Virtual Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online

Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate in the thriving vintage marketplace that exists online. No other book explains how to get it, sell it, fix it, or wear it with flair. Authors Linda Lindroth and Deborah Newell Tornello equip readers from head to toe with

• more than 100 chic sites—rated and evaluated
• instructions on contacting sellers
• smart strategies for bidding in online auctions
• advice about evaluating the size, quality, and colors of a garment
• tips for cleaning and repairing vintage items

Whether you’re looking for a 1960s Rudi Gernreich knit, Gucci hipster trousers, a Claire McCardell for Townley shirtwaist, or a Chanel suit in pink wool with black patent-leather trim, Virtual Vintage will help you build a unique and sensational wardrobe.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful One of the best of its kind, November 27, 2002 By A Customer Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: Virtual Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online (Paperback) Virtual Vintage stands out from most other books on the vintage-resale-thrifting topic — even though it is geared to the online market. First, the writing is both excellent and entertaining; I found the book hard to put down. Additionally, the authors also offer some good tips — laced throughout the text — on HOW TO WEAR some of this old stuff. As much as I love vintage fashion, and have collected it for several years, I am often at a loss as to how to WEAR some of the pieces, or how to incorporate my vintage "finds" into my real-life wardrobe. So far, few books actually address this issue, and tend to focus instead on buying, selling or simply "collecting" vintage fashion. This book is thorough and carefully put together — like a great outfit. I hope the authors write more on this topic, and maybe put together a how-to guide to vintage fashion. Kudos! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  >Report abuse | Permalink  Comment 29 of 30 people found the following review helpful The Best On-Line Fashion Guide, October 1, 2002 By  Karen Augusta (Vermont, USA) – See all my reviews This review is from: Virtual Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online (Paperback) Usually I don’t "read" antique guide books, but a couple of pages into this one and I was hooked. In Virtual Vintage you’ll find common sense tips on buying and selling vintage on-line, the A to Z of navigating eBay (I learned several new tricks) and lots of design and fashion tips. The book presents useful info including international size conversion charts, how to remove stains from clothing and must-see Hollywood films for clothes lovers. It was so well done I wanted to learn more about Virtual Vintage’s two women authors and how they came to write this surprisingly literary guide book. Virtual Vintage has a section that rates many of the dot com vintage sites for content, ease of use and return policies. Virtual Vintage is considerably more user friendly than most other antique/collectible guide books that I’ve seen… I am also fond of the book because it gave my vintage site a great review! I will certainly recommend this book to my web customers. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  >Report abuse | Permalink  Comment 21 of 23 people found the following review helpful The Best of ANY Book of Its Kind!!, November 28, 2002 By  T. Wageer (Los Angeles, CA USA) – See all my reviews    This review is from: Virtual Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online (Paperback) A WONDERFULLY fun book — to read, to refer to, to give as a gift to alll your girlfriends! Endless information, up-to-date resources, very knowledgeable and savvy and the only book you need about vintage on the net. I hope it gets a new edition every other year or — knowing the net — EVERY year; I’ll keep every edition, because none will ever be obsolete. These authors know their audience, know their subject, know their territory. A book you’ll read again and again and never, ever, finish. :-> Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  >Report abuse | Permalink  Comment

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Fashion has been an obsession these days not only for the youths but also for the older generation and the reason behind this is Vintage clothing. Vintage Clothing has created a sense of urgency in today’s market. The demand has increased variably and thus the trend of fashion has been shifting towards Vintage clothing. Today’s designers have understood the need of today’s generation and they love designing previous era’s clothing as it gives them an opportunity to design clothes with different texture, fabrications, colors, embroideries and handicrafts unlike designing jeans and t-shirts which has become common these days.

Technological advancement plays a vital role of fashion inspired by vintage clothing. In yesterday’s era, the clothes designed were very appealing and that appeal still continues to flourish in today’s era. Everyone wants to feel the retro style once in a lifetime because that gives us a different look altogether and makes us feel bit special. Thanks to various online stores for auctioning vintage clothing and giving us a chance to buy designer clothes which wouldn’t be possible for most of us by contacting designers to get clothes designed of previous era due to various aspects to consider. You can find numerous websites which auctions vintage clothing with different designs, fabrications, classics of 60’s – 90’s, colors and sizes thus giving everyone from fittest to fattest an opportunity to try something different and look beautiful.

There is also a brighter side to look into vintage clothing inspiring fashion designers. Designing Vintage clothes has become environmental friendly as the unused or unsold clothes in previous era are been put for reuse, recycle or repair to create or design new clothes and thus helping our environment Go-Green.  This gives an opportunity for the designers to help our environment and creating interest in vintage clothing. It’s a kind of refreshment for women to try something new and different that makes them look elegant, stylish and comfortable. These types of clothing are made considering all sizes and shapes thus creating equal opportunity for everyone to sizzle and look beautiful. Go, get your choice of clothes available in your nearby stores for which you may have dreamt one day.

Vintage Fashion

A visual journey through the decades, “Vintage Fashion” is a book for those interested in collecting and acquiring vintage but it also caters for the woman who is ‘beyond fashion’, who will always be looking at past influences for inspiration when developing her individual look. Featuring the work of Coco Chanel, Christian Lacroix and Muccia Prada among others, it will be of interest to fashion students, designers and any fashionista. At a time when everyone is their own stylist, this book provides an awareness of the fashion skills and techniques of the past, as well as pointers on what to look for when sourcing original vintage pieces, allowing the reader to understand and develop their own intrinsic tastes and fashion sensibilities.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful A must-have for fashionistas, October 9, 2008 By  Jane Austen “Barb” “schriftstellerin” (Montreal, Quebec, CANADA) – See all my reviews This review is from: Vintage Fashion (Hardcover) Although this book is clearly intended for women who are interested in buying high-end vintage fashions and want to know what to look for, it’s actually a history of 20th century fashion, from the pre-World War I era to the eighties. The author not only explains who the top designers were during each decade and what their signature styles were, she also lists all the major trends and illustrates how the political and social background of each era influenced fashions. It’s beautifully illustrated throughout, with photographs of vintage pieces as well as reproductions of advertisements and magazine photographs. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  >Report abuse | Permalink  Comment Good overview, October 26, 2011 By  Script – See all my reviews This review is from: Vintage Fashion (Paperback) Great overview of every decade, good examples, good quality illustrations and photographs. Very useful for someone like me, who doesn’t know much about vintage fashion:) Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  >Report abuse | Permalink  Comment

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Today’s designers understand the market trend and its demand and thus come up with lots of variations and materials keeping in mind the age group. They design for woman in 20’s to woman in 60’s or 70’s. Not only that, you would also find it in various shapes which can help you hide that extra flab. There are high waisted shorts that are bit loose and people find it more comfortable than those of tighter ones. It again depends upon an individual which one to go for to feel comfortable and beautiful. This high waisted shorts or jeans can make look an average looking girl to a girl to look for. Most of the designers dress can be found online so choose the ones that would suit you irrespective of the brand and price range. Create your own style statement with a perfect combo of high waisted shorts, tops and other accessories to rule or lure the world. Choice is yours!