Vintage Fashion (collecting And Wearing Designer Classics)

By (author) Baxter-Wright Emma; Foreword by Rhodes, Zandra
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A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, showing you how to identify key designers and details and characteristics that define the most influential pieces of the twentieth century (up to and including the 1990s). The book concludes with a shopping guide.
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Foreword by Zandra Rhodes

A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, Vintage Fashion shows you how to identify key designers, shapes, textiles, stitching, and other details and characteristics that define the most influential pieces of the twentieth century (up to and including the 1990s). Each decade ends with a ''key looks'' spread showing an at-a-glance view of the important shapes, colours and looks that defined the era.

The book concludes with a shopping guide, which offers pointers on sourcing and caring for original vintage pieces, along with a glossary of fashion terms and the century''s most collectable designers.

Table of contents
Foreword by Zandra Rhodes - Introduction - 1900-1919 - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - Shopping Guide - Collections & Stores - Glossary of Designers - Glossary of Fashion Terms - Further Reading - Index - Acknowledgements.
Biographical note
Emma Baxter-Wright has taught fashion journalism at the University of the Arts, London and UCA. She has contributed to many publications including theNew York Observer,Cosmopolitan andMarie Claire, and is the bestselling author ofLittle Book of Chanel.
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Introduction by iconic fashion designer, and founder of London''s Fashion and Textile Museum, Zandra Rhodes.

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The secondhand market will reach US$ 64 billion in 2028, and vintage is projected to grow to nearly 1.5x the size of fast fashion.

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Consumers are rejecting fast fashion in favour of resale, vintage and hire on Depop, eBay, The RealReal, Second Life, My Wardrobe HQ - the online secondhand market grew 69% between 2020 and 2021.

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In September 2020, ''vintage fashion'' generated more than 35,000 new searches on Lyst.