American style and spirit fashions and lives of the Roddis Family, 1850-1995
"Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for generations, here are more than 300 garments and accessories, beautifully preserved and complemented by archival objects, family photographs, and letters, as well as evocative descriptions of whom the garments b...
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V & A Publishing
2016
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Brought to life for the first time outside the attic in which they were stored for generations, here are more than 300 garments and accessories, beautifully preserved and complemented by archival objects, family photographs, and letters, as well as evocative descriptions of whom the garments belonged to, when they were made or bought, and even where they were worn, all by members of the Roddis family of Marshfield, Wisconsin. Author Jane Bradbury describes the joy of discovering the clothes when her aunt, Augusta Denton Roddis, showed her the astonishing collection. A remarkable resource, the book presents the garments and their designers in the context of the various eras in which they were created, from the turn of the 20th century through the 1920s and the Depression to the mid-1990s"--Publisher's description Foreword / Valerie Steele. -- Foreword / Patricia E. Mooradian. -- Foreword / Jeanine Head Miller. -- Preface: Treasures in the attic / Jane Bradbury. -- Preface: Meeting Miss Roddis and her dresses / Edward Maeder. -- Family tree. -- Introduction: "Mute but eloquent testimony": saving the Roddis Collection. -- Chapter one: Making the best of a new life: Sara Denton Roddis goes to Marshfield. -- Chapter two: From cheese boxes to fine flush doors: William H. Roddis, gentleman entrepreneur. -- Chapter three: Sewing and the modern women: the Prindle family. Saving Aunt Jennie's accessories and dresses. -- Chapter four: "Pure princess Prindle" weds Mr. Hamilton Roddis. -- Chapter five: A changing world: the Roddis family in the roaring twenties. -- Chapter six: Pursuing happiness in hard times: the Roddis family faces the Depression. Rediscovered designer: Gladys Parker. -- Chapter seven: Wartime production, wartime restriction: the home front. -- Chapter eight: Travel and style: "getting there is half the fun?". Rediscovered designer: Samuel Kass. Rediscovered designer: David E. Gottlieb, "Gothé". -- Chapter nine: What shall we wear in Marshfiedl? Hometown social functions and daily life. -- Chapter ten: Let's go shopping! The quest for good clothes. Rediscovered fashion salon: Roy H. Bjorkman. Rediscovered fashion salon: Ruth McCulloch. -- Chapter eleven: End of an era and looking back: Augusta and dressing up. -- Afterword: American style and spirit |
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| Beschreibung: | "This book is published to accompany the exhibition "American Style and Spirit: 130 Years of Fashions and Lives of an Entrepreneurial Family," to be held at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A., from Nov 5, 2016 to Apr 2, 2017."--Colophon Foreword texts by Valerie Steele, Patricia E. Mooradian and Jeanine Head Miller Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 319 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 1851778896 1-85177-889-6 9781851778898 978-1-85177-889-8 |