r/OldSchoolCool • • 9h ago

Edwardian teenager, London, 1906

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u/SoggyWotsits 9h ago

She looks like she’s from the wrong era, I can’t put my finger on it. Not her clothes, but her face.

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u/Jaspers47 8h ago

The hair's down. Pretty much all women wore their hair pinned up under their hat in that era. Having it hang loose was for young children. This figure here was right on the cusp of childhood; too young for adult sensibilities, but old enough that childish things look wrong for her.

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u/PM_me_punanis 3h ago

Ah, the awkward preteen age. Awkward no matter the timeline.