Features fashions from 1880 through 1980 and gives price values for each.

This guide includes valuable information on clothing construction techniques, and care and restoration. Well over 100 color photos and dozens of antique photographs aid in identification.

Featuring more that 2,500 photographs and current values, an up-to-date, comprehensive guide encompasses more than two hundred years of jewelry, dating from 1750 to 1960, along with information on current values for collectors. Original. 20,000 first printing.

*Diverse appeal hip young consumer crowd into retro clothes and veteran collectors with a passion and an eye for vintage*Vintage clothing is featured in 64,000 auctions daily on eBayFrom 1920s flapper dresses to 1950s beaded cardigans and bell-bottom jeans of the 70s, vintage clothing is helping to define today's fashions. This book covers pricing and history of affordable items sold at general stores including Sears and Montgomery-Ward, as well as expensive couture from leading designers such as Chanel and Dior. In this handy guide, historians, collectors and consumers with an eye for fashion will discover: *Clothes and accessories from the 1800s-1979 for men, women and children*1,200 detailed color photos to assist with identification*History snippets about each era featured*Prices and identification for more than 2,500 items