PARIS HAIR STYLES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20640, 1 February 1937, Page 10

PARIS HAIR STYLES

It is something of a shock to find that dark-haired women still exist. In Paris there is a crop of them and even the in-betweens seem to have a chance there. With an England of blondes and albinos it is easy to forget the charms of dark hair, even while so far it has proved too difficult to alter the eyes to match. It is not that Paris does not do as many things to the hair as England. Hair may be anything but natural. To be natural except in cases of indisputable beauty which both countries appreciate at the same time is red hair. Even so, really redhaired people are asked where they got it done. It has come to this, that whether she needs it or not woman must spend a certain time a week at the hairdresser’s, to be dyed, to be curled, or to be refashioned as far as hair goes. Paris may “perm.” its hair, though in these hard times it is doubtful whether it does this universally even on the instalment system. What actually appears are shops full of curling pins with young women in white overalls to demonstrate them. Also, much Paris hair looks as though it has just been taken out of curling pins and left without more ado. Little lumps of hair surround the brow- -these might represent f he twist of lead that curls the hair. At the back, rows of little sausages—the cippolata kind—represent the old steel curling pin of the landlady. Flat little curls literally swarm all over the back and sides of the head. These look as though they had been set and left there. Nothing is combed out; only the curling pin is extracted. At least it is new and it shows some shape to the head. More than this cannot be said for it.