Keywords

• male office workers;
• dress shirts;
• wearing practices;
• subjective fabrics preferences

• 직장남성;
• 드레스 셔츠;
• 착용 실태;
• 소재 선호도;