Melody Fortier
Autor de The Little Guide to Vintage Shopping: Insider Tips, Helpful Hints, Hip Shops
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Uncredited photo found at vintageshoppingguide.com
Obras de Melody Fortier
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 33
- Popularidad
- #421,955
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 5
While no one book can make you an expert at identifying vintage clothing and materials, this is a fine start. Fortier discusses how to date clothes by the type of closures and the labels, how to determine what fabric a garment is made of, what construction to look for, general rules of pricing and how to care for your vintage find. I appreciated the sections devoted to hats, shoes and other accessories, because, as a self-styled "accessory queen", I believe that these items lend the finishing touch to any outfit. (That pair of vintage gloves gives a certain "je ne said quoi" to any modern suit.)
One area that I haven't seen mentioned in other books on the subject is "reinventing" vintage. If a garment is damaged, or a very common style, Fortier sees nothing wrong with customizing and updating it, and shows several examples.
The only real quibble I have is that I would have liked more illustrations to supplement descriptions of technical terms. But overall, this is definitely a book I'd recommend for inclusion in the library of anyone with a serious interest in buying vintage fashion.… (más)