"In revisiting the decades of the last century, Bernstein, who described the book as a companion to her earlier tome, The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery, highlighted the pearl’s rise and fall in popularity as well as the pearl trends that had an influence on women’s style."

– Victoria Gomelsky, JCK Magazine

"Through vivid photography and commentary from Bernstein, it explores the popular looks at the time and the changes through the mid- to late 20th century across 216 pages."

 

– National Jeweler

"For both newcomers building a jewelry collection and seasoned collectors refining their vaults, The Modern Guide to Vintage Jewellery by Beth Bernstein offers informed, practical guidance. A jewelry historian and journalist—and the author of The Modern Guide to Antique Jewellery and Jewelry: Shining Stars: The Next Generation—Bernstein takes readers on a chronological tour from the late 1920s through the early 1980s. Recently published by ACC Art Books, the volume explores how social change and shifting attitudes toward fashion shaped jewelry design."

– Sonia Esther Soltani, The Magazine ANTIQUES, March-April Issue 

"Historian Beth Bernstein presents a new guide to collecting, wearing, and mixing vintage jewelry–from art deco to disco-era icons–revealing how past design shapes modern style."

– Sonia Esther Soltani, The Magazine ANTIQUES, March-April Issue

"A new book by Beth Bernstein highlights the interplay of 20th-century jewelry trends and the socio-cultural events that shaped them."

– Rapaport

"Bernstein’s latest book, The Modern Guide to Vintage Jewellery, to be published this month, charts the evolution of jewellery design from art deco to the bold styles of the early 1980s."

– Financial Times

"The Vintage Jewellery Revival, compelling new book from Beth Bernstein."

 "Beth Bernstein's Modern Guide to Vintage Jewellery takes us on a colourful tour through different jewellery styles from the 1930s through 1980s."  

– The Jewellery Edition