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EXHIBITION WHAT IS RADICAL FASHION?
EXHIBITION FLOORPLAN Eleven world-renowned contemporary fashion designers were invited to collaborate with the Victoria & Albert Museum to create the unique installations which make up this exhibition. Motivated by different impulses, and of different generations and nationalities, each designer has in common a highly influential place in the fashion world. These designers cut through ideas as well as fabric. Challenging established views, they have committed their lives to seeking ever more demanding expressions of 'beauty', with diverse and often provocative results. These designers are 'radical' in the full sense of the word: they are 'revolutionary'; and they are 'rooted' in their art. Although they frequently break established boundaries, or drive the development of fabric technology, they work within the traditional métier of fashion. Underlying their radical creations are skills learnt through years of training, experimentation and effort. The sound in the exhibition has been specially commissioned and selected by composer and curator David Toop. It includes work by Olivier Alary/Ensemble, Björk, Kim Cascone, Christophe Charles, Max Eastley, Yoshihiro Hanno a.k.a. Multiphonic Ensemble, Ken Ikeda, Akira Rabelais, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Paul Schutze, David Toop and Yurihito Watanabe. 
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