Looking for a great way to add character, class and individuality to your wardrobe, without breaking the bank on a whole new outfit? Look no further than vintage accessories to take your outfits from functional to historically fabulous!
With retro and vintage being all the rage, every great wardrobe can always use vintage accessories, even if it’s just a few timeless pieces. "Vintage Fashion Accessories" is your guide to making the most of vintage accessories and showing off your fashion and collecting sense in what you wear. You may be surprised at how a $12 hat from the 1960s, a $6 pair of vintage gloves and a $15 patent leather-look handbag can make your ensemble look like a million bucks, but with "Vintage Fashion Accessories" in hand it will quickly begin to make sense.
In this beautifully illustrated book you’ll discover more than 1,000 color photos of hats, handbags, jewelry, shoes, compacts, scarves, hankies, belts and more. Plus, there’s a chapter on accessories for the debonair gentleman.
This fun and stylish gateway to retro fashion also features:
• History of fashion and accessories & current values
• Tips on the joy of collecting and fun of the hunt
• The best places to shop for first-rate items
Fashionista or collector you’ll discover helpful and historical details about vintage accessories that you can use to punch up your wardrobe and stand out from the crowd.
Known as “The Vintage Maven,” Stacy LoAlbo is the owner and proprietor of Incogneeto in New Jersey. The store is densely stocked with clothing and accessories from Victorian finery to funky ’70s polyester for both men and women, and in prices ranging from budget to couture. In the last two decades, LoAlbo has written numerous articles on vintage for several newspapers, participated in dozens of shows in the field, given symposiums and lectures and has held several vintage clothing fashion shows.
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Product Details Paperback:
256 pages
Publisher: Krause Publications (December 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1440202516
ISBN-13: 978-1440202513
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
Front and Back Cover:
Customer Reviews
*****5.0 out of 5 stars*****
Vintage Fashion Accessories, December 16, 2009
By Bruce P. Reinhard
This is the most extensive guide book I've found on this subject. Each page accurately describes the pictured vintage items in detail, with era, item composition & approximate current value. Miss LoAlbo, not only reports this industry, 'she IS the industry'. When I wish to purchase vintage items as gifts or for my own personal collections, there is no better source...... Bruce P. Reinhard
*****5.0 out of 5 stars*****
A fantastic guide to vintage accessories!, December 15, 2009
By Haunt Couture (pajamaland, nj United States) -
As a person who works in costumes professionally, I found Ms LoAlbo's book to be a perfect research tool. As a person who wears vintage, it totally made me drool. The writing is conversational, yet informative. I have given this as a gift to other likeminded people and will be doing so in the future. I hope that she will be doing more books in the future.
***** 5.0 out of 5 stars*****
A Marvelous,Gorgeous Book With A BRILLIANT Foreword, December 15, 2009
By Elisa DeCarlo "Style Goddess" (New York) DAHLINGS -
In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess that I wrote the forward to this simply amazing book. And the volume more than lives up to the forward. The photography alone is breathtaking: real women of all ages modeling vintage bags, shoes, jewelry and many other pretties along with modern clothing. (My personal favorite section is on vintage hats.) Stacy LoAlbo writes knowledgeably about her topic--it is not for nothing that she is called "The Vintage Maven"--even about men's accessories. This book is delicious eye candy for the vintage lover and educational for would-be vintage lovers and fashionistas everywhere. Buy it for yourself and as a gift for your loved ones. Ciao!
***** 5.0 out of 5 stars*****
A fascinating and profusely illustrated survey that will prove of interest to any fashion conscious reader, December 13, 2009
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
There are cycles in fashion and given enough time, so many aspects of fashion seem to recycle and repeat over time -- and that phenomena most definitely includes fashion accessories from ties to handbags to scarves, hats, and all manner of jewelry. That's just one reason that "Vintage Fashion Accessories" is such a fascinating and profusely illustrated survey that will prove of interest to any fashion conscious reader -- especially those with limited budgets who will be happy to find that the addition of an accessory can obviate the need for an entire wardrobe replacement to maintain 'fashionability' in their attire. Author Stacy LoAlbo draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as the owner and proprietor of Incogneeto, a New Jersey store whose clothing and accessories inventory range from Victorian finery to funky '70s polyester for both men and women, and range from the easily affordable to the stratospheric in pricing. More than just an antique/collectibles picture book, "Vintage Fashion Accessories" provide the reader with a history of fashion accessories and current values, advice on collecting, and even recommendations for places to shop. Of special note is the chapter focusing on accessories for the gentleman, making "Vintage Fashion Accessories" an ideal and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library Fashion History and Antiques/Collectibles reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
