1950년대 나일론 유행의 정치경제적 조건과 자본의 대응

Abstract

This paper paid attention to the phenomenon in Korea in the 1950s, when nylon fabrics has been popular as the women's summer fabrics for a long time and explored the political and economic conditions in respect to supply that continued the trend. After liberation, Korea was incorporated into an international trade system centered on the United States, and the introduction of nylon from the United States and Japan was the result. Traders have laid the foundation for the nylon fashion by importing nylon yarn and fabrics into Korea. However, only a small number of business people who have been in close contact with the government in the face of foreign exchange shortages were able to benefit from monopoly. Moreover, the only nylon fabric manufacturer that operated on the back of the government's import ban was sluggish in production, and the lack of nylon fabrics supply fueled the nylon fashion. In particular, the Rhee Syngman administration, which implemented inconsistent policies, was largely responsible for the phenomenon. Nylon smuggling, which prevailed in the 1950s, was a byproduct of this situation. However, before and after the April 19 Revolution, amid cracks in the structure of the 1950s, nylon yarn production plants supported by Japanese companies and US aid authorities were built in the 1960s, and the spread of new synthetic fibers had momentum. From then on, nylon stepped down from the fashion and settled as a daily product, and a mass production system of synthetic fibers began to settled down in Korea.