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Clothing & Accessories from the '40s, '50s, & '60s: A Handbook and Price Guide

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I have been in the vintage clothing business for only about two years, so I am constantly searching for new books and information to keep me informed. I ordered this book in hopes it would be what the title says it is. Was I ever disappointed!
It only has a few pages of text and the rest of it is nothing but pictures. I know this sounds like a good thing, but the dresses were not even on dress forms or mannequins! I go to more trouble than that when I put my merchandise in 3-day auctions. The descriptions were generic, dates vague and prices unrealistic. There were several words, namely file (meaning faille) and stripped (meaning striped), that showed up not once, but throughout the book. I thought everyone had spell check! I am surprised that Schiffer would publish it. I have always relied on their reference books, but I cannot, with any conscience, recommend this one.

I agree with the other reviewer...this book is not very well done. Misspellings are abundant, leading me to believe the author is either not very knowledgeable, or just doesn't care. Some items were obviously not well researched. Clothing is photographed laid haphazardly on a flat surface, and the details are not very visible. The overall quality of the photography is very poor. I had the feeling that the book was just thrown together in a very short period of time with items on hand. Though there are some nice things pictured, that I would have liked to know more about, the book doesn't do them justice & the lack of content left me feeling unsatisfied. There are much better books about vintage clothing out there! I would suggest finding one.