THE "SHINGLING" DISPUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 14

THE "SHINGLING" DISPUTE.

- Shingling causes premature grey hair. Shingling has no effect i whatever on the colour of the hair, except that it- exposes the shade near the roots, which is not always so evident when the hair is long it makes poor hair stronger and thicker. Such are the Contradictory statements we are asked to believefor barbers, like doctors, agree that they must disagree about the newest fashion of wearing the hair. ':

t When the shingled head first came into prominence about six months ago, women were warned by those in whom the sense of "line" is developed that only those with good or classical features should •venture ' upon such a hair-cut.* But a woman's estimate of her own features is by no means necessarily that of her friends or enemies, so a good many "fell for" the new mode who are now bitterly regretting it. But to return to the point at issue. Many hairdressers in London, disregarding their own profits, are warning their clients that shingling usually means grey hair in a year or so. This prophecy does not frighten everybody off, however, for nowadays there is a mode for grey hair, just as there is for blonde or brunette, and. sometimes a woman will look more youthful with boyishly cut silvery locks than she does with the more orthodox long hair, even* this has retained its colour. The trouble is-that hairdressers cannot always.' tell" beforehand whether the shingled bob will or will not be successful. Generally speaking, if a girl is young and in vigorous health she will suffer no ill effects from it. On the contrary, her hair will be stimulated. Some women consult then- doctors before making the final decision. • v-

Straight hair does not look so welt shingled as wavy hair does, so most hairdressers suggest a permanent wave as well as the bobbing.