I was looking through the latest Anthropologie catalog . . . which is always a glimpse into a favorite store of one of my girls . . . when I was stopped short . . .
what about that hairstyle?
The same model kept showing up . . . and I had to go find an old familiar photo to see . . .
I'm sure her hair loosend up a bit after a few hours . . . circa 1954.
Who would have thought she'd fit in here?
My mom is wearing braids that are wrapped around her head . . .
Can you tell by how I said that, just what I've thought of it?
Looking at her now, I see more.
She is beautiful!
And . . . sigh . . . when I was little
I took her thick braid which she had cut off by that time
(keeping it in a special place)
and held it against my ear . . . trying to imagine long hair like that.
It's a photo of my vanity - even as a five year old -
only in my memory.
Who would have thought she'd fit in here?
My mom is wearing braids that are wrapped around her head . . .
Can you tell by how I said that, just what I've thought of it?
Looking at her now, I see more.
She is beautiful!
And . . . sigh . . . when I was little
I took her thick braid which she had cut off by that time
(keeping it in a special place)
and held it against my ear . . . trying to imagine long hair like that.
It's a photo of my vanity - even as a five year old -
only in my memory.
10 comments:
Good Morning Anneliese.
My grandmother had similar braids wrapped around her head. They hung low to her waist when she was combing them and I loved watching her put her hair together in minutes. That was your mom...and the other one looks just like your Kari....
That's fun! Your mom is beautiful!
My aunt had such long hair - she could sit on it. I remember her drying it outside in the breeze. I loved watching her brush it. She wore it in a low French bun.
Your mom is a beauty.
Then, women did their own hair and I think they knew instinctively what suited them best. Simply beautiful.
Sharon
How fun is that!?
Do you have the braid? I have two of my grandmother's. She died when I was ten...I loved her so much. Having those means the world to me. Sweet picture of your mom.
OH I love this post. Braids are such a rage right now. I could never do a proper braid in my hair because it is too fine. I always admire thick braids. You are right...you mom is beautiful. It would be lovely to see that hair with a few wisps loose after a busy day.
Who would have thought...that your mom's long-ago hair-do would show up on today's fashion pages? Yes, she was beautiful.
Everything that goes around comes around doesn't it? So neat that you had the picture to prove it! :-)
I found this so interesting, in that upstairs in our attic is my mother's hope chest, and in it is a one of her long pigtails from when she wore her hair like your mother. I remember holding it up to me and wondering the same as you. I could not believe you wrote that.
My daugther's store favorite is Anthropologie too, but I did not see that picture. What a great post! It is true, what goes around, does come around.
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