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Study on the Surrealistic Distortion of Body Images in Fashion  

Kim, Min-Ji (Dept. of Fashion Design. Hong-ik University)
Kan, Ho-Sup (Dept. of Textile Art & Fashion Design. Hong-ik University)
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International Journal of Costume and Fashion / v.11, no.2, 2011 , pp. 37-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to study how Physical Distortion has been developed on the fashion from a surrealistic point of view and how it could be contributed to development of clothing design. This body distortion phenomenon has been started from primitivism times and it is still going on with various ways. Each era's distortion has been changed due to social cultural and environment matters. Especially influences of surrealism on the 20th century art transcended the limit of thought. Since appearance of surrealism 21th century fashion design has been opened up for new possibilities. There are no stereotypes no boundaries and our society is getting increasingly diversified. People in those society is longing to have another esthetic requirements. Also surrealistic physical distortion in the contemporary fashion has been produced unique design with new technology and new material. Physical distortion in fashion possess an infinite possibilities that could concoct the most amazing clothes. Also it has another strong potential that conducting us the way to produce design in novel ways. There is no doubt that surrealistic physical distortion in the contemporary fashion is absolute necessity to continue on evolution of clothing design.
Keywords
surrealism; physical distortion; irrational fashion design; atypical fashion design; diversity; contemporary fashion design;
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