Virtual Vintage: The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online [Paperback]

Linda Lindroth (Author), Deborah Newell Tornello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2002

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Any girl would be out of her mind to buy anything online without consulting Virtual Vintage. From Pucci to Fiorucci it’s the ultimate source.”
--Simon Doonan
"Don't even think about about venturing onto the vintage Net until you've read this book. No more wasted hours trawling through mountains of cyber junk...Lindroth and Tornello have unearthed a vintage goldmine of handpicked sites plus a wealth of information and clever, canny insider tips for buying and selling online."
-Tracy Tolkien, author of Dressing Up Vintage

"Deborah Newell Tornello and Linda Lindroth have created a terrific guide for the modern fashion enthusiast."
— Michael Volbracht

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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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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; 1 edition (September 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812992008
• ISBN-13: 978-0812992007
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of its kind, November 27, 2002

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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!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best On-Line Fashion Guide, October 1, 2002

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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.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of ANY Book of Its Kind!!, November 28, 2002

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T. Wageer (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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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. :->