The surrealist movement in the influence of art on fashionIntroductionThis essay aims to analyze the key role that the surrealist movement played on fashion and the fashion industry. Both from a historical perspective and its continued impact on fashion today, as a source of inspiration for contemporary fashion designers. In this essay, I will explain how the surrealist art movement influenced the progress and growth of fashion around the world. and our sense of appearance. Additionally, this essay will analyze the influence that surrealism has had on fashion today. I will also discuss the influence that Elsa Schiaparelli had on the distinct creation of surrealism in fashion, focusing specifically on how she became the leading figure in merging art with fashion by introducing surrealist ideas in his creations. His collaborations with artists such as Salvador Dali, Man Ray and Jean Cocteau will also be discussed in this essay. Surrealism and the Surrealist Movement Surrealism and the Surrealist Movement is a "cultural" movement that began around the 1920s and is best known for its visual art. works and writings. According to André Berton, the objective was “to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a surreality” (Breton 1969: 14). The Surrealists incorporated “elements of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.” Consequently, he created disturbing and illogical paintings with photographic precision, which created strange creatures or settings from real, everyday objects and developed advanced painting techniques, which allowed the unconscious to express itself by the self (Martin 1987: 26; Pass 2011: 30). as a movement developed...... middle of paper ...... Press, Ann Arbour.Gibson, R., 2003, 'Spiaparelli, Surrealism and the Desk Suit', Dress, January, 30(1) , 48-58.Martin, R., 1987, Fashion and Surrealism, Rizzoli, New York.Pass, VR, 2011, Strange Glamour: Fashion and Surrealism in the Years Between the World Wars, University of Rochester.Pass, VR, 2013, “The dark circus of Schiaparelli”, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, October, 1(1), 29-43. Rosemont, F. (ed.), 1978, André Breton. What is surrealism? Selected writings, Pathfinder, New York, London, Montreal, Sydney.Stent, S., 2011, “Fetishization of the feminine: the surrealist fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli”, Nottingham French Studies, September, 50, 78-87.Waldberg, P , 1997, Surrealism, Thames & Hudson, London. Yang, CK, 2004, “A Study of Surrealist Expression in Modern Fashion – Focus on Surrealist Fashion in the 1990s”, Fashion Business, 8(6), 39-56.