Dresses, lined with memories and emotions, seem to conceal much, but they also reveal a lot. Finally finding the right dress; fulfilling a mother's wish; dressing up and becoming someone else: male, female, daring, beautiful; clothing as a hideaway or as an expressive statement. Dresses, with their outer and inner lives, hold a special fascination for many female writers. In this anthology, they share stories about the magic of dresses and what dresses make of us.