Terrific article Melody, I really enjoyed reading it. You're so right about the color aspect of vintage, sometimes I'll buy a garment I'd otherwise pass on because of the color. Darn, before I got into selling vintage clothing there were a couple older huge sample fabric books that came up at the local auction. After reading about your hosiery brochure, now I'm kicking myself in the butt even more, can't imagine how much I could have learned from them.
Thanks for sharing!