WARTIME STYLES
NEW FASHION IN BRITAIN CL'I!LS AUK NOW KAVOU!IKI>) Fashions this year in clothes, colours, hair styles and beauty are to be more feminine (says a London newspaper), as a revolt against last year's .■austerity. Service women have created a demand for glamour in hair styles, clothes and cosmetics in off-duty hours. Senior officers encourage this. Permanent waves will stilt he obtainable at prices ranging from £2 outside London to (igns in the West L'nd. Curls arc favoured, but "casual styles" have replaced the ''sculptured" vogue of a year -ago. Colours will be softer. New colour groups are pink and red from crayon pink, a new pinky-beige, to .sail red. Colour harmonies •in clothes and furnishings for people with limited incomes will be the post-war aim of manufacturers, advised by the British Colour Council.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 6
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135WARTIME STYLES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 6
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