Faded Glamour: Nostalgia Revisited by Rebecca Kain.

Publisher: Redcurrent Press, 2013, first edition.

Near new hardback, binding firm, some minor marks, no inscriptions. Illustrated.

188 pages. Colour photos throughout. Faded Glamour: Nostalgia Revisited is the title of the first book self-published by Rebecca Kain of the highly successful New Zealand chain of lifestyle accessories boutiques, Redcurrent. It is an inspirational, high-end, beautifully photographed and designed book, and is unlike other New Zealand-produced coffee table books in that it deals with a style and a way of living from a perspective of unabashed nostalgia, reflecting Rebecca's view that nostalgia is a force for good in our lives. It's therefore both personal to Rebecca and perhaps timely for the rest of us! Faded Glamour was born of a journey. It was a journey that took Rebecca Kain, co-founder of the highly successful New Zealand chain of homeware and gift boutiques Redcurrent, back in time to the lives of her grandmothers, their homes and their way of living. Along the way she recorded what she saw, what she found and how she felt. And en route, Rebecca came to appreciate something that inspired her to write this book. She discovered that nostalgia, so often dismissed as misty-eyed sentimentalism, can be a powerfully positive force. That it need not be solely about memories, but can be a defining way of life - here and now. This book is named for the phrase Rebecca came to use to describe this way of living. Faded Glamour is as much a style and a way of thinking as it is a book. It is built on a belief that the best things get better with time, developing a patina that comes with human use and love. It is the antidote to the contemporary tendency to 'contrive' or purchase a look.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

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