by Anastasia on January 5, 2010
WHAT IS IT ABOUT BRAIDS and sisterhood that makes them such divine companions? The fantastic how-to book Beautiful Braids was a longtime staple in my childhood, but somehow I never really mastered the tricky task of braiding my own hair in the mirror. (When I’m home sometimes my mom still does it!) Maybe the secret of sisters with fabulous braids is that they do it for each other? After getting a tip on the braid-heavy photo above from Pam at Retro Renovation, I started thinking about my favorite plaited ladies from The Sister Project. Here’s what I found: [click to continue…]
by Anastasia on March 31, 2009
THIS INCREDIBLE PHOTO was kindly sent to us by reader Elizabeth Edwardsen as an addition to our recent “We Match” photo gallery. The young lady in the floral jumper to the right is her mother. I love seeing the family resemblance in these siblings’ faces; it’s almost enchanting. Send your matching photos to claimingsisterhood [at] gmail [dot] com.
by Anastasia on February 25, 2009
ALL OF US AT TSP were quite enamored with the initial story (or lack thereof) of mysterious twin sisters Maurine and Noreene, found on Flickr but unidentified beyond their first names and spunky sense of fashion. The photos belong to Roz Lebowitz, a New York City artist and collector who purchased the series of found images, depicting twin sisters clad in matching outfits throughout the ages (from the 1940s to the 90s). The Sister Project wanted to do our part to chase down the mystery of who these women were. And after Margaret Roach’s initial post on The Sister Project homepage, “Whose Twin Sisters are These?” we were delighted to receive a response from an amateur genealogist, Kevin, who had dug up a high school yearbook photo of Maurine and Noreene, along with other tidbits about their life and deaths. Even though the mystery was “solved,” we still couldn’t stop mulling those sisters over in our minds. The story sent TSP’s Marion Roach recalling a winding path she’d been down, pondering her own genealogy and redhead roots. For me, it’s all about the clothes: I can’t seem to push those matching outfits out of my own thoughts. [click to continue…]
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