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Article Title: AESTHETIC PERCEPTION OF COSMETOLOGISTS TOWARDS DEVELOPED FUNCTIONAL APPAREL PRODUCT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CLOTHING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
by Thompson, Dorothy

Abstract:
The thrust of this study was the assessment of aesthetic quality of functional apparel developed for cosmetologists in Lagos, Nigeria and to examine the implications for sustainability and human capacity building in the functional apparel sector. The study was exploratory and descriptive. A non-probability sampling technique, specifically the purposive sampling technique was used to select 24 cosmetologist models which were categorized into small, medium and large sizes to assess the aesthetic quality of the functional apparel. The assessment was made on a 5-point semantic differential scale with reliability value >0.70 for the three categories of cosmetologists. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviations for the research question, while analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Results indicated high mean values of 4.50; SD 0.654. There were no: significant differences in the mean ratings of respondents on all items in the aesthetic attributes scale. This indicates that the desire for beauty, fashion and good appearance in a beauty product for the cosmetology occupation was actualized. Implications for capacity building for a sustainable future in the functional apparel design sector were also outlined.

Keywords: aesthetic criteria, user assessment, cosmetologists, functional apparel, sustainability

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