Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design

A masterwork celebrating the visionary women who shaped fashion itself. This essential survey traces over seventy female designers across three centuries—from anonymous eighteenth-century artisans to today's trailblazers—all anchored in The Costume Institute's legendary collection. Mellissa Huber's elegant scholarship reveals how women dressed women with creative agency and artistic brilliance, honoring both celebrated names and the forgotten architects of style. A must-read for those who understand that fashion history is built on the shoulders of female genius.