여성이 화장을 하고 의복을 차려입고 머리를 꾸미고 장신구를 착용하고 건강관리를 하는 것은 주체적으로 자신의 미를 실현하는 것이다. 신여성들이 미용을 자각하는 데에는 근대 교육의 영향이 컸다. 남녀평등을 강조하는 서구의 사상을 본격적으로 접함으로써 신여성들은 자신의 사회적 위치와 여성미에 눈뜬 것이었다. 신여성들이 미용을 자각하고 추구하는 데는 동시대에 발간된 여성지들의 역할이 또한 컸다. 1906년 ꡔ가뎡잡지(家庭雜誌)ꡕ의 발간 이후 ꡔ여성(女性)ꡕ(1936)에 이르기까지 여권신장과 사회참여, 가정생활, 연애와 결혼, 위생, 교육, 음식, 문화, 예술 등을 비롯하여 미용문화의 형성에 기여한 것이다. ꡔ신여성(新女性)ꡕ(1923~1934)과 ꡔ여성(女性)ꡕ(1936~1940)을 주요 자료로 삼고 신여성의 미용문화를 사회문화적인 면과 연관시켜 살펴본 이 글은 1930년대를 연구의 영역으로 삼았다. 이 시기는 비록 일제 강점기였지만 모던 걸이나 모던 보이가 유행할 정도로 미용문화에 있어서 정점을 이루었다. 도시화가 본격적으로 진행되고 근대 교육을 받은 신여성들의 활동 영역이 넓어짐에 따라 미용문화 역시 확장된 것이었다. 이 글에서 살펴본 여성미용의 대상은 의복, 헤어스타일, 화장 등이 주가 되는데 목도리, 모자, 토시, 핸드백, 구두 등의 장신구에 대해서도 관심을 가져보았다. 미용의 사전적 정의는 얼굴이나 머리 등을 곱게 매만지는 것을 의미하지만 이 글에서는 광의적으로 설정했는데, 신여성들의 주체적인 자기 인식을 확인함과 아울러 동시대의 문화까지 이해하려는 것이었다.

Cosmetology is a kind of social products representing people's aesthetic sense concretely. Cosmetology of certain period and society has an effect on the institution, the sense of value, customs, and fashion of the society itself. This thesis, therefore, focuses not only on women's cosmetology appeared in the ladies' magazines of modern ages but also on the social condition of the modern period. Modern education has a great effect on women's beauty sense. Women education theory was introduced as a kind of a save-the-nation movement after 1886, when Ewha-hakdang was established, and then the declaration of arrangement on founding schools and looking out for talent in 1895. As a result, women's beauty culture was improved rapidly as educated women increased. Women's magazines published in this period－ꡔDomestic Magazineꡕ (1906. 6), ꡔNew Familyꡕ (1921.7), ꡔLadyꡕ (1922.6), ꡔNew Womenꡕ (1923.10), ꡔWomen's Worldꡕ (1927.4), ꡔWomenꡕ (1932.6), ꡔNew Familyꡕ (1933.1), ꡔWomenꡕ (1936.4)－were a great help for the formation of beauty culture. These magazines contribute to extension of women's rights and improvement of women's household affairs including women's love and marriage, food, sanitation, literature and arts. This thesis emphasizes on 1930s cosmetology through magazines of that period. In the stage, beauty culture was spread enough to show so－called ‘modern girls' and ‘modern boys' according to the industrialization and urbanization which was a kind of the result of Japan's modernization project to solidify colonialism. In this period, Western style of dress and a permanent became common and people began to be interested in cosmetology. Underwear began to change as skirts were getting shorter, shoes were common and handbags, necklaces and umbrellas were in vogue.

Cosmetology is a kind of social products representing people's aesthetic sense concretely. Cosmetology of certain period and society has an effect on the institution, the sense of value, customs, and fashion of the society itself. This thesis, therefore, focuses not only on women's cosmetology appeared in the ladies' magazines of modern ages but also on the social condition of the modern period. Modern education has a great effect on women's beauty sense. Women education theory was introduced as a kind of a save-the-nation movement after 1886, when Ewha-hakdang was established, and then the declaration of arrangement on founding schools and looking out for talent in 1895. As a result, women's beauty culture was improved rapidly as educated women increased. Women's magazines published in this period－ꡔDomestic Magazineꡕ (1906. 6), ꡔNew Familyꡕ (1921.7), ꡔLadyꡕ (1922.6), ꡔNew Womenꡕ (1923.10), ꡔWomen's Worldꡕ (1927.4), ꡔWomenꡕ (1932.6), ꡔNew Familyꡕ (1933.1), ꡔWomenꡕ (1936.4)－were a great help for the formation of beauty culture. These magazines contribute to extension of women's rights and improvement of women's household affairs including women's love and marriage, food, sanitation, literature and arts. This thesis emphasizes on 1930s cosmetology through magazines of that period. In the stage, beauty culture was spread enough to show so－called ‘modern girls' and ‘modern boys' according to the industrialization and urbanization which was a kind of the result of Japan's modernization project to solidify colonialism. In this period, Western style of dress and a permanent became common and people began to be interested in cosmetology. Underwear began to change as skirts were getting shorter, shoes were common and handbags, necklaces and umbrellas were in vogue.