THE LATEST HEADLINES

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 17 (Supplement)

THE LATEST HEADLINES

Hats and Hair Must Be in Tune

Until a few years ago, buying a hat was a simple matter of elimination. You knew whether you wanted a sports hat or a dressy one, you had a vague idea about colour—and then you just tried on every hat in the shop. Your chances of looking well in any of them were just as good at the next woman’s. Certainly your coiffure played no part in determining your choice. The differences in hats then were purely fashion notes, and your only guide as to whether yorj could wear one or the other was your confidence in your jauntiness and regularity of features.

And then along came the revolution in hair. Today there’s no one style affected by all smart women. So that the old try-on-every-thing method no longer works. Well, don’t let that depress you. Don’t be bullied into trying on a little model obviously designed for another woman’s coiffure. She’ll look just as bad in your hat as you will in hers, if that’s any consolation. But more important, your hat is there, if you just know how to look for it. Here are the four most popular types of coiffures with their accompanying hat styles. Your new hat can be as classic in style or as cockeyed as you like . . . but, for symmetry of line and pleasing harmony with your hair-style, it ought to follow these general groupings

Short Bob If you wear your hair cut short so that only half of the ear shows, a small hat is most becoming'. Because your head line is trim and your hair is back from your face, you can wear those wonderful little things that tilt forward. Or you can push the short ends of your hair forward for softness around your cheeks and wear an off-the-face hat. So we suggest for flattery this little turban-like hat that is nearly all veiling.

Up-In-Front Down-at-Back

If you wear your hair up in the front apd down at the back, you will look best in a hat with a brim. ’ The brim can turn iup or down, It can be very wide or quite narrow. And the crown of your hat should be small so that it won’t come down too far over the naked ears. Whatever the size of your hat, wear it fairly straight on your head, not tilted too far forward or pushed right back from your face. If it’s worn at too much of a forward angle, it exaggerates the long,, unbroken line of your hair at tho back. If you wear it right off your face, you haven’t either hair or hat This large-brimmed Baku straw hat will

Up-Halr

If you wear your hair up, there is a resemblance of line in your hair to the short bob, and again the small hat tipped forward in front will look best. You must remember, though, that your hats should never cover the back of your head or you will look as though you have been scalped. For this very reason you can go to extremes and wear exaggerated hats. This very small bumper sailor with a high crown is a prize example of that.

Long Bob A long, loose boh frames your face so you can wear hats with or without brims. But don’t try to wear a tiny tilted hat or your locks will look like a shaggy mane. A small hat may look very well on you, but it must cover more of your head to balance the more abundant head below. You, too, can have the choice of a more severe chic or a flattering softness, as is shown in the classic swagger felt illustrated. It needs the softness of hair worn low and full at the back.

(Auckland), Miss D. Hartley (Tauranga), Miss H. Hartley (Tauranga), Miss B. Godfrey, Miss M. Low, Miss M. Cassin (Hastings), Miss P. Gassin (Wellington), Miss F. Schneebeli (Tauranga), Mrs W. Laurent (Auckland), Mrs Fair (Auckland), Mrs Bradley (Hamilton), Mrs Takerai (Tauranga), Mrs Mann (Tauranga), Mr V. Laurent, Mr E. Godfrey, Mr G. Gassin (Auckland), Mr F. Cassin (Tuakau), Mr B. Costello (Wellington), Mr H. Laurent (Ohaupo), Mr and Mrs J. L. Gassin (Taradale), Mr and Mrs F. Stark (Auckland), Mr and Mrs E. M. Laurent (Auckland), Miss Doris Stark (Auckland), Mr W. J. Laurent (Otorohanga), Mr and Mrs J. M. Laurent (Auckland). Mr and Mrs J. Wilson (Auckland), Mr and Mrs A. Laurent (Auckland), Mr and Mrs Morrison (Auckland), Mr J. Heke (Tauranga), Mr and Mrs W. R. Edwards, Mr and Mrs B. Fama, Mr and Mrs J. Mahoney (Pukekohe), Mr E. Fouhey (Wellington), Mr B. M. Kessell (Hastings), Mr H. Gashman (Edgecumbe), Mr and Mrs Reese (Te Awamutu), Mr and Mrs Scheuber (llawera), Mr and Mrs V. Boulton, Mr and Mrs Brett (Hamilton), Mr and Mrs J. Campbell (Eltham), Mr and Mrs A. Kerris (Auckland), Mr and Mrs R. Lovell (Tauranga), Mr and Mrs Cubis, Rev. Father J. Eccleston (Tauranga), Rev. Father Sheely ('Cambridgej. EDGE—EASTWELL A quiet wedding was solemnised in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Claudelands, on Saturday, September 16, when Joan, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Eastwell, Frankton, was married to Clifford, youngest son of Mrs Edge and the late Mr Edge, Cambridge, the officiating minister being the Rev. H. G. Gilbert. The bride, who entered the church with her father, wore a tailored grey costume, with furs, and a teal felt hat. She carried a bouquet of cream freesias and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaid, Miss Edith Eastwell, sister of the bride, wore a brown tailored costume and amber gold felt hat. She carried a bouquet of golden freesias and maidenhair fern. Mr Frank Edge, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr and Mrs C. Edge later left for Auckland.