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Retro Chic: A Guide to Fabulous Vintage and Designer Resale Shopping in North America and Online [Paperback]

Diana Eden (Author), Gloria Lintermans (Author)
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October 1, 2002
The only comprehensive guide to shopping for vintage and designer resale, including * specific stores in all the major U.S. & Canadian cities * favorite haunts of celebs and stylists * Internet thrift shopping * vintange expos across the continent Whether you're on a budget or ready to splurge on mint-condition Givenchy, this is your roadmap to the timeless cool of vintage HCing.


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"Retro Chic is the ultimate, in-the-know, guide to finding the good stuff, in stores and online." -- Jan Lindstrom, Daily Variety

This smart guide to shops all over North America tells you where to find the best buys of yesteryear. -- Travel and Leisure, February 2003

From the Inside Flap

Want to buy vintage but hate to marathon shop? Looking for runway fashions at a fraction of their retail cost? Costume designer Diana Eden and fashion columnist Gloria Lintermans round up all the must-shop spots in cities and expos, share insights and style secrets of prominent Hollywood costume designers, and reveal everything you need to know to decode the trends and fads from the 1920s through the dawn of the 21st century.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Really Great Books (October 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1893329151
  • ISBN-13: 978-1893329157
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,087,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20+ million step and blended families exist in the U.S. and 2,100 new ones form every day!

For most couples, trying to build a successful remarriage can mysteriously bring out their deepest personal fears, longings, and hopes. The key to not only survival, but living this journey well, begins with discovering opportunities to heal and to succeed; it is not about blame or badness. With the right preparation and resources, a multi-home step or blended family can be a stable and solid foundation for co-parents and children.

THE SECRETS TO STEPFAMILY SUCCESS offers tools that can significantly lower the alarming rate of step and blended family divorce, helping families evolve into highly nurturing, reliable refuges of warmth, safety, encouragement, strength, caring, and joy. Step and blended families have a unique dynamic with which couples must cope, along with all the other normal challenges of life and marriage. See how these families differ in up to sixty structural and dynamic ways from typical intact biological families--including consisting of two co-parenting homes and ex-spouses―and learn how to successfully recognize and manage these challenges.

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Gloria Lintermans welcomes sharing her hard-won knowledge of mourning the loss of a spouse and the in's and out's of grieving this loss while moving forward to a life of purpose, joy and a new, committed loving relationship in THE HEALING POWER OF GRIEF and THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE. She and her co-author, Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. will personally answer your questions via e-mail on these all important life-passages. What are your concerns? Your goals? Your challenges? Lintermans has chosen to share her experience of grief and recovery in The Healing Power of Grief: The Journey Through Loss to Life and Laughter.

Facing the loss of a spouse or life-partner is difficult because loving is all-encompassing; love took most of our emotional energy as we embraced our spouse or partner. We cared that they were fulfilled and well. We wanted to protect them and make them happy. We were devoted, so much so, that losing this loved one, felt crippling. And so, when they are gone, we need to learn how to transform this energy into something positive. Not a substitute, but a conversion, from a we to an I.

The Healing Power of Grief is Lintermans' story, twenty-four months of mourning and healing following the death of her precious husband, Rick. It is also Dr. Marilyn Stolzman's, a psychotherapist specializing in grief counseling, vision of healing as she offers tools, not psychobabble, a blueprint as it were, to help you to face your loss, mourn, and eventually, heal. This excellent resource also contains a WORKBOOK, providing the mourner (from a traditional and non-traditional relationships)with tools for getting in touch with and resolving feelings during their journey of mourning. ISBN 1-932783-48-2

The Healing Power of Love: Transcending the Loss of a Spouse to New Love by Gloria Lintermans and Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. is a collection of twelve beautifully and honestly told, uplifting and inspirational stories of new, loving relationships following the loss of a spouse or partner. Authors Lintermans and Stolzman recognize the life-affirming, vitally important, next step following mourning the loss of a spouse or partner. The often disquieting yet exhilaratingly overlap of grieving and finding new love can only unfold through a commitment to healthy grieving and the willingness to move forward.

Lintermans is a former syndicated newspaper columnist, and currently a freelance writer and author. She has also hosted her own cable television show and radio program. She is the author of The Newly Divorced Book of Protocol (Barricade Books), and Retro Chic (Really Great Books. Dr. Stolzman brings her wisdom and hands-on experience to the book by way of her professional training and work as a bereavement counselor through her directorship of the H.O.P.E Unit Foundation for Bereavement, Loss and Transitionion, a non-profit organization.

 

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best shopping guide yet!, April 4, 2003
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This book is fabulous. Not only does it explore (and I use the word "explore" because these listings go way beyond mere addresses and phone numbers) about 500 vintage and contemporary designer resale stores all over the U.S., Canada and Online, but with the information offered on each store (what kind of merchandise is carried, price range, return policy, store owner's personal collections, description of the store itself, etc.), I feel much more confident about shopping for my newest passion, vintage clothing (almost like the authors are holding my hand and walking me thru). I also found the section that describes designers from the '20s to the '80s, along with an explanation of what was going on the world during those times, fascinating. The glossary of fashion terms is also helpful, and I loved the listings of vintage expos all over the U.S. The quotes from costume designers, and learning about vintage pieces worn by Hollywood celebrities, is definately a fun bonus. Bravo!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I've Found Some New Favorites!, November 4, 2002
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I think the mark of a good guidebook is one that can tell you new things about your hometown. Retro Chic is a *great* guidebookbook. I purchased my copy at home in Seattle, and was pleased to see that my favorite retro sources were included -- as well as several new favorites I hadn't heard about before. The information on online resources is also quite helpful, and introduced me to a whole new way of shopping for unique resale fashions. I took Retro Chic with me on a business trip to Los Angeles last week, and was able to do some wonderfully affordable consignment shopping in a city that's completely foreign to me. What a fantastic resource!

This DOES NOT appear to be a book in which the authors were paid for reviewing particular stores. The information is well organized, up-to-date, and gives plenty of clues about the stores it reviews. Listings are honest and cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from price scales and credit cards accepted to the kind of merchandise available.

This book is a great resource for anyone with a retro fetish, and a no-hassle way for people new to the "scene" to find great resale outlets in their home town, on vacation, or online. I highly recommend Retro Chic and have bought copies as gifts for two friends who recently moved across country.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!, December 22, 2002
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What a fabulous resource for lovers of vintage clothing! I have learned about stores in Toronto that I would never have found otherwise. The detailed store descriptions are wonderful - it's interesting to learn about the history of the stores, as well as about their owners.
And what a helpful book when travelling to other cities in North America! Thank you!
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The years between the end of the Great War and the beginning of the Great Depression are famous for the styles and fads of the Lost Generation. Read the first page
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designer resale, favorite period, vintage apparel, vintage couture, bias cut dresses, resale store, favorite era, current offerings, vintage stores, private dressing rooms, vintage clothing, most interesting pieces, vintage items, vintage pieces, vintage clothes, rayon dresses
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Los Angeles, Open Mon-Sat, San Francisco, New York, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, New Orleans, San Diego, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, Las Vegas, Open Tues-Sat, Oscar de la Renta, Open Daily, Open Mon-Fri, Donna Karan, Emilio Pucci, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Anne Klein, Bonnie Cashin, Louis Vuitton, Thierry Mugler, Lilly Pulitzer, Richard Tyler
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