Yohji Yamamoto's sculptural garments show the beautiful and incredible things that can be done in this field - that is, when it is desired for a piece of clothing to depart from the body, however briefly.
The top picture is a photograph by Nick Knight. The sculptural nature of the garment is what I identify with within this image - it is ambiguous whether the garment itself exists in this capacity or whether the method of silhouette depiction in fact imbues it in the garment. The garment sticks out amazingly - supported by the tulle yet itself so minimal, structural and impossible. It jars visually (in a good way) because it isn't following the normal set of physics we interpret the world through: it defies gravity.
Image number two is interesting: I love that it is called a sculpture in the blurb, rather than a garment (which it is). This dress (or skirt/top combo) has me practically in raptures - oh! the layers swinging against each other, pitching forward, leaning back - the two fabrics interacting yet so separate in colour and velocity. Ah!
References:
img1 http://wunderbuzz.co.uk/people/nick-knight/
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