Book Review: Official Price Guide to Vintage Fashion and Fabrics

The Official Price Guide to Vintage Fashion and Fabrics by Pamela Smith

This book is positively lovely.  It goes into some considerable detail on each decade's style.  Although a great deal of the pictures are in black and white, they are excellent detailed images.  The pieces pictured are well chosen.  These images show the cuts and fabrics of their times very well and give me a good idea of what to look for.  I don't typically take much stock in price guides due to the volatility of the market, but the prices given are more of a guideline, especially in the cases of the items that are not pictured and have no brand name label.  Excellent sections on the 40's and 50's are included.  There is a listing of shops towards the end, and this one includes websites for some of the shops.  This is much more useful than just a list of addresses.

Rating:  5 stars.  This was a library book, but I will likely make a purchase.