A PROTEST-WHY SHOULD WE WEAR OUR HAIR LOW?

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 9, 4 March 1893, Page 214

A PROTEST-WHY SHOULD WE WEAR OUR HAIR LOW?

To the Lady Editor.—Fashion says the hair is coming down, but it is not quite down yet, according to an English paper, and whether it will come right down and rest on the collar is for our lady friends to decide. We can make a stand against it if we like, and why not do so ? It is a dirty fashion, and makes the collars of our dresses in such a mess. There is a natural grease, as everyone knows, in the hair, and this comes out on to our collars, and looks so dirty. It is a trying fashion, too, and not one woman in a dozen looks well with the hair low. I have already heard it remarked that Miss So-and-so does not look nearly so nice as she did. This remark was made by a gentleman, who knew there was a difference in the young lady’s appearance but couldn’t see what caused it. We are terrible slaves to fashion, and it is a pity we cannot wear our hair in the mode most becoming to us. I noticed in The Graphic last week that the hair was still worn fairly high, so why the girls are rushing to wear it low I know not.—Dolly. [Alas, I fear protests are of no avail. There are many recent plates from Home, showing the descent of the very becoming top arrangement of the hair. The knot or plait is gradually falling, till, no doubt, we shall, as you say, be again condemned to grease our collars, and incur extra laundry bills. All we women, like sheep, will go astray in this respect, and blindly follow a stupid fashion. But it is not quite low yet.—Lady Editor.]