Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Stuff of Words
Chapter One: Fashion Semantics
Chapter Two: Women, Vanity, and Mortiferous Mirrors
Chapter Three: The Ambiguity of Luxury and Eastern Temptations
Chapter Four: From Bonfires to Bonnets: The Antinomies of Fashion Discourse
Chapter Five: The Balls before the Battles
Chapter Six: Ribbons and Laces: Symbols of Seduction
Chapter Seven: Taming, Tailoring, and Domestication: The Shrew Translated
Chapter Eight: Manhattan Macabre, Murders and the Made in Italy
References
Index
About the Author