Although there are many books on the shelves dedicated to this subject where ‘Collectable Names and Designs in Women's Fashion’ differs is that it looks at why many fashion pieces have become highly regarded within collector’s circles. Throughout the pages Tracy will be sharing her own personal fashion knowledge on what to look out for, where to buy and explain the origins behind those iconic vintage pieces. She will also be looking at why retro fashion is suddenly in such high demand and which of the modern fashion items you should be investing in now for the future.

Another aspect of fashion which Tracy will be examining is nostalgia and she guarantees that this book will take you on a trip down memory lane as she explores the various decades and the history behind the times. Tracy will also include the lives and times of the pioneering fashion designers themselves from where they gain their inspiration to how this is then transported onto the catwalks.

• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• CHAPTER 1 - Collecting Vintage, Retro and Modern Fashion
  • Collecting Fashion
  • Buy What You Love
  • Vintage Fashion
  • Retro Fashion
  • Modern Fashion
  • Haute Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Market
  • All Sewn Up
• CHAPTER 2 - History of Ancient Costume
  • ‘Ötzi’ the Iceman
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Roman Regalia
  • The Saxons and the Normans
  • Status Symbol
  • Fashion Fix
  • The Corset
  • Nineteenth-Century Dress
  • Fashion Circles
  • The Beginning of a New Dawn in Fashion
• CHAPTER 3 - The 1920s
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • The Flapper Years
  • Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel
  • Collecting Chanel
  • The Little Black Dress
  • Madeleine Vionnet
  • Collecting Vionnet
  • Other Iconic Fashion Designers of the 1920s
  • Collecting the 1920s
• CHAPTER 4 - The 1930s
  • Elsa Schiaparelli
  • Schiaparelli Surrealist Collaborations
  • Collecting Schiaparelli
  • Other Iconic Fashion Designers of the 1930s
  • Collecting the 1930s
• CHAPTER 5 - The 1940s
  • Wartime 1940s
  • Christian Dior
  • The New Look
  • Collecting Dior
  • Emilio Pucci – Prince of Prints
  • Collecting Pucci Prints
  • Collecting Fashion from the 1940s
• CHAPTER 6 - The 1950s
  • The Fashionable Fifties
  • Cristobal Balenciaga
  • Jacques Fath
  • Other Iconic Designers of the 1950s
  • Fifties Fashion Memories
  • Collecting Fashion of the 1950s
• CHAPTER 7 - The 1960s
  • The Swinging Sixties
  • Mary Quant
  • Collecting Mary Quant
  • The Paper Dress
  • Foale & Tuffin – Made in Britain
  • Collecting Foale & Tuffin
  • John Bates – Jean Varon
  • The Avengers
  • Collecting Jean Varon
  • Yves Saint Laurent
  • Other Iconic Names in Sixties Fashion
  • Sixties Fashion Memories
  • Collecting the 1960s
• CHAPTER 8 - The 1970s
  • From Glam Rock to Saturday Night Fever and Laura Ashley to Punk
  • Vivienne Westwood
  • Collecting Westwood
  • Ossie Clark
  • Collecting Ossie Clark
  • Bill Gibb
  • Collecting Bill Gibb
  • Other Names in Seventies Fashion
  • Seventies Fashion Memories
  • Collecting Seventies Fashion
• CHAPTER 9 - The 1980s
  • Gianni Versace
  • Christian Lacroix
  • Other Iconic Designers of the Eighties
  • Collecting Eighties Fashion
• CHAPTER 10 - The 1990s, 2000s and Beyond
  • Olivia Rubin
  • Early Fashion Life
  • Inspirational Designs
  • Holly Fulton
  • Unique Decorative Talent
  • Fashion Credentials
  • Matthew Williamson
  • High Street and Designer Collaborations
• Vintage Treasure Finds
• Hot Collecting Vintage Fashion Tips
• Tracy’s Tips for Collecting Contemporary Fashion Designs
• Fashion Finale
• Directory of Contacts
• Acknowledgements
• Photograph Credits
• Index