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Title: Vintage Style: Buying and Wearing Classic Vintage Clothes by Tiffany Dubin, Ann E. Berman ISBN: 0-06-019475-8 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.81 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Creative!
Comment: As an amateur collector, I found this book very interesting and helpful. Not only can collecting be a challenge, but so can incorporating vintage clothes in with your everyday wardrobe. Tiffany Dubin's sense of style is creative as well as wearable. She illustrates her ideas through colorful pictures and descriptions of real women in realistic settings. You feel like you're getting sincere, up-to-date advise from someone who knows vintage intstead of learning from someone designing for Kate Moss.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book on the topic i've seen
Comment: tiffany dubin really knows her stuff and doesn't get too lofty for the average person who just wants to see what all this hype about vintage is about. she shows fun ways to mix and match your existing wardrobe with cool finds. this book is a perfect guidebook, fun to look at and has some amazing rescources as well as a fun group of what must be friends showing the clothing off. A+
Rating: 2
Summary: Misses the Mark
Comment: As an introduction, I am not a "fashion expert", or knowledgeable about vintage fashion to any depth. That said, I believe I have a good sense of style, and wanted to learn more. Almost every page of this book left me wishing for more; as I turned the pages I went from excitement [at seeing something new] to boredom [at another impracticable idea] to interested [there are many historical gems in this book] to unbelieving [at another picture/idea that looked completely wrong to me] to contented [sometimes short sections of the book just came together because the author has a very nice writing style].
Most of the book is a list of 37 clothing styles (36 for women, one for men, with examples of business, casual and evening variations for each) and most of these did not live up to their potential. Each style usually takes 5 pages to explain, with lots of pictures. For a non-expert like me, there was not enough explanation on what made each style different and appealing. Most of the pictures, rather than explaining and amplifying the style, were "fashion shoots" showing the owners in their clothes, posing in various stylish ways - the emphasis was on the person, not the garment. I would have appreciated more controlled pictures of the clothing, and close-ups showing its advantages. Many times the author says It's about "The linings, the detailing, the tailoring. It's about workmanship. It's about the way it fits and the way it moves." However, there is not one picture or one paragraph explaining any of these things for any of the 37 clothing styles!
For some odd reason, the author is stuck on the decades also. As other reviewers noted, most of the book is 1950's and later. Many times you will read: "In what decade was it made? What difference does it make?...", yet attached to each picture is a decade. More frustrating, there is very little explanation why one picture is "50's" and the one next to it is "70's". Some of her ideas just seem crazy or outlandish, like wearing shorts & pajamas in a conservative work environment. (You won't stand out as long as you wear your Chinese pajamas under a sport coat and match the colors in the Pucci shorts with your blouse!)
I appreciated that real people are wearing these clothes, and not the latest supermodel. For me, the best part of the book was the end with little vignettes on classic styles, vintage finds, & shopping. Again, most of the shopping section should be extra for anyone who reads the paper, shops at the mall, and has an idea of what garage sales and flea markets are all about (but for beginners there are a few additional bits of information in there).
After reading 37 examples of how everything can be acceptable anywhere, as long as you are stylish, you should feel encouraged to go out, buy something different and try it on. To critique this book, there should be much better books out there, for both beginners and vintage experts; however, this is one of my first books so I just don't know which ones they are.
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Title: Secondhand Chic: The Secrets of Finding Fantastic Bargains at Thrift Shops, Consignment Shops, Vintage Shops and More by Christa Weil ISBN: 0671027131 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Wearing Vintage by Catherine Bardey, Michael Cogliantry, Anja Kruencke ISBN: 1579122337 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dressing Up Vintage by Tracy Tolkien ISBN: 0847822648 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Virtual Vintage: The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online by Linda Lindroth, Deborah Newell Tornello ISBN: 0812992008 Publisher: Random House Trade Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Retro Chic: A Guide to Fabulous Vintage and Designer Resale Shopping in North America and Online by Diana Eden, Gloria Lintermans ISBN: 1893329151 Publisher: Really Great Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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