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Personally Recommended Books
Books on Clothing
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Retro Chic: A Guide To Fabulous Vintage and Designer
Resale Shopping in North America and Online
- Diana Eden & Gloria Lintermans - What's hot decade
by decade from the 20's through the 80's with style
tips from fashion experts, Hollywood custume designers,
and film and television stars, great book for vintage
clothing searching! My website is listed on page
224.
Vintage Clothing 1880 - 1980 - Maryanne Dolan
- I refer to this book many times, as it helps me
identify clothing and establish values, lots of
black and white photos. It includes women's, men's,
and children's clothing. At the beginning of each
chapter she has a history on clothing for that era
with invaluable information for the beginning collector.
I would recommend this book for anyone interested
in vintage clothing.
Antique & Vintage Clothing: A Guide To Dating &
Valuation of Women's Clothing 1850 - 1940 -
Diane Snyder-Haug - One of my favorite books, it
has many photos, includes chapter on care and restoration
of clothing which was very helpful to me. In the
very back there is a photo quiz to test your knowledge
on vintage clothing, missed a couple. Many vintage
hat photographs and values are included.
Costume Design In The Movies An Illustrated Guide
to the Work of 157 Great Designers - Elizabeth
Leece - Lots of beautiful movie star pictures, Vivien
Leigh, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand,
Joan Crawford, Lauren Bacall, and many more.
Chanel (The Universe of Fashion) - Francois
Baudot - Very interesting reading, she was born
into French peasantry and raised in a convent orphanage,
certainly had a gift of fashion. She began as a
milliner, introduced slacks, the "little black dress",
and of course, Chanel perfume.
Elsa Schiaparelli: Empress of Paris Fashion
- Palmer White - Yves Laurent - Famous designer
of hats, she gave us the Schiaparelli pink!
Books on Hats
Women's Hats of the 20th Century (for designers
& collectors) - Maureen Reilly & Mary Beth Detrich
- As a vintage hat collector, I would recommend
this book, listed it first as it is my favorite.
It has wonderful hat history, photos, values, lots
of interesting information pertaining to hats, includes
hat boxes, hat models (hat mannequins): Coco, Lilly
& Dilly, and many more. It even lists department
stores, American designers, and the hats are grouped
together which makes it easy for you. They have
even included suggestions for displaying your hat
collection.
Hats: With Values - Desire Smith - Contains
over 350 color photographs, this book is a must
for a vintage hat collector. She has even included
photos of labels which is very helpful for a collector.
Hats Status, Style and Glamour - Colin McDowell
- He recounts the achievements of the great milliners,
Carolyn Reboux, Paulette, Lilly Dache, Schiaparelli
and today's star designers. This book has the most
interesting photographs and history of the hat.
Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770 - 1970 Identification
& Values - Susan Langley - This is my most recent
book. I like the order of the book: Eighteenth Century,
Nineteenth Century, and Twentieth Century in ten-year
increments. She talks of hat hunts, care and repair
and clues for dating. A major part of the book consists
of antique photographs of the hats' original owners.
Books on Accessories
Judith Leiber - The Artful Handbag - Enid Nemy,
John Bigelow Taylor - Designer of fine handbags,
192 photos of her great bags.
Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts Carry Alls
& Face Powder Boxes - Laura M. Mueller - I used
this book to identify many of my compacts, really
helpful as it contains history, value, and colorful
photos.
Catalogues
I found using old catalogues (Sears and Montgomery
Ward) helped me in identifying clothing. They cover
clothing for ladies, men, children and accessories.
There are several reprints available as follows:
1922 Montgomery Ward catalog reprinted from
its original form.
Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in
Sears Catalogs - Joanne Olian, (Editor), paperback.
Everyday Fashions 1909 - 1920 as Pictured in Sears
Catalogs - Joanne Olian (Editor), paperback.
Fashionable Clothing: From the Sears Catalogs -
Early 1970's (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
- Desire Smith, paperback
Gimbel's Illustrated 1915 Fashion Catalog -
Gimbel Brothers
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