FEMININITY TRIUMPHANT.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18635, 2 August 1930, Page 13

FEMININITY TRIUMPHANT.

Speaking to a recently returned traveller who has spent some years in England—mostly in London—out chat naturally drifted on to the ever-inter-esting topic of women’s fads and fancies. One movement in the right direction I was told is that Englishwomen are refusing to dye their hair. Hairdressers, so far from being alarmed, are encouraging women in this sensible move. “Everywhere,” my friend told me, “one sees hundreds and hundreds of women with beautiful white hair. Silken and soft, gleaming like silver, these shingled locks of the older set are quite the envy of the younger set.” Long hair has not come back with the longer dresses, but the Eton bob and the masculine modes are definitely “out.” “Figures,” too, are becoming popular and the flat-chested “girlboy” is now at out of date as the “improver” her grandmother used to wear. Another good thing: the longer skirts and the more feminine figure are compelling the thoughts of Miss 1930 to revert to the sadly neglected cult of deportment. Long skirts have to. be gracefully managed, the easy lounging attitudes and leg-shows of yester-year look really comic now, and must be abandoned. Society girls at Home are paying to take a mannequin course to learn not only what to wear, but—what is even more important—how to wear it. If you are fluffy and petite, you are not allowed to wear clothes that are unsuitable for your type. The tailor-made maiden is not permitted frills and foamy, frothy evening gowns, and so on.