Offers a brief history of fashion and tells how to incorporate stylish clothing from the past into one's wardrobe

In this surprising new look at how clothing, style, and commerce came together to change American culture, Jennifer Le Zotte examines how secondhand goods sold

The valuing of old clothes as “vintage” and the recollection of the sartorial past, whether through second-hand consumption or the wearing of new old-fashio

Providing a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically, this volume discusses monographic and reference