남자 골프 슬랙스 패턴 설계에 관한 연구

Abstract

A Study on Design of Men's Golf Slacks Patterns

CHO Youn Jin Department of Clothing The Graduate School of Sungshin Womans University

Golfwear is sportswear for which functionality and movement adaptability are considered. It is popularized and its high functionality and fashionable aspect are importantly standing out as the golf population increases and the golfers' age group is expanded recently. Though male golfers of twenties and thirties are increasing in number as golf is popularized and golfers' age group is lowered recently, the golf slacks at present are still of the existing patterns for the middle ages and seniors only with different ease provided. Accordingly, new patterns of golf slacks for males of twenties and thirties adequate in appearance and for main motions of golf exercise should be developed.

In this study, to design patterns of golf slacks for males of twenties and thirties, we first intend to investigate general patterns of casual slacks and to perform appearance and fitness evaluation test of golf slacks of 4 companies selected using sample slacks produced. The significance is in designing golf slacks patterns which fit to the body types of twenties and thirties, which give convenient feeling during golf exercise and for which aesthetic aspect is also considered, and in applying it to businesses by producing golf slacks patterns on the basis of the research result and by evaluating their appearance and fitness in the same way as for gold slacks of the industry.

As to the method of study, we first investigated preference and awareness of males of twenties and thirties who enjoy exercise for domestic and foreign golf brands and their growth in the market, and produced sample slacks after performing comparison analysis of total 4 golf slacks patterns, one licensed brand, two directly imported brands and one national brand. Five subjects wore four different kinds of sample slacks and fitness evaluation was performed by 10 specialists for appearance of golf slacks, appearance during basic golf motions such as swing, tee up and putting and for fitness golfers feel during basic golf motions. On the basis of this result, we produced research patterns after analyzing, correcting and complementing golf slacks patterns of 4 companies and performed comparison analysis by evaluating appearance, appearance during basic golf motions and fitness during basic golf motions. The result of evaluation and comparison analysis of the golf slacks of 4 companies is as follows: First, as a result of analyzing the items related to production of the golf slacks of 4 companies, though the waist size was equally selected as 84 cm (33 inches), there was difference of about 1 cm depending on the characteristics of brands and target age, and the form of waist band was all straight line type. Second, the result of analyzing and overlapping the actual measurements of golf slacks patterns by item and by company, there were differences in waist line height, dart location, hip girth, thigh width, front and rear crotch length, knee width and lower base width, and items with big differences were found to be central slope at the back, front and rear crotch length, thigh width and knee width. Third, the result of performing evaluation of appearance of golf slacks, appearance during basic golf motions and fitness golfers feel during basic golf motions after producing golf slacks of 4 companies as samples showed that the slacks of A company got a good result in appearance evaluation and the slacks of D company got high score in evaluation of fitness during basic golf motions.

The evaluation result of design, appearance and fitness of research slacks is as follows: A research pattern was designed on the basis of evaluation result of test slacks of 4 companies. The basic line and outside line of the pattern of A company that was evaluated to be superior in appearance was maintained, the pattern of D company that got a high score in evaluation of basic golf motions was taken into account, and patterns of hip girth, front and rear crotch length, central slope at the back and thigh width were corrected and complemented to design the research pattern. In the result of t-test of research slacks and golf slacks patterns of companies, slacks appearance evaluation showed significant difference in 22 items among 30 items, appearance evaluation for basic golf motions 21 items among 29 items and fitness evaluation for basic golf motions showed significant difference in 24 items among 29 items.

The dimension suggested by this study to be applied to each item of golf slacks pattern is as follows: The waist girth of 84 cm is maintained and the hip girth is changed from 107 cm to 108 cm adding 1 cm, 0.5 cm on both sides at the back. The front crotch length of 22.3 cm is maintained as it is, the rear crotch length is changed from 40.4 cm to 41 cm adding 0.6 cm as ease, 1 cm is added to the central slope at the back and the central line at the back is raised by 1.5 cm to make exterior creases. The thigh width is changed from 67 cm to 68 cm adding 1 cm to have better appearance and fitness of the golf slacks during basic golf motions.

In this study, we presented slacks appearance and patterns adequate for golf exercise by collection golf slack patterns of companies and performing comparison analysis. If follow-up studies on development of not only golf slacks but also slacks patterns adequate for diverse leisure and sports activities are achieved on the basis of this, it is expected that a method to design basic patterns with high usefulness can be presented to sportswear market which is becoming lively.