I didn't actually realize she ever had my EXACT hairstyle

[cimorene]

My aunt just unearthed this delightful portrait of my Great-Grandma Sylvia, my personal style icon. She emigrated from England to Canada alone at 18 and became a flapper and private nurse, where she met my great-grandfather, a Russian Jew who made a large fortune in opium and fur smuggling after fleeing the Russian Revolution; he courted her heavily before she agreed to go out with him (she divorced him a few years later, upon discovering - I think - that he was a cheater/asshole, and raised my grandfather mostly alone in NYC). My wonder-killing grandfather (ie, not the Libertarian one) is the adorable tot in the sailor suit. I have her hair!

Comments

[bluesbell]

That is a really great hairstyle. :)

My grandma had jazz hair too. She was actually kicked out of school because of it.

[cimorene]

Wow. Kicked out of school... unbelievable!

[fizzyblogic]

She sounds most excellent and fabulous :)