Why do certain designer ideas become sensations? Why do some designers' works impact hearts and minds while others don't? The book 'Fashion: Why It's a Masterpiece' presents eighty unique outfits created since the fashion industry's inception in the early 20th century. Fashion expert Marnie Fog explores wardrobe items that have become iconic: from Jeanne Lanvin's exotic dress, derived from folk costume, to lingerie elevated to the status of clothing by Jean-Paul Gaultier's corsets; from Christian Dior's New Look, which transformed the female silhouette, to Rei Kawakubo's shredded dresses for Comme des Garçons.