Creating a Sustainable Fashion Lifestyle Product Identity with a Cross - Cultural Design Concept

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Surakiet Rattanaamnuaysiri
Patcha Utiswannakul

Abstract

This research used a mixed approach including qualitative, quantitative and fashion lifestyle product design. The objective of the research is to find the sustainable fashion lifestyle product identity development guideline with cross cultural design concept using Thai-Lue cultural textile capital in Nan province towards international market. The research process consisted of 1) collecting qualitative data on fashion product consumption, environmental-friendly fashion products, and culturally relevant fashion products from experts with Delphi technique. The data is analyzed using the paper doll data set technique to obtain the most suitable fashion design elements for the target consumers. 2) Quantitative data collection using an online questionnaire on the 200 generation Y population in Bangkok city, aged 22-42 years. The data is then analysed in terms of general consumption, lifestyle, fashion product consumption, eco-friendly fashion product consumption, culture-related fashion products. The study found that a sustainable fashion lifestyle product identity with a cross-cultural design concept for the international market includes 5 components: 1) textile innovation, 2) sustainable design innovation level, 3) target groups: fashion leader with strong environmental concern and cultural textile, fashion follower with environmental concerned and cultural textile, minimal fashion with environmental concerned and cultural textile, 4) culture, and 5) trend.

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