QUEEN ELIZABETH CHANGES HER COIFFURE

Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 16

QUEEN ELIZABETH CHANGES HER COIFFURE

Queen Elizabeth has changed her style of coiffure. Her recent portraits show that the fringe, which had been a notable feature, had been taken in short curls to each of the centre parting. M, Boudon, who has dressed her hair since she was a child, was consulted. The curls are now sufficiently long to be included in a wave which sweeps down from the parting and merges into the waves which extend to the neck, where, for evening wear, her Majesty has a low cluster of curls. The curls are dressed a little higher in the daytime. His Majesty the King’s favourite flower is the carnation. From the Royal nurseries at Frogmore choice carnations are sent each day to Buckingham Palace. In the daytime his Majesty wears a dark red bloom, of which Frogmore supplies a number of lovely varieties. For evening wear the white carnation is supreme. Her Majesty receives a daily supply of the sweet and stately flower from the same hot-houses, with the result that in the decoration of the Palace she is enabled to display her favoured pastel shades. It is not surprising, therefore, that The Herald reported recently (April 29) the great and growing popularity of the carnation in England. The sales represent £500,000 a year with 300 varieties, and the aim is now to produce a blue carnation.