The World of Fashion.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 21, 20 November 1912, Page 69

The World of Fashion.

By

MARGUERITE.

Fashions in Summer Hairdressing.

f LL the tendencies of the moment ■ I are towards greater simplicity A in hairdressing, and towards, if anything, a greater accentuation of the low-dressing. At Ascot, at the Horse-Show, and at the most fashionable

garden-parties in London the dressing adopted by the debutante gave one the impression that having shaken down her hair and brushed it, she had folded it in around her shapely heart. The effect was more chic than really pretty, but as it is a decided reaction against the bunches of curls which had really been carried to ridiculous lengths, one felt inclined to welcome it. There is no doubt that we will have this fashion with us for day wear throughout the summer, and this gives us ample reason for paying particular care to keep the hair in good condition, as no amount of brilliantine will make unhealtliv hair

look, healthy if it is not really in good condition. The woman of thirty or over is wearing her hair dressed low, but not with the same simplicity as the young girl. The front of the head is left free to show its shape, and the smooth waved hair either parted in the front or at the side, or dressed plainly with a fringe accentuates the piquancy of small features, and when the hair is properly massed at the back of the head gives its most favourable setting to classical features. Untidiness is escaped by the skilful use of slides and combs of various descriptions, which hold the. hair which is drawn over the ears in its place. The quaint baek-combs which had a certain vogue about sixteen or eighteen years ago when the hair was turned back in a sort of side roll before being carried to the top of the head, are now in fashion again. The difference in their use is that they arc made with longer teeth,

and with a rounder curve, as when used with the low-dressing they have to hold a greater mass of hair in place. For evening wear the new dressings are quite simple. Waved hair swathed or foldi'il in closely to the head, depending on its wave and the eoinbs for its dressing, is the popular style. Some of the new headdresses, consisting of a broad baud of velvet or silk with a high side aigrette, are put on before the hair is dressed at all : they are put right over the head, the hair drawn through them, and tucked in at the side. The effect is simple and eharming. To Acquire Pretty Hair. Pretty hair may be any colour. There is not the same craze during the last season, or two for fair or bronze hair, but there has been a groat reaction in favour of bringing out the tints of the particular kind of hair one happens to have. Brown hair—-light, dark, and what is known as mid-brown—has come

into its own again, and provided it is well kept is considered just as pretty and attractive. To bling natural lights in the hair, the hair itself must be jn good condition, and this is only achieved by taking an intelligent interest in such simple matters as shampooing and the use of tonics. All shampoos and all tonics are not equally good for all kinds of hair, and one must distinguish carefully between dry hair, hair with a tendency to oil. and hair which is actually oily, when using either shampoos or dressings. The liat shown on this page is a particularly simple model, intended for a young girl's wear. Graceful in shape, its sole trimming is a large ribbon bow and bunch of eherrics, the latter giving the necessary touch of vivid colour. Black and white, mixed in the most complex manner, i.- certainly much

favoured by French women, and next to that, navy blue in some silken material, with a good deal of duh white on the corsage. Morning shirts are quite smart when in two colours of lawn, a white lawn chemisette with a border of yellow on Ute plisse frills, one in white and blue, or white and pink, just which colours are needed most for the eoat and skirt with which the shirt is -worn; and the handkerchief should be chosen to match. Wings are much worn on big hats when aigrettes are not. and when the costume altogether is simple., and the more wildly they spread out, the smarter they look. The fussy skirt is not gaining ground, and as far as one can see, no matter how 7 much draped the skirts may become, they w ill l>e so narrow ami so soft and flimsy that the silhouette will not be thickened in the very least. The result of these draperies is quite charming, as soft clinging draperies arc becoming to most people and certainly they are more graceful from <wery point of view than the tight, undraped bkiits of last season.