Radical fashion / edited by Claire Wilcox

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : 'I try not to fear radical things' / Claire Wilcox -- Looking forward : historical futurism / Judith Clark -- Radical traditionalists : Azzedine Alaïa & Jean Paul Gaultier / Susannah Frankel -- 'A dress is no longer a little, flat closed thing' : Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto & Junya Watanabe / Amy de la Haye -- Imagining fashion : Helmut Lang & Maison Martin Margiela / Alistair O'Neill -- 'Style in revolt' : Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen & Vivienne Westwood / Valerie Steele -- The designers. Azzedine Alaïa ; Hussein Chalayan ; Comme des Garçons ; Jean Paul Gaultier ; Helmut Lang ; Alexander McQueen ; Maison Martin Margiela ; Issey Miyake ; Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons ; Vivienne Westwood ; Yohji Yamamoto

This book looks at the three main trends which are currently dominating international fashion: the arrival of the British superstar designers; the European conceptual, minimalist movement; and the influential Japanese designers.