Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-226) and index.
Foundation garments: precedents for fashion history exhibitions in museums -- Window shopping: commercial inspiration for fashion in the museum -- The new objectivity: social science methods for the display of dress -- Intervisuality: displaying fashion as art -- Tableaux vivants: The influence of theater -- The body in the gallery: revivifying historical fashion -- The way of all flesh: displaying the historicity of historical fashion -- The new look: contemporary trends in fashion exhibitions