Catalogue accompanies exhibition held 14 March - 19 July 2015, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Includes bibliography (page 335) and index.

Introduction. In search of the sublime / Andrew Bolton -- Edward Scissorhands / Claire Wilcox -- No. 1 : a sense of place. Su{i}ture : tailoring & the fashion metropolis / Christopher Breward -- Clan Macqueen / Ghislaine Wood -- Central Saint Martins / Louise Rytter -- Drawing a line / Abraham Thomas -- The early years / Susannah Frankel -- No. 2 : artistry. Plato's Atlantis : anatomy of a collection / Claire Wilcox -- Givenchy / Edwina Ehrman -- Walking out / Helen Persson -- Refashioning Japan / Anna Jackson -- Nature boy / Jonathan Faiers -- No. 3 : sensibility. A gothic mind / Catherine Spooner -- Memento mori / Eleanor Townsend -- Layers of meaning / Kirstin Kennedy -- Wasteland, wonderland / Zoe Whitley -- No. 4 : viscera. Museum of the mind / Lisa Skogh -- The cabinet of curiosities -- Modelling McQueen : hard grace / Caroline Evans -- Armouring the body / Clare Phillips -- Crowning glory / Oriole Cullen -- No. 5 : spectacle. Show, and tell / Alexander Fury -- Making-up / Janice Miller -- Ghosts / Bill Sherman -- Coup de théâtre / Keith Lodwick -- Dance / Jane Pritchard -- No. 6 : imagination. The shining and chic / Alistair O'Neill -- Fashion-able / Jefferson Hack -- Nightmares and dreams / Susanna Brown -- Encyclopedia of collections / Kate Bethune.