Natural Hair Favoured By Swiss Hairdresser

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29803, 21 April 1962, Page 2

Natural Hair Favoured By Swiss Hairdresser

Women should try to preserve the naturalness of their hair “because the hair of women is quite beautiful enough as it is,” according to a Continental hairdresser, Mr Artur Weisser, of Zurich.

On arrival in Christchurch yesterday to begin the first of several short-term appointments with Beath and Company during a twoyear visit to the Dominion, Mr Weisser expressed some opinions on hair fashion trends in New Zealand and overseas.

Having dressed both men’s and women's hair for 15 years in Switzerland, he was interested to observe the difference in hair styles current jn New Zealand, said Mr Weissen.

Although he had spent only five weeks in New Zealand, he had seen styles that were ‘‘not too bad,” although the predominance of “do-it-yourself hair cutting and permiilg was rather obvious among many women. However, the most unfortunate aspect for the hairdresser .keen to experiment with new styles was the short hair of New Zealand women. With many of the new season's coiffures longer hair was needed to achieve any artistic effect.

Mr Weisser cited the new. tall “Egyptian look," created in Italy as a result of the Hollywood film “Cleopatra.” Spring fashion forecasts predicted a special popularity for that style, he said. “But the hair of many women here is a title too short, especially a>t the back This would be a handicap to having some of these new styles done. It is more a midlength growth that is needed —not really long hair." The “over-frizzy perm” seemed popular in New Zealand. said Mr Weisser. ' He thought artificial hair-waving should be done more softly and lightly. However, he had seen "some very nice" hair styles on girls and women since his arrival

Mentioning the new emphasis on hair dyeing and the increased use of special lacquers. Mr Weisser said that although he had had no real opportunity to consider the quality of such goods available in New Zealand, he

thought women could use both more sparingly. ‘‘Hair dyes I do think are good to give a little bit more life to a woman’s hair, but I don't believe so much should be used that it makes a great change to her appearance.

“Surely, if the hair is completely changed in colour, so should the eyes, the skin, the make-up and everything —perhaps even the manners. And that is, of course, impossible,” he added Although many women adopted dyes to enhance their appearance, it was odd that most men disagreed that an improvement was achieved. Moreover, when advised to keep their hair natural, most women were “quite pleased to take this suggestion." he said.