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Preface and Acknowledgments
Clothing, Dress, Fashion: An Arcade
Introduction: Worn Out of Bounds
Paula Rabinowitz
1. When Women Speak, Their Clothes Talk
Mariapia Bobbioni
2. An Accessory Is a Gesture: A Conversation with Guillermo Mariotto
Cristina Giorcelli
3. Wearing a Crown
Paola Colaiacomo
4. Earrings in American Literature: A Showcase
Cristina Giorcelli
5. Buttons, Buttons, and More Buttons!
Margherita di Fazio
6. Curse of the Corsage: Femmes Fatales and the Can-Do Girl
Charlotte Nekola
7. Schiaparelli’s Convulsive Gloves
Victoria R. Pass
8. Frock and Bracelet in Omeros
Maria Anita Stefanelli
9. Kahlo and O’Keeffe: Portrait of the Artist as Fashion Icon
Paula Rabinowitz
10. Strays
Tarrah Krajnak
11. The Erotic Play of the Veil: Tapadas in Lima
Camilla Cattarulla
12. Our People Clad in the Bloody Livery: Fashion and Color in Argentina’s Civil War
Amanda Salvioni
13. To Fashion the Wonderful Garment: W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Quest of the Silver Fleece andNella Larsen’s Quicksand
Maria Giulia Fabi
14. Shmata Mash-up: A Jewette for Two Voices
Maria Damon and Adeena Karasick
15. Subtle and Spectacular: Dressing in Kalabari Style
Joanne B. Eicher
Coda: Fashion’s Strategies of Communication and Sustainability
Cristina Giorcelli
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