Sponsor's statement --

Directors' foreword --

Preface / Andrew Bolton --

Women dressing women : a lineage of female fashion design / Mellissa Huber and Karen Van Godtsenhoven --

Artistry and anonymity : defining women's role in women's fashion (ca. 1675-1900) / Jessica Regan --

A constellation of comets and shooting stars : new visibility for women in fashion (ca. 1900-1968) / Mellissa Huber --

Moving horizons : agency, identity, and the poetics of women designers (ca. 1968-present) / Karen Van Godtsenhoven --

Absence/omission : Black American women fashion makers / Elizabeth Way --

Anonymity --

Visibility --

Agency --

Absence/Omission --

Genealogy of women designers --

Checklist --

Selected bibliography --

Acknowledgments --

Credits