• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: “ . . . time would fail me to enumerate my appearance . . .”
• Dickinson’s Fashion: “Won’t you tell ‘the public’ that at present I wear a brown dress . . .”
• Dress the Maker: “. . . I finish mama’s sacque, all but the overcastting . . .”
• “Kelley Square” and “The Crossing”: “But the whistle calls me—”
• The Body’s Body:Tippet, Basque, Gaiters, Pantalettes: “I asked him how you looked, and what you wore . . .”
• The Bonnet of Dickinson’s Family: “Mother wants me to say that if you like Aunt L’s Bonnet . . .”
• Lace Theory: “As laces just reveal the surge—”
• Conclusion: “Pierce me with a fashion”
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
