Clothes for Heroes

Paul Cook, late 1970s
Photograph © Dennis Morris - all rights reserved

Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), spring/summer 2006
Photograph by Catwalking

John Lydon, 1976
Photograph by Ray Stevenson/Rex USA

Junya Watanabe (Japanese, born 1961), fall/winter 2006–7
Photograph by Catwalking

D.I.Y. Hardware

John Lydon, 1976
Photograph by Ray Stevenson/Rex USA

Gianni Versace (Italian, founded 1978), spring/summer 1994 Vogue Paris, February 1994
Photograph © Satoshi Saïkusa

Joe Strummer, late 1970s
Photograph © Pennie Smith

Riccardo Tisci (Italian, born 1974) for House of Givenchy (French, founded 1952), spring/summer 2008
Vogue Italia, March 2008
Photograph ©Glen Luchford, art partner

D.I.Y. Bricolage

Gary Wilson, 1977
Photograph © Roberta Bayley

Maison Martin Margiela (founded 1988), spring/summer 2011
Photograph © Nathalie Sanchez for Maison Martin Margiela

D.I.Y. Graffiti and Agitprop

Patti Smith, late 1970s
Photograph by Caroline Coon, Camera Press

Ann Demeulemeester (Belgian, born 1959), spring/summer 2000
Photograph by Catwalking

Joe Strummer, 1977
Photograph by Ray Stevenson/Rex USA

Helmut Lang (Austrian, born 1956), fall/winter 2003–4
Photograph by Catwalking

D.I.Y. Destroy

Sid Vicious, 1977
Photograph © Dennis Morris - all rights reserved

Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) for House of Chanel (French, founded 1913)
Vogue, March 2011
Photograph by David Sims / art partner

John Lydon, 1976
Photograph by Richard Young/Rex USA

Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born 1942) for Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), 1982
Photograph by Peter Lindbergh

Jordan, 1977
Photograph from Rex USA

Rodarte (American, founded 2005)
Vogue, July 2008
Photograph by David Sims

Richard Hell, late 1970s
Photograph © Kate Simon

Hussein Chalayan (British, born Cyprus, 1970), spring/summer 2003
Dazed and Confused, March 2003, Photograph by Eric Nehr