Commissioned by exhibition curator, Claire Wilcox Radical Fashion is a collection of accounts from leading dress historians, curators and journalists to examine the designers and their output. Radical Fashion explores the creative process of eleven selected top designers unveiling the diverse and often provocative results. Motivated by markedly different impulses and with diverse educational and geographic backgrounds, these designers have a common strength of purpose and desire to challenge convention. The official publication of the exhibition of the same name at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Radical Fashion spotlights the work of 11 such mavericks. Stunning photo-essays, created by the individual designers especially for the book, paired with stimulating commentary by curators and fashion historians, make this look book the ultimate accessory for anyone addicted to style

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