This hands-on style guide shows you how to recreate quintessential looks from the 1920s to 1980s on a budget. Intro sections describe the silhouettes and trends of each decade. Next, get inspiration from lookbooks and day & evening wear pages filled with clothing and accessories from the author’s vintage boutique. The “Get the look” and “Icon” sections help you put together vintage outfits based on old family photos and interpret signature looks of movie stars and style icons. Street style photos of fashion bloggers and retro enthusiasts further showcase how to do vintage in modern day life.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the Yarn Harlot. She was bitten by the knitting bug thirty years ago and has been a tiny bit obsessed with needles and yarn ever since. Her self-deprecating short stories recount many adventures and misadventures in knitting – recognizable to anyone whose hobby is also their passion. From the insanity of finishing hand knit gifts hours before Christmas, souvenir stashes, running out of discontinued yarn with only half a sweater sleeve to go and conquering challenging patterns, to precious craft moments with friends and the joy of creating something with your own hands.

Ira Neimark, former chairman and CEO of Bergdorf Goodman, recounts his 17-year tenure at the helm of the renowned luxury goods department store. The company’s evolution from the late sixties through the early nineties is interspersed with personal anecdotes, and details how he and his team developed a very specific marketing strategy that made Bergdorf Goodman into a legendary luxury fashion emporium. Mr. Neimark also shares his views on the fall of service, the loss of customer loyalty and the importance of the human touch. The “lessons learned” threaded throughout the book provide tips for retail success.

Ari Seth Cohen started his street style blog to pay tribute to a large, often overlooked, age group: stylish ladies and gentleman over 60. “To show that beauty, style, and creativity don’t disappear at a certain age”. From designer outfits to thrift store finds, from simple elegance to movie star glamour, from eccentric over punk to avant-garde… his real-life models celebrate individual style with confidence and joie de vivre. Now, the Advanced Style book combines the best of the blog “with all-new material featuring wardrobes, interviews, stories, and advice from a cadre of his most chic subjects”.

This compact book of quotations is a meditation on clothes, filled with folk sayings, bon mots and quotes about fashion. From Virgil and Baudelaire to Andy Warhol and Dorothy Parker. From mirrors and dishevelment to dress as self-expression and defying convention. Observations from times past and present have been cleverly arranged into themes that are sure to still spark conversation today.