Becoming Coiffures.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8, 24 August 1907, Page 57

Becoming Coiffures.

HOW DAINTY WOMEN ARE DRESSING THE HAIR. Farewell to the much marcelled coiffure! After a long and flourishing reign the familiar curling tong waved style of hairdressing has joined the ranks of the passe. The head with its nicely and evenly “bent” locks arranged in a series of concentric circles is no longer considered fashionable. On the contrary, it is looked on as quite out of date and belongs to the era of the exaggerated straight front and the trailing street skirt. Hair that has a slight natural wave around the face is perfectly suited to the newest coiffure. It should be arranged in a full pompadour, and if it must be waved by artificial means the best way is to dampen it slightly with a good tonic, give it two or three passes with the comb and pin the hair down carefully in these waves until it has dried. In almost every instance the pompadour will comb out in a soft, fluffy effect, with just the suggestion of a ripple or two around the head. This fringe of hair, which is usually about six or eight inches long, is fastened on a cord, and this cord constitutes the only foundation for the pinning after the hair has been divided on the head in three sections from the crown, one at the back and two at the sides.

which include the front. When the front and sides have been waved according to the fashionable method the back part is tied at the crown with a bit of soft shoe string, forward if for a high coiffure and far back if for a low one. Then the front is combed down over the face and the false pompadour pinned in place with two inch wire hairpins. The ends of the hair are usually twisted slightly and tucked around (hat part of the hair which is tied as a foundation for the coiffure. Women with rather long necks and long faces will find that it will improve their appearance very much if they allow the hair to be full and fluffy behind t’.ie ears. Some women use a false pompadour piece that encircles the head, and then draw their own hair over this very loosely. This is a very easy way out of the difficulty. It is almost impossible Io build up a fashionable coiffure without the aid of putt’s, curls, braids. or foundations. Puffs are the smartest accessory at pre -••nt. and they are worn in many dif furent ways. Perhaps the most popular coiffure now is the one done on the crown of the head with a row of soft puffs reaching across the front in a tiara effect. To do this (he hair should be arranged as previously described, and after the pompadour and back are made full and soft the ends should be wound around the part of the hair that is fastened with a bit of shoe-string. It usually requires about six or eight puffs fo r (he high coiffure, or for (he one where the centre

is the same, but the puffs put on across the back of the head instead of the top. There is a very useful braid accessory, which enjoys quite a vogue at present and is very easily attached. It is just the thing for a low coiffure, which always requires a greater quantity of hair than a medium or high dressing. The front arrangement depends entirely on the face. There are women who have grown tired of exaggerated pompadours, and have relegated them to the ranks ot the passe, along with the Marcel wave. To some faces the low coiffure is more becoming than the high, and though it is by no means as popular as the high dressing it is always in good style. There is a wonderful softening power rolled up in these curls and puffs, which is one reason for their vogue.