HAIRDRESSING MODES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19838, 7 January 1928, Page 6 (Supplement)

HAIRDRESSING MODES.

AN ALTERNATIVE CHOICE. "Is the shingle in the balance !" "Are elegant womeu beginning to let their hair grow V' These questions have been asked again and again in tbe.last few months, borne women have relerred to the fact of several American girls having "long" hair again. The answer to the momentous mindsearcnings is: "ifou can absolutely please yoursell." If you are a Slav type, with creamy pallor, "wild wet strawberry mouth," and tragic eyes, by ail means grow your hair and wear it very severely dressed, and in a big coil in the neck. You will thus save a great deal of your pin-monev which would otherwise go to the hairdresser.

Or if you are a Latin, Madonna type, then part your hair, sweep it away from your face, and again have the nape knot. If, however, you have a neat, prettilyshaped head and like your shingle, wHy should you let it grow and have a. bun somewhere spoiling the contour of your head ? A leading Parisian hairdresser (who is incidentally a sculptor as well, and who has attained world-wide fame by his understanding of hairdressing styles) advises his clients against growing their hair unless they lead what he calls the "salon" life, and are prepared to dress accordingly. He contends that a chignon, whatever form it may take, is unsnited to the clothes demanded by outdoor activities to-day. The mere thought of a "Madonna" coiffure with a short pleated skirt is a thing to shudder at. Long hair must bo always dressed in an artistic fashion, and demands artistic gowns. He laments that very lew women (long-haired or otherwise) know what an artistic gown is. "Arty," yes; artistic, no. Heavy earrings, crude jewellery, "courageous" colours, and dejected draperies are no more in keeping with an artistic coiffure than with a shingle. Ho is enthusiastic about long hair when it is simply but exquisitely arranged on the right head, on the right figure, in tho right clothes, and in tho right surroundings. He also points out that a chignon can give balance to a head with too prominent a nose and will piake a long neck an asset instead of a drawback. Ho is firmly convinced —and he has very great influence —that short hair will remain in favour indefinitely. It is, above

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all, youthful-looking. It lends itself to more variations in dressing than long hair and can be more easily groomed. It certainly entails regular expenditure on cutting and waving, but there is no doubt that money spent on the care of her person enhances a woman in her own estimation.