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06/2001. 31 pages.
096764450X
978-0-9676445-0-9

Your Vintage Keepsake: A CSA Guide to Costume Storage and Display

By Margaret T. Ordoņez

From family heirlooms to vintage purchases, almost everyone has some item of beautiful clothing or some treasured accessory worthy of preservation. The choices made in storing and displaying costume collectibles will determine not only their longevity but also their future value. This concise, clear guide by Margaret Ordoñez is issued by the Costume Society of America, whose members bring their collective expertise to bear on consumers’ most frequent and most crucial questions about costume care.

In simple and unambiguous terms, Your Vintage Keepsake offers options for storage, guidelines for prevention and treatment—such as vacuuming garments to remove dust and minimize insect damage—and instructions for displaying apparel and accessories, even under glass.

The Costume Society of America advances the global understanding of all aspects of dress and appearance. The over 1700 members include curators, historians, artists, designers, librarians, entertainers, educators, and students. For more than twenty-five years, the Costume Society of America has stimulated scholarship, disseminated information, helped raise the profile and credibility of costume-related fields, and acted as a clearinghouse on all aspects of dress and appearance. Towards that end, it is initiating a series of publications with the first guide to storage and display of costume in the home.