THE HARLEQUIN COIFFURE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18950, 23 February 1925, Page 13

THE HARLEQUIN COIFFURE.

In Paris the very latest, way of cutting the "bob" or "shingle" makes the hair from a distance appear like a harlequin's cap. It is worn absolutely close to tho head, very straight, and brushed so smooth that it looks as though it had been waxed. Across the forehead there is a thick, straight fringe, and the hair is cut in a curve at either, side, covering the cars arid jutting out below them in points. From these ear-points there is a straight cut round the back of tho head. Gradually tho waved shingle is being ousted. For the moment waving is out of .fashion ; the most that can be accepted is a stiff curl in front of the ear. The present-day hats aro largely responsible for the continued success of short hair. It is almost impossible to g'jt. a cabriolet or jam-pot shape to look "correct" if there is any long hair at the back. Some sirls who have hesitated about cutting off their beautiful locks have adopted the plan of tucking away tho hair into the big crown of the hat. High-Crowned, narrow-brimmed hats are also responsible for the "shingle' displacing the "bob." The smartest Paris hats are at their best when no hair whatever shows at cither back or front—just a close-cut point, or flat curl at the sides, and nothing more. A popular Paris hairdresser is making a specialty of a "widow's peak on tho forehead, tho hair brushed back and cut close to tho head at the back. If a woman does not possess a natural "peak," by shaving and plucking ho' produces one for her in a short time.