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Dorothy
and Eric Espeland, with mother Laura. This was probably taken
in Newport, where they lived when the stint in the Sudan was over.
One
thing I remember about my Grandmother Laura was her love of hats
and of fashion. In the photo, she is wearing a cloche hat.
"In the early 1920s, hats had deep crowns and medium-to-large
brims, but in 1923, brims began disappearing and hats became helmet-like.
These hats, or cloches, were quite popular even though they were
unattractive on anyone but the very young and the extremely pretty.
Matrons and plump women with a sense of style stuck with brimmed
hats, which were more in balance with their features and considerably
more flattering. Though in a spring, 1924 issue of Vogue would pose
the question, "Is the cloche dead?" they were the latest
fad for most of the 1920s, finally easing out of fashion around
1930."
Click 
to see an ad for equivalent fashions and prices in the 1920s in
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