From <n>British Vogue</n>'s February 1991 issue, photographed by <n>Herb Ritts</n>.

<n>Lisa Lyon</n> photographed by <n>Robert Mapplethorpe</n> in 1981, wearing a dress by <n>Issey Miyake</n>.

A look from the <n>Alexander McQueen</n> <n>Spring/Summer 1999 Collection</n>.

<n>Chanel</n> belts inspired by <n>Alexander Calder</n>, <n>Paloma Picasso</n> cuffs, and a top and skirt by <n>Norma Kamali</n>.

<n>Amber Valletta</n> for the <n>Jil Sander</n> Fall 1995 campaign, photographed by <n>Craig McDean</n>.

Model <n>Kris Gottschalk</n> for <n>Totême</n>'s Fall/Winter 2018 campaign. Photo by <n>Sebastian Sabal-Bruce</n>.

A detail from the <n>Valentino</n> Spring 2009 Couture collection.

Valentino Spring 2009 Couture Fashion Show

Model <n>Shalom Harlow</n> for the <n>Jil Sander Spring/Summer 1995 campaign</n>, shot by <n>Craig McDean</n>.

A look from the <n>Iris van Herpen</n> Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

<n>Bridget Hall</n> photographed by <n>Steven Meisel</n> for <n>Vogue Italia</n>, April 1994.

Model <n>Yue Wong</n> for the <n>I am GAP</n> Spring/Summer 2017 campaign, photographed by <n>Tyrone Lebon</n>.

<n>Maya Stepper</n> for the <n>Rag & Bone Icons Collection</n> 2022 campaign, shot by <n>Quentin De Briey</n>.

<n>Simone Rocha</n> <n>Spring/Summer 2022</n>, Look 6.

<n>Miu Miu</n> ballet flats and leg warmers from the Fall/Winter 2022 collection. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

A <n>Platform Ballerina Sneaker</n> from <n>Simone Rocha</n>'s Fall 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection.

A runway look from <n>Agatha Ruiz de la Prada</n>'s Fall/Winter 2009 collection, presented in Milan.

A look from <n>Alexander McQueen</n>'s Fall 2006 <n>Widows of Culloden</n> collection.

<n>Jil Sander</n> <n>Fall/Winter 2022 campaign</n> by <n>Lucie and Luke Meier</n>. Photo by <n>Chris Rhodes</n>.

Puffer pants and masks from the graduate collection of designer <n>Ding Yun Zhang</n>.

<n>Loreto Peralta</n> wears an archive <n>Jean Paul Gaultier</n> corset in Oaxaca.

A look from the <n>Bottega Veneta</n> <n>Fall/Winter 2023</n> collection by <n>Matthieu Blazy</n> at <n>Milan Fashion Week</n>.

Design by <n>Luke Brooks</n> and <n>James Theseus Buck</n> of <n>Rottingdean Bazaar</n>, photographed by <n>ǝɓuılloɔ ǝıuuɐ</n>.

Campaign for the <n>Nike x Pigalle</n> collaboration, photographed by <n>Ashley Marie Bay</n>.

<n>Bomi Youn</n> in <n>Miss Sohee</n> and <n>Chanel</n> for <n>Vogue Korea</n>. Photo by <n>Park Jongha</n>.

A look from the <n>Isabel Marant</n> Fall 2019 ready-to-wear collection.

A <n>Miss Sohee</n> <n>SS23 Couture Corset</n> featured in the December 2023 issue of <n>Vogue Korea</n>.

A look from <n>Jean-Charles de Castelbajac</n>'s F/W 2002 <n>Electrique Saga</n> collection, a tribute to <n>Keith Haring</n>.