Prelude: Transgression in the UK draws on Toby Mott’s visual archive to document Britain’s fetish and transgressive underground from the 1980s onwards. Bringing together pre-internet articles, club flyers, posters and fashion catalogues, the publication traces a subculture shaped by the intersections of music, fashion, art and nightlife.

From the pages of Skin Two to the influential club Torture Garden, the materials reveal how leather, latex, punk and goth aesthetics moved from underground spaces into the wider cultural imagination. Referencing locations such as London’s Kensington Market and Manchester’s Affleck’s Palace, the book offers a vivid record of self-expression and the visual culture of dissent.