Author: PALMER, A. & H. CLARK (EDITORS),
Title: Old Fashion new Looks. Second Hand Fashion. [First edition].
Description: Oxford-New York, Berg, 2005. Original limp wrappers, coloured cover illustrations. (ix), 255pp. Some monochrome illustrations in text, some comparative diagrams in text, notes on contributors, bibliography, index, publ. serial list on verso of french title, trable of contents. [Dress, body, culture series]. Collection of schilarly contributions on a long and complex cultural history of wearing and trading of vintage and second hand clothes: Historical perspectives;trading cultures; contemporary refashioningSecond Hand silk Kimono migrating across Borders; the recycling of second hand indian clothing, etc. Contributions by Hazel Clark, Karen Tranberg HansenBeverly Lemire, Terry Sastsuki Milhaupt, Luney Norris, Alexandra Palmer and Margot Riley. An important source information for Fashion consumers, designers and vintage fashion collectors. Very fine copy.

Keywords: vintage fashion female women collecting history trade secondhand clothes information source contributions culture history design vintage heritage legacy commerce economy