Resource BOOKS List for Vintage, Antiques & Collectibles

This one is in it's Infant stage right now, but it will be expanding and growing as I gather more information and get more recommendations for books to add. I am trying to stick to only highly recommended books.

If you know of a very helpful book to add to this list, please let me know.

ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE CLOTHING AND FASHION

General Era Research:

• Dover Series of Clothing Pages from Sears Catalogs, Sorted by Era:
  "Everyday Fashion 1909-1920"
  "Everyday Fashion of the Twenties"
  "Everyday Fashion of the Thirties"
  "Everyday Fashion of the Forties"
  "Everyday Fashion of the Fifties"
  "Everyday Fashion of the Sixties"


• The Collector's Book of Fashion by Frances Kennett


• Fifty Years of Fashion, New Look to Now, by Valerie Steele


• Through the Looking Glass, A History of Fashion from 1860 to the Present Day, by Elizabeth Wilson Lou Taylor


• 20th Century Fashion by Valerie Mendez and Amy De La Haye

General Overview of Designers:

• New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style by Caroline Rennolds Milbank


• Fashion: The Century of the Designer 1900-1999 by Charlotte Seeling


• Costume Design in the Movies by Elizabeth Leese (not very pic heavy but a comprehensive guide to who designed for specific films)


• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers

Fashion and Sewing Terms and Definitions:

• A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion, Historic and Modern by Mary Brooks Picken


• The Farichild Dictionary of Fashion by Charlotte Mankey Calasibetta and Phyllis Tortora


• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers

Fabric and Textile Terms and Identification:

• A Dictionary of Textile Terms (booklet, published by Dan River, Inc)

Hats:

• Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770-1970 by Susan Langley


• Women's Hats of the 20th Century for Designers & Collectors by Maureen Reilly & Mary Beth Detrich


• The Century of Hats: Headturning Style of the Twentieth Century by Susie Hopkins

Hawaiian Clothing:

• Aloha Attire, Hawaiian Dress in the Twentieth Century by Linda B. Arthur

Western Clothing:

• How the West Was Worn by Holly George-Warren and Michelle Freedman

Undergarments, Foundations and the History of Body Shape in Fashion:

• Corsets and Crinlones by Nora Waugh


• Support and Seduction, A History of Corsets and Bras by Béatrice Fontanel

OTHER ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES

China, Glass and Ceramics:

• Gene Florence books


• Colored Glassware of the Depression Era by Hazel Weatherman

Mid Century Furniture and Design:

• Scandinavian Modern Furnishings 1930 -1970: Designed For Life by Michael Ellison and Lisa Piña


• The Sourcebook of Modern Furniture by Jeryll Habegger and Joseph H. Osman


• Millers 20th Century Design by Judith Miller

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