On the Fashion Cycle Issue of Clothing Silhouettes.

Fashion trend varies with the global environment and reflects on the clothing in all kinds of styles. The clothing design diversifies and the fashionable style of clothing presents by different clothing silhouette. In this work, the clothing silhouette data in Japan "FASHION COLOR" from 1995 to 2009 are collected to analyze the fashion cycles of popular clothing silhouette. The findings show that 16-23 year-old feminine consumer accepts clothing silhouettes such as "fit & flare", "trapezoid" and "fit". Other clothing silhouettes such as "cocoon shape" and "ample & narrow silhouette" are not acceptable. For the ready-made clothing design plan, the clothing silhouettes in next season may be forecasted by the periodicity of fashion cycle. By analyzing the change of global environment, new clothing silhouettes can be forecasted to match with the new design of season commodity. During planning the constitution and proportional distribution of commodities, the customer's acceptance of clothing design is very important for decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]