From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Introduction: dressing for a revolution
Author's note about the usage of names in this book
Kick. The practice house: 1905-25 ; An army of brave women: 1925-26 ; This clothes business certainly is a gamble: 1926-27 ; This town doesn't pity a soul: 1928-29
Some damned weird stuff. Let the girl do it: 1929-33 ; Everyone deserves pockets: 1933-34 ; Abdication: 1934-37 ; Hanger appeal: 1938 ; Gushing nitwits: 1938-39 ; The specter of war: 1939-40
Clairvoyant Claire. Shooting craps: Fall 1940 ; We admit this line is different: 1941 ; It's rather fun to have a limit: 1941-43 ; Mr. Claire McCardell: Spring 1943 ; Make of it what you will: Spring and Summer 1943 ; The American look: 1944-45
Women are what they wear. Stay out of Topeka, you bum: 1946-50 ; Society is an awful chore, isn't it?: 1950-52 ; Ah, men: 1953-55 ; McCardellisms: 1955-56 ; The quiet genius: 1956-58.
