AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion

This exhibit from the summer of 2006 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases some of the weird and wonderful British fashions, mostly from 1976 to 2006. The descriptions of the really strange wearable? garments are quite straightforward - the fashions themselves are odd, to say the least. An added bonus of this exhibit is the "commentary on the evolution of British fashion" provided by Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon). His rant is not nearly as stiff as the description indicates.

My favourite designer of the group shown is Vivienne Westwood - mostly because I've thought that she knows she's putting us on. Her fashion collection pieces are much more outrageous than the clothing shown on her website: most of those are quite wearable.