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An Explorative Study of Elderly Fashion

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Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors (AHFE 2017)

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Abstract

Fashion for elderly is not a new concept in the fashion industry, but for Hong Kong market, it seemed much backward when compared to foreign countries. Modification on the new style silhouettes is a critical factor to increase the acceptance in Hong Kong market. This research hoped to demonstrate the new ideas of senior fashion and the new possible style were able to inspired fashion design students or designers to create their own collection with innovation and meaningful collections. Through understanding the senior fashion market, it was anticipated to benefit for the fashion lovers who are getting retired in the next 5 to 10 years. This study developed fashion elements of materials, graphic, embellishment, style and garments design with illustrations and adopted them to questionnaire survey to the elderly fashion in Hong Kong.

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  1. Art & Design College, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

    Huang Chao & Yan Mo

  2. Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

    Ameersing Luximon & Chit Sin Cheung

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  1. Huang Chao
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Correspondence to Ameersing Luximon .

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  1. Department of IELM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong

    Ravindra S. Goonetilleke

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

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Chao, H., Luximon, A., Cheung, C.S., Mo, Y. (2018). An Explorative Study of Elderly Fashion. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 602. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60825-9_40

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