Mrs Ky Borrows Headscarf

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31277, 25 January 1967, Page 2

Mrs Ky Borrows Headscarf

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. Mrs Ky at the airport looked serene and beautiful in spite of the gale that was playing havoc with her high-swept hair and whipping her violet silk ao dai high over the long black satin trousers worn beneath it When she reached a group of Vietnamese students, also in their national dress, their ao dais flying in the wind like so many coloured flags.

Mrs Ky said: “Hello, this wind is so violent ... has anyone a scarf to lend me?” A young agriculture student from the Mekong Delta, Miss Tran Kieu Nga, quickly took off her gold chiffon scarf, and Mrs Ky tied it expertly over her hair. Another Vietnamese science student. Miss Le Thi Ngoc Ha, presented Mrs Ky with a large sheaf of gladioli.

Levellers

Head scarves were great levellers in the morning's boisterous wind at the airport. They were worn by women of all callings, from the wives of officials and diploi «ts to housewife spectators. The more conservative women in the official parties compromised by tying scarves over their hats. Mrs Holyoake, wife of the Prime Minister, wore a silk suit and small hat of smoky lavender, Mid to be Air ViceMarshal Ky’s favourite colour. And what about that scarf that Mrs Ky borrowed? Miss Tran, asked what she would do with the scarf on its return, replied: “Why? Go on wearing it, of course."