The perpection of body positivity and the trompe l'oeil tecnique used in fashion design

From the very early days of the history, fashion has been influenced by resources and art movements, it has particularly been affected by art movements recently and has continuously renewed itself. Altough art and fashion have been two seperate ideas, after twentieth century it has been observed that art movements have directly and indirectly influenced fashion. The trompe l'oeil technique that has been examined on this paper is a French technique considered to be a part of the surrealism art movement, known as the art of deception, which enables something depicted on a two-dimensional surface to be perceived as three-dimensional. The subject of the research consists of the reflection of trompe l'oeil clothing designs under the concepts of fashion and art, women's clothing designs applied with the trompe l'oeil technique, and designing a capsule collection using the trompe l'oeil technique within the surrealism movement. The aim of the research is to investigate the place of surrealism's use with the trompe l'oeil technique in the fashion world, to explore women's clothing designs made with the trompe l'oeil technique, and to create a capsule collection inspired by the usage of trompe l'oeil techniques to contribute to the perception of body positivity in clothing designs. The significance of the research is demonstrated by bringing together fashion, art, surrealism, trompe l'oeil, and body positivity, creating a new aesthetic language and new perspective to the fashion world. The limitation of the research consists of designing women's and men's clothing inspired by the trompe l'oeil principles used in the context of surrealism, and creating a capsule collection that uses the perception of body positivity using the trompe l'oeil technique. This research is qualitative in nature and was created through a literature review . It was designed and colored in Adobe Illustrator CC 2017, and supported by fabric material. Keywords: Fashion and Art, Art Movements, Surrealism, Trompe L'oeil, Body Positivity