THIS YEAR’S FACE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19308, 8 October 1932, Page 11

THIS YEAR’S FACE.

London tells us that we shall have to alter our faces to meet the audacious antics of the new hats (writes a correspondent). Nothing looks worse than last year’s face under this season’s hat. All hats for summer will be closefitting and tilted so that the face is exposed to the trying light of the day and the still more trying scrutiny of old friends. Would you have it said, “She is not what she was,” just because you are wearing a hat that is definitely opposed to what was once considered becoming, with no crown under which to cover and no brim to throw mysteriaous shadows over the face? It will then be nec-

essary to try a change in cosmetics, careful in your make-up.

H.M. the Queen was once a great lover of dove grey for day wear, but she has recently taken to wearing beige instead. She was seen lately driving through St. James’ Park look-

ing particularly handsome in a pinkish beige coat and hat, the coat being adorned with a large collar of beige squirrel fur. I wish some of the greyhaired matrons I know would follow the Queen’s example of wearing these lovely pastel colours instead of the intermediate black (says a writer).A famous designer told me the other day that black should only be worn by very young girls, and I believe he is right.

Now is a good time to look around the house to see how many ornaments can be dispensed with, at least for the summer months. Heavy draperies and other reminders of winter should be cleaned and packed away. Slip covers, in gay colourful patterns, should be provided if the old ones are no longer serviceable. The house will gain in spaciousness, restfulness and charm with the elimination of the superfluous.