- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Pavilion Books (18 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1862053057
- ISBN-13: 978-1862053052
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,118,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Provides a detailed chronology of all the fashions in dress design and accessories since the Second World War. It provides useful tips on buying, wearing and maintaining vintage clothes. "Vintage Style" is a must-have book for anyone with an interest in vintage fashion.
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Reviews on Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up by Tracy Tolkien
"No self-respecting star leaves London without stopping off at the Kings Road vintage emporium Steinberg & Tolkien. Now Tracy Tolkien has put all her best source tips in Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up. It's a must." Harpers & Queen
"No self-respecting star leaves London without stopping off at the Kings Road vintage emporium Steinberg & Tolkien. Now Tracy Tolkien has put all her best source tips in Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up. It's a must." Harpers & Queen
"The author of this month's must-have style tome, Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up, says her shop has become a second home for stylish stars. Fashionistas, don't all run at once..." Elle Magazine
"read it and you'll pick up some of the best wardrobe-finding ideas ever." i-d magazine
"Wallow in Tracy Tolkien's gorgeous new book Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up. It's anything but old hat" Company
"an insiders guide to buying fashion" You Magazine
"Vintage: The Art of Dressing Up will be full of tips and a bible for anyone interested in vintage clothes." The Guardian
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
What a wonderful find! This is a book that does everything it says on the tin and then some. Freely and beautifully illustrated with both period and commisioned photographs, it offers a cornucopia of images that cleverly demonstrates fashion documenting & reflecting the past century. The writing is witty and wise: intelligent & informative without being patronising & it is infectious in its enthusiasm. For someone like me, with a lot more interest than knowledge in vintage clothing, what I really loved about it was its accessibility and how helpful it was with information - there are handy tips on the where's and how's of vintage shopping and dressing nestling in every other corner. Because of the way that it integrates socio-economic and historical detail, it even makes for good reading if you're not that interested in the clothes themselves (heaven forbid!), as it offers a rich visual history, through clothing, of the century that was. It often seems that every other book is "the definitive guide to..." but this one is the genuine article. No cheap imitation this, it offers an assured overview of vintage style and an indispensible source list of web-sites and stores that sell vintage clothing at the end. And it is so much fun to read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Tracy Tolkien clearly knows her subject and many of us know that she also owns a delightful shop. If you are seeking a good introduction and possible reference source for vintage style, then this book would be wonderful. It contains some lovely commissioned and stock photographs of clothes, periods, accessories and outfits on mannequins.
It is a lovely glossy hardback book which will always be an attractive addition to either library or coffee table. My only reservations were that my main interest of the 1940s is given scant attention and I think the lack of breadth is the main flaw of the book. Tolkien does not cover Victorian, Edwardian or the inter-war years in any depth and also gives approximately 2 pages to the Second World War period, which I think is a great shame.
If you are looking for an indispensable fashion sourcebook, this is not it - well, not on its own anyway. This is a wonderful addition to your sourcebook collection and would prove useful for ideas, details and moving on to further research, purchasing and so forth.
Well recommended, but not if you are seeking lots of diagrams, patterns or text (especially on pre-1940s). It's a glossy, well-written introduction... not a fashion "encyclopaedia"!
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