The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, enterain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and carchitecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance.

This beautiful reference work showcases 50 iconic outfits from one of fashion's most influential and exciting decades. Featured designers and style icons will include Katherine Hamnett, Manolo Blahnik, Annie Lennox, Princess Diana (pre-divorce), Bodymap, John Galliano, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Donna Karan, Madonna, Joseph, Bruce Oldfield, Jasper Conran, Thierry Mugler, Claude Montana and Azzedine Alaia.

With Paula Reed's lively and informative text and a wealth of fabulous photography, it is vital reading for design students, collectors of vintage and everyone who truly loves fashion.