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E-book Title: Vintage Clothes
Author: Pauline Weston Thomas
Book Description: 20 Sections totalling over 100 pages once
written
on A4. Copyright 2001-2005
The aim of my ebook is to give you tips and to help you understand vintage fashion. As you see the pages so you wish develop your own approach presenting, merchandising and collection Vintage clothing. The principles apply to dresses and accessories of any era. I wish besides give you examples of quality vintage items from some respected computer network vintage sellers.
I wish share with you my verification of costume knowledge. As you turn the pages, so you wish gain and understanding of the vintage/antique market. This should start you thinking just about the implications of going into vintage. The ebook covers tips on preparation for sellers, how to photograph to better effect exploitation a mannequin. In particular I wish advise you on cleansing old garments and shipping items to customers. We besides look at vintage from the buyers perspective and analyze how to assess a garments condition.
In the ebook we wish explore what is vintage, covering aspects from antique to Retro, through to re-enactment and Repro. I wish pose a few questions, the answer to which should point you to the better vintage era to start collecting. We wish use the 1950's as an example to see how to collect quality items from a particular era.
Most importantly, you can easily print out the book as a whole book exploitation either a PDF file or a Microsoft Word copy link on the printer friendly page. Transfer
the ebook and print out the 100+ pages or see the pages offline in your browser.
Contents for Vintage Apparel - 20 Sections.
1 What Is Vintage Fashion?
Categories of Vintage. Tips to get you thinking just about purchasing or merchandising vintage on the internet.
2 What is Computer network Vintage?
Guidelines aimed at new sellers of vintage considering merchandising clothing/dresses via the internet. Buyers may besides find the tips useful once
buying.
3 Tips for Sellers & Buyers of Vintage Textiles
A master guideline list aimed at new sellers of vintage who may be considering merchandising clothing/textiles via the internet. Useful tips for buyers.
4 Presenting Vintage Apparel With Photographs.
The importance of displaying apparel on a mannequin, dress-form or otherwise and exploitation photographs in a clean unlittered way.
5 Dressmaking
Vintage from Vintage Textile
Shaping why Dressmaking
Vintage is valuable and collectible. Worth and Fortuny vintage dressmaking
photographs from vintagetextile.com.
6 Body Size
The importance of measurements and how body size has changed in the past 50 years.
7 Devising a Quick Check Table
Devising a Garment Condition Assessment Form. Guidelines for devising a description, measurement and record of condition chart.
8 Happiness
Farm Antiques and Vintage Article of article of clothing
A look at an eclectic mix of vintage gowns and accessories that can be the start of a collection.
9 Happiness
Farm Antiques and Vintage Textiles
A look at shawls and vintage patchwork quilts as alternative collections to garments.
10 Collection 1950's Vintage Article of article of clothing Part 1
Establishing the look that typifies collections of 50s vintage and what to collect from day dresses or evening wear choices. Typical 50's motifs.
11 Collection 1950's Vintage Article of article of clothing Part 2
Vintage pickers look out for specific 50's items and these include Big E jeans, scarves, beaded knitwear, bags and costume jewellery.
12 Cleansing Vintage - Stains
To wash or not to wash vintage clothes. How to hand wash vintage. How to deal with typical Vintage stains and problems found on textiles. Renewing animal skin
jackets.
13 Shipping Vintage Apparel
Considerations for posting and packing. Pressing /Steaming Velvets and another vintage materials. Personal touches with presentation and building a nice repeat business reputation.
14 Collection Lace Types 1 Needlepoint &Bobbin
A brief look at historical differences between needle ready-made lace and spool lace. Names of lace and important lace types pictures. Lace links.
15 Collection Lace Types 2 Minor Lace Techniques
A brief look at another techniques associated with lace including, Irish Crochet, Macramé¬ whitework and cutwork, Battenburg tape lace. Images and links.
16 Adornment
History
From the Egyptians to the Twentieth Century. Covers proposal
on Earrings, cameos necklaces and broaches.
17 Adornment
Images - Proposal
on collection costume Adornment
A long list of celebrated names to look out for. For example: Swarovski, Trifari, Dior, and Elsa Schiaparelli.
18 Collection Fashion Plates
An introduction to collection antique and vintage fashion plates.
19 Re-enactment Article of article of clothing from Recollections
A selection of repro Victorian titled
gowns showing how reproduction article of clothing can be reproduced exploitation measurements for today's figure.
20 Wherever
to Source Vintage Textiles - Useful Links
Links to Vintage sellers, vintage dress patterns and re-enactment sites.
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