Early 20's Style and Later 20's Style: Aunt Mildred.

This is one of my great-nanny's older sisters, Mildred Hailie Cyrus, who was born in 1903 and married Rudy Watson around 1929. The first photograph shows her in about 1927 in a mid-1920's knee-length dress with pleated skirt. The second, taken earlier in about 1923, shows her in an early 20's ankle-lenghth, silk gown with a drop waist.

The change in her dress and hair are very interesting to me. I find that she even looks younger and more vibrant in the later photograph. This is a perfect example of the transition between early 1920's fashion and the very different styles that came into vouge by the end of the 20's. In a way it illustrates the progressive nature of the decade itself.