The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the actual conditions ofconsumer damage occuring in the use of clothing products. The data used for analysisincluded 470 cases, which were deliberated by requesting consumer disputes deliberationat the consumer consultation room of Masan YWCA at the Kyeongsangnamdo ConsumerLife Center belonging to the Kyeongnam provincial office. The disputes regarding theclothing products insisted that consumers suffered damage for the period from March,2011 to June, 2013. The data processing was carried out by SPSS 14 and the statisticstechniques used went through a cross tabulation analysis and χ2-test.
The results are as follows. The difference in the analysis result of purchase path andmaterial as to kinds of clothing products showed a significant difference. The damagetypes of clothing products were classified into five types: change of color, change of style,change of surface and touch, breakage of subsidiary materials, and others. The damagedclothing products showed a difference for damage frequency according to the items ofclothing products; in particular, damage frequency for change of color appeared high. Thedamage contents of change of color were identified as metachromatism, discoloration andyellowing, stain occurrence, and decolorization. The damage responsibility for theseclothing products appeared to be various as to clothing items, but was higher at drycleaners and manufacturers.