1920년대 일본 신여성의 서양복 수용 고찰

Abstract

The fashion trend of modern Japanese women in the 1920s has been by and large influenced by that of ‘flappers’, the symbolic icon of then modern American women. During this period capitalism has just embarked on shaping up, which led to the emergence of even newer mode of flappers perceived as extremely provocative to those living contemporarily. This research aims to explore the way in which the fashion style of Japanese women in this period could receive western style of dress by looking into the overall historical situation in the 1920s coupled with then socio-cultural backdrops and analyzing the ensuing fashion style of flappers emergent through the modernization process in the United States. Flapper style has made a strong influence on, and been therefore prevalent in, the dressing style of modern Japanese women in the 1920s. This indicates .the foolhardy propensity for them to pursue western fashion trend in this period, which must have eventually been highly influenced by mass media such as magazines, newspapers and movies. In parallel with this, it is also indicative that modern fashion style started emerging by coalescing itself with the western functionalism, as women’s entry into society in this period demanded more and more functionality and mobility. Vis-à-vis hairstyle, two distinctive hairstyles ‘mimigakusi (耳隱: covering ears)’ and ‘mimidasi (耳出: uncovering ears)’ respectively have surfaced as popular in general amongst those modern Japanese women during this period. Despite controversies brought about by the increase in popularity of short-cut hairstyle epitomizing modern women, it has played a pivotal role in paving the way for the further modernization of its style by being combined with wave-hairstyle. As for make-up style, modern Japanese women tend to have pursued the way of movie actresses wearing make-up in sync with the then popularization of European and American movies. In other words, this tendency indicates that the emergence of less flat and more multi-dimensional make-up style is to a greater extent a noticeable phenomenon.