Palmer A., Clark H. (Eds.) Old Clothes, New Looks: Second-Hand Fashion

Berg Publishers, 2005. – 255 p. – ISBN: 1859738575.Second-hand fashion has a history as old as the production of clothing itself, but until recently it was given little consideration. Used clothes represent the largest numbers of existing garments but until recently they were not perceived as serious fashion items. However, this has changed dramatically with the rise of vintage web sites, value clothing chains, and the fashion media's perpetuation of the idea that secondhand clothes can be recycled into avant-garde "cool". This book not only shows how important used clothing has become but also what role it plays in culture and history. The Japanese, for example, traditionally salvage sections of kimonos, while in India garments are inexhaustibly recycled. This cross-cultural and historical perspective fills a major gap by offering fresh insights into the innovative use of secondhand dress and age-old traditions of recycling fashion.Historical PerspectivesThe Florentine Rigattieri: Second Hand Clothing Dealers and the Circulation of Goods in the Renaissance.
Shifting Currency: the Culture and Economy of the Second Hand Trade in England, c.1600–1850
Cast-Offs: Civilization, Charity or Commerce? Aspects of Second Hand Clothing Use in Australia, 1788–1900.
Second Hand Silk Kimono Migrating Across Borders.
Parcels from America: American Clothes in Ireland, c.1930–1980.Trading CulturesCrafting Appearances: The Second Hand Clothing Trade and Dress Practices in Zambia.
Creative Entrepreneurs: The Recycling of Second Hand Indian Clothing.
Ukay-Ukay Chic: Tales of Second Hand Clothing in the Philippine Cordillera.
Second Hand Fashion, Culture and Identity in Hong Kong.Contemporary RefashioningSixties Dress Only! The Consumption of the Past in a Retro Scene.
Vintage Whores and Vintage Virgins: Second Hand Fashion in the Twenty-first Century.
Working the Edge: XULY.Bët’s Recycled Clothing.