Fashion in Hair Dressing.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 11, 17 March 1909, Page 58

Fashion in Hair Dressing.

Perhaps no fashions are so important nowadays as the fashion of the coiffure for evening. As a matter of fact, however, the best dressed French women rarely pulf out their hair to an exaggerated size nowadays, except when the wearing of a huge hat requires the wonderful

erection of waves and curls and postiches. PLAITS AND LOOPS TO SUPERSEDE CURLS. To part the hair in the middle is just now the fancy of the Parisienne, the waves being brought well down over the face, while the hair is turned abruptly back at the sides over two cunningly inserted side-pads. The novelty of the

The knell of summer has sounded, and our own wardrobes need replenishment. Demand creates supply, and the shop, windows are so temptingly arrayed thaf, spoilt with choice, it is difficult to decide what not to buy ot the various fascinations. Shall the new tussores go unsung? Assuredly they deserve a very special commendation. They are of a thicker and sturdier weaving than those for. warm weather wear, and are be fashionable all through the winter, suggesting for the tailor-made suit a happy, choice, as well as for the cover-all coat and the. wrap of three-quarter length that is always so necessary in the autumn of the year. ( ; , ,

moment '« to raise the hair higher on jhe left side than on the right, thus giving to the face the eame piquant appea’ranee, wlucli is likewise induced by the tip-tilted hat. Curls are still worn, but they are less in evidence than the thick loops and rolls of hair which have once more come to the fore, and which give some opportunity to the girl who is abundantly provided with hair to turn Bier heavy looks to good advantage, while dhe thick plait or corona round the lead has been restored to favour, and—• natural or artificial —is worn with enthusiasm by many women. When this plait is not adopted, however, the newest idea of treatment with regard to a coiffure which is parted in the centre is that of encircling the whole head with a wide black velvet ribbon tied in a flat bow on either side, and supplemented on the left with a single rose in shot green and silver or rose and silver tissue. STRINGS OF PEARLS ROPED TOGETHER. The circlet of ribbon comes low down on the hair, almost to the nape of the neck, and just above the parting in the front, and makes a very becoming frame to the face, especially where a fair-lmired woman is concerned. Not a few girls nowadays twine three or four strings of pearls, roped together, through their coils of hair with a single white camellia planted just above the left ear, while little bunches of tarnished silver cobnuts linked together with a plait of tarnished silver ribbon are likewise in evidence as a coiffure decoration; and another scheme in which women are indulging at present is that which suggests the old “ Cornin’ through the rye ” arrangement of poppies and corn. This forms a thick wreath, which is planted among

the waves of hair, and is sometimes twined with a soft cornflower blue ribbon tied in a large bow on one side; while another, and perhaps the most successful, of all schemes, is the Russian crown of deep filet, which provides the basis of so many successful coiffures RUSSIAN CROWNS OF MINUTE BLOSSOMS. iAs a matter of fact, the Russian crown arrangement has had no rival this year, und whether it is carried out in metal studded with tiny mock stones or is entirely composed of latticework of palegreen flower stems, with a minute blossom or rosebud punctuating each intersecting point, it is one of the prettiest and most becoming decorations of the day, being equally adapted to the classical style of dress as to that of a more ordinary type. The hair is simply coiled behind it in huge loops, and is dressed softly and with a charmingly unstudied effect at the sides. Another arrangement is the handkerchief shaped filet in a lattice of gold cord, which lies flat on the top of the head, as shown in the sketch, being bordered with a row of huge mock pearls, which also appear on the band which confines it to back of the head. Butterflies have likewise sprung into special favour, and there are bands of black jet on which occurs a flight of graduated gauze butterflies encrusted with glittering mock rubies and diamonds, the smallest of which appear in the front and the largest on either side, or a single jet butterfly adorns each side of the velvet cirelet in place of the bow. Crowns of oak and beech leaves, burnt to fiery autumn shades, are often worn with white or pale coloured gowns, and give the wearer the suggestion of some

woodland nymph. Another fascinating addition to the coiffure is a tiny scrap of some rare old lace bune.hed together in the form of a rosette, and caught down with a minute wreath of satin ros>>buds in altenrnate shades of old gold, pink, and mauve.

The high-waisted skirt is an absolute necessity where smartness is aimed at. This model is. prettily buttoned down the left side of the front, and decorated with the übiquitous Directoire sash. The closely-fitting, tiered sleeves arc put into the armhole with no fulness whatever, and the bodice is simply crossed in front, so that no difficulty is presented in the making of this original frock. Any gracefully-hanging material is suitable.