With over 120 pieces from the Renaissance to the present, ranging from inappropriate fan decoration to the infamous 'tits' tee by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, the exhibition was envisioned by seasoned fashion curator Judith Clark alongside psychoanalyst Adam Phillips.
Other contemporary labels known, indeed celebrated, for their sartorial provocations include Moschino, Walter Van Beirendonck, Yves Saint Laurent, and Viktor & Rolf.
Walter Van Beirendonck, hat by Stephen Jones, fall 2010
Viktor & Rolf, couture spring 2015
Dior by John Galliano, couture, fall 1998
Dior by John Galliano, couture, spring 2005
Schiaparelli, couture, fall 2015
Chloé by Karl Lagerfeld, spring 1984
18th-century mantua
'A Bevy of Cherubs' fan, 1860s