Processo de busca de consumidoras de moda-vestuário plus size : do corpo à roupa que veste o corpo

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the search within the decision-making process of the consumer (TDC) next to the female audience consumer sets-plus size clothing in department stores and/or specialized in the metropolitan region of Recife. The public identified as plus size women are users of clothes from size GG or 44, which not necessarily are fat or overweight women. For the investigation of the proposed study, a quantitative and qualitative research, theoretical support Consumption indicators sets-clothing (Physical Fitness, Beauty, personal style, Body Exposure, Trial of image and fashion), proposed by Rock (1999), as well as the needs of Maslow (1954), the Fundamental Reasons for the Wear of Flugelhorn (1966) and Consumer Behavior studies of Blackwell et al. (2005) and Solomon (2011). Integrated the theoretical foundation and benchmark the following themes: consumer society; Body, beauty and body patterns; The body in contemporary times; Clothes, clothing, fashion and media; Market and consumption of fashion and clothing; The plus size fashion and consumer behavior. The methodology used for data collection in the field was based on a screenplay by interview and observation. We interviewed 35 women consumers sets-plus size clothing in October 2015. For data analysis, was used the description of the body profile of the respondents; the analysis of the shopping habits of clothes; the analysis of consumption indicators sets-clothing; fashion and trend; measurement and measurement of attitudes and the socio-economic profile. Based on the results, it was possible to observe that the term plus size, very pervasive in the last ten years, does not have its meaning known for 1/3 of the respondents and that despite the same like to buy clothes frequently, they do not feel represented in the market of the Recife metropolitan region. The data made it possible to identify the characteristics of behavior of these consumers of plus size fashion and its relationship with the clothing, fashion and the market. In addition to presenting important data about these for later studies.