Styling & Creative Direction

VERITE
Independent Editorial Magazine · Fashion Director · 2026
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VERITE Issue 01 cover
Creative Direction & Styling (Full Issue) — Merve Ülkü Oruç
Body, Blur, Flash
VERITE — Issue 01 · A visual study of movement, visibility and the body
Body, Blur, Flash — VERITE Issue 01
Body, Blur, Flash — VERITE Issue 01
Creative Direction & Styling — Merve Ülkü Oruç · Photography — Mustafa Akçilpınar
Body as Movement
Self-directed editorial
Body as Movement — editorial
Body as Movement — detail
Creative Direction & Styling — Merve Ülkü Oruç · Photography — Hera Studio
Rat & Boa
Lookbook concept · Styling — Merve Ülkü Oruç
Rat & Boa — striped top and skirt (AI-generated image)
Rat & Boa — textured mini dress (AI-generated image)
Rat & Boa — satin shirt, wide-leg trousers (AI-generated image)
Generated with AI
Selected Looks
Styling — Merve Ülkü Oruç
Musée — polka halter, burgundy mini skirt (AI-generated image)
Musée — mint fringe cami, ivory trousers (AI-generated image)
Musée — polka top, straight-leg jeans (AI-generated image)
Satin fringe top, wide-leg satin trousers (AI-generated image)
Cropped knit, tiered chiffon maxi skirt (AI-generated image)
Cotton tee, organza high-low skirt, knee boots (AI-generated image)
Generated with AI
Writing
Selected Editorials — Sage Türkiye
The Power of Colour — A Guide to Style and Psychology On how colour shapes perception, mood and the way we present ourselves — style read through psychology. Sage Türkiye · Editorial Quiet Luxury — The Elegance of Simplicity Quiet luxury and the elegance of restraint — why less has become the strongest statement. Sage Türkiye · Editorial The Return of Fringe — Traces of the Past in Fashion Tracing the return of fringe — how fashion recycles the past into a new visual language. Sage Türkiye · Editorial
About

Merve Ülkü Oruç is a stylist and creative director working across editorial styling, magazine direction and AI styling. She trained in creative direction at IFA Paris.

Contact
merveulkuoruc@gmail.com