What? On the cover of Biophilia, and in the video for Moon, Björk wears a preposterously giant frizz-wig of multi-ginger, blue facepaint and a belt made out of a harp by Three-As-Four (which in the video she strums), all accessorised with giant chunks of coloured quartz rock (which in the video she waves).
Verdict: 6/10. Not functional you say? Bah. I am wearing braces made out of a glockenspiel as I write this with an enormous calcite quill Photograph: Album Sleeve
What? Ha. Exactly. Björk’s recent European tour obviously required something a little bit special; a Soren Bach headpiece made of rainbow-hued furry balls big enough to blot out the sun atop a shiny sweet-wrapper frock was the answer.
Verdict: 8/10. The size of the headress is one thing, but how does she manage all the pixie-like hopping at the same time? Photograph: Brian Rasic / Rex Features/Brian Rasic / Rex Features
What? This year’s Polar music awards outfit inspired so many questions. Such as: is that a seamed stocking detail on the midriff? Is purple really back? Where can I buy winged trainers? And do I perhaps need a bit of a lie down?
Verdict: 7/10. The 3D aspect gains points, as does the brave decision to layer crocheted cobwebs over a bodystocking Photograph: IBL / Rex Features/IBL / Rex Features
What? Well, Swedish fashion designer Bea Szenfeld, who designed the dress our heroine wore to the 2010 Polar music prize, works with bits of paper, which she pleats, folds and glues by hand to create what she calls 'haute papier'.
Verdict: 5/10 Aaaallmost wearable, but basically the opposite of a 'figure fixer'. And what happens if it rains? And how do you hug her? Photograph: Most Wanted / Rex Features/Most Wanted / Rex Features
What? An addiction to futuristic knitwear seems to have taken hold of our chanteuse circa 2007’s Volta, when the Icelandic Love Corporation made what Bjork described perfectly as, "grannydoilycrochet in neon colours this wild woman voodoo mask".
Verdict: 9/10. It has gone beyond fashion. I'm amused yet scared Photograph: Bernhard Ingimundarson/Bernhard Ingimundarson
What? In 2001 (with Lady Gaga still an ambitious twinkle in Stefani Germanotta’s eye), Björk sported this frilly Marjan Pejoski swan dress at the Oscars, and ‘laid’ several ‘eggs’ on the ‘red carpet’ while ‘actors’ looked on in ‘awe’.
Bonkers verdict: 3/10. Good legs, nice beak. With the benefit of hindsight e.g. Jean Charles de Castelbajac, Viktor & Rolf, meat dresses etc this is quite understated isn’t it? And really quite pretty! Photograph: STEWART COOK / Rex Features/STEWART COOK / Rex Features
