As streetwear products have evolved from mere fashion symbols into important vehicles through which young consumers express their values, identity, and cultural belonging, the mechanisms underlying consumer evaluations have become central to understanding brand competitiveness. Yet prior research has not sufficiently integrated the antecedents of evaluations of streetwear products. In particular, limited attention has been paid to the joint effects of personality traits and product value, and the moderating role of consumer involvement remains underexamined. To address these gaps, this study draws on Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT) to develop an integrative framework that examines the effects of openness to experience, extraversion, hedonic value, and utilitarian value on customer satisfaction, as well as the effect of customer satisfaction on purchase intention, while also testing the moderating role of involvement.
Using consumers of Supreme as the research context, this study collected 331 valid survey responses and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling and the PROCESS Macro. The results show that both personality traits and product value exert significant positive effects on customer satisfaction, which in turn enhances purchase intention. In addition, consumer involvement demonstrates differential moderating effects. Specifically, it strengthens the effects of openness to experience and hedonic value on customer satisfaction while weakening the effects of extraversion and utilitarian value on customer satisfaction.
Overall, by integrating personality traits, product value, and involvement, this study advances theoretical understanding of consumer behavior in the streetwear context and offers both theoretical contributions and practical implications for streetwear brand management.