The Dress of Women

A 12-part serialized analysis

by

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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As originally published in:

THE FORERUNNER

Volume VI

No. 1 - No. 12

1915

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Transcribed by August G. Smith from a Google-digitized document in the Public Domain. Accessed via HathiTrust and originally sourced from Cornell University.

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Table of Contents

• Prefatory Note (No. 1, pg. 20-21)

1. Primary Motives in Clothing (No. 1, pg. 21-25)
2. Some Modifying Forces (No. 2, pg. 46-51)
3. The Principles Involved (No. 3, pg. 75-81)
4. Physical Health and Beauty (No. 4, pg. 102-108)
5. Beauty vs. Sex Distinction (No. 5, pg. 132-138)
6. The Hat (No. 6, pg. 159-165)
7. Decorative Art, Trimmings, and Ornament (No. 7, pg. 189-194)
8. Humanitarian and Economic Considerations(No. 8, pg. 215-220)
9. Larger Economic Considerations (No. 9, pg. 245-250)
10. The Force Called Fashion (No. 10, pg. 273-278)
11. Fashion and Psychology (No. 11, pg. 302-307)
12. Hope and Comfort (No. 12, pg. 328-334)