The Belfast-born fashion designer Jonathan Anderson—creative director both of his eponymous label J. W. Anderson and of Loewe—is known for his cross-cultural interests. This spring, he’s curated the exhibition Disobedient Bodies at The Hepworth Wakefield, one of the UK’s most important—and youngest—contemporary art centers. The exhibition explores the human form within sculpture, fashion and design, and includes works by Barbara Hepworth, Jean Arp, Louise Bourgeois and Lynn Chadwick, pitched alongside clothing by Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier and Helmut Lang.

Which fashion designers have been particularly pioneering in exploring the human form?

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