Playclothes is located at 11422 Moorpark St., Studio City. Wanda gets great 40's and 50's clothes and according to my source, her prices are reasonable. Most of the thrift stores are picked over, but every once in a while, you just luck out. Try the Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul, Goodwill, and especially some of the smaller ones in the richer neighborhoods. Even the clerks didn't know why it was so cheap.
Wasteland is a goody - new stuff every minute, literally.
Visit Michelle Lee's Patterns from the Past to Present web site to make up some of your own swing things. Formerly known as Fair Mairs, Daze of Future Past will soon be on-line. In the meantime, drop in for a visit at 4879 Newport Avenue in San Diego. Their full-fashioned nylons are knit on mills that produce a stocking exactly as they were made in the 1940s and 1950s. Their mills were manufactured in the 1950s and produce authentic nylons.