Thursday, February 23, 2012

Vintage Bookshelf: Style Me Vintage - Clothes


The buzz all over the vintage blogosphere at the moment is all about Naomi Thompson's new book, "Style Me Vintage - Clothes". The book is a fabulous entry-level guide to vintage clothing, covering key looks decade by decade from the 1920s to 1980s.



Day and evening looks from each decade are detailed in checklists and modelled by Naomi's friends and family. Each section is also complemented with gorgeous fabric swatches - and you know how I feel about novelty prints!


There are also sections covering dating vintage, caring for vintage clothes, and shopping for vintage. This is the book you need if you're starting out in vintage and looking for advice to help develop your style. If only this book had been around when I was 20 I could avoided years in a style wilderness.


The book is beautifully presented and a great little reference - even if you're not a vintage beginner, it's great for a flick-through for inspiration.

And ooh, guess what? I have a copy to give away! Just leave a comment below to enter. If you'd like an additional entry, follow me on twitter and retweet the giveaway, then leave a second comment below. For good measure, I'll give you a third way to enter - 'Like' my Facebook page and share the giveaway there, and again leave another comment saying you've done so. The winner will be posted on Monday.

70 comments - post a comment:

  1. It sounds great. Have you by the way seen the book: Harrock's fashion, it's a superduper great fabric design inspiration book about Harrocks in the '40s and '50s.

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  2. Great giveaway, I'd love to be in with a chance of winning please!

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  3. I follow you on Twitter and have tweeted about this giveaway too!

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  4. And finally (third time lucky maybe?), I now 'like' you on Facebook...my tweets automatically pull through to my Facebook profile ;o)

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  5. I would love to win a copy of this gorgeous book! Thank you very much :)
    R xx

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  6. Yes please! Looks gorgeous xx

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  7. Liked you on Facebook too :) xx

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  8. great book! looks lovely! I want to enter! I'm a followers on the blog

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    1. thanks for Liking me - if you could also share the giveaway on facebook that would be great!

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  10. Oh how exciting I already follow you on FB and dont do twitter so just one in the draw is fine for me I could be lucky lol xx

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    1. you can have an extra entry for sharing the giveaway on facebook, even if you were already a follower.

      xx Charlotte

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  11. Great giveaway, thanks for it. The book looks brilliant, fingers crossed!

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  12. Hello, I have been a reader for some time and even if I don't do vintage seriously at all I LOVE reading your posts and looking at your outfits. Very inspirational!
    I'd like to enter the giveaway and thank you for it.
    Pamela

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  13. OOhh, this book looks great! I'm a twitter follower of yours and retweeted.

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  14. Looks like a lovely book!! Is it available online to those of us that don't win your give away??

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    1. I believe it's available through Amazon, or through the publisher Anova books, or you can contact the author Naomi on twitter or her webpage.

      xx Charlotte

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    2. Awesome! I will check it out!!

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  15. Sharing your post on facebook!!

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  16. Looks like a great book, would love to enter the giveaway please. Thanks. x

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  17. thank you so much for your review! i recently stumbled over this book and wonderd if it was worth buying. so if i shound't winn it i think i will buy it ;)

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  18. Count me in please, I love the look of this book!

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  19. Do you have a pinterest account? It seems right up your alley. Also, I pin your pictures to my account on a regular basis.

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  20. Also, I liked you on facebook. I'd like the book... but more importantly, please keep blogging!

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  21. Aaaaaa I love that book!!! It would be so usefull to have it! :)

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  22. Liking you on facebook too! :)

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  23. This looks like an amazing book. Thanks for doing the giveaway!

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  24. Love your blog and would love to win a copy of Naomi's book.

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  25. I'd love a copy of this book, it looks like a great read :)

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  26. Just retweeted your giveaway... @lollisandroses

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  27. Oh how neat! Thank you for this giveaway! I am a beginner so this would be awesome to have!! xox

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  28. I also tweeted your giveaway on my twitter @Bunny Moreno Yeah!!

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  29. Lastly, I shared your giveaway on my fb and am now following you on fb!! xox

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  30. That book sounds interesting! Hope to win. :)

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  31. I have been eyeing this book ever since it came out! Would love to win. :) Thank you!

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  32. Laura @sweetseamstressFebruary 23, 2012 6:05 PM

    I've been wanting this book since it came out. It looks gorgeous and I love your review of it. Just followed and retreated you :o) xx

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  33. What a fun book! That would've been nice 20 years ago too. I would love to read up more about vintage clothing care.

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  34. Following you on twitter and RT'ed!

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  35. Liked your FB page and shared your post about the giveaway on my wall.

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  36. Hello! Wow, great giveaway! PLease may I enter!
    Hope you are well! Your bike design is sooo soooo cute! I'd love to buy some of that material!!!

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  37. Thanks for sharing such a great book with us! Sam xox

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  38. I also like you on Facebook :-) Sam xox

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  39. Sounds like a great resource book.

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  40. Added you on twitter and tweeted the contest - #2 for me.

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  41. Finally, liked your page on FB - #3 for me.

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  42. that book looks amazing, I'd love to win it

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  43. Please enter me into the giveaway, the book looks wonderful!

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  44. Would love to be entered, haven't seen much vintage over here in NZ in my size, but am going to make my own vintage inspired pieces instead.

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  45. I would love to have a copy! Thank you for offering one to us, your blog is always full of inspiration! :)

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  46. Would love to be entered!
    - Marisa

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  47. I also liked you on facebook and shared your giveaway! - Marisa

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  48. I'd love to win this. It's still not out in Canada!

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  49. I also retweeted your original tweet about this post :)

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  50. I also posted it on Facebook. I told you, I reeeeeally want it!

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  51. This would be fantastic to win! =D

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  52. Just followed you on twitter, and re-tweeted.

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  53. Oh yes please I'd love to enter this giveaway

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  54. That book sounds delightful. Thanks for the chance to be in to win! :-) macska at gmail dot com

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  55. I think I would love that book!

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  56. How fun! I've been eying that if nothing else to just take a look through and be inspired! ;)

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  57. I want that book a lot :) count me in plz

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  58. I want and need the book, I am sadly a bit clueless on vintage aside from knowing what I like! Love the blog by the way. X

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  59. Gosh, I would absolutely love to have this book.

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  60. Also, I tweeted it: https://twitter.com/d_funkt/statuses/173278151999373312

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  61. I've retweeted and reshared via Twitter and Facebook! (-:

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  62. This book looks like some serious vintage eye candy! Thanks for the giveaway!

    erikawithak.vintage@gmail.com

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  63. Oh dear, I hope I'm not tooo late....
    You have so wonderful ideas, thank you for sharing them..
    Kind regards and sorry for my poor english.
    Claudia
    frauknopf@gmx.de

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