American Style and Spirit: Fashions and Lives of the Roddis Family, 1850-1995

American Style and Spirit: Fashions and Lives of the Roddis Family, 1850–1995 presents “more than 200 perfectly preserved garments and accessories, along with other materials, from a century and half of collecting. The story of the family that saved them and photographs of the items, along with notes on fashion salons and a helpful glossary, make this book something special” (St. Louis Post Dispatch).

Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for genera...