Beauty Specialist’s News Of The Latest Overseas Fashions

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 1, 22 February 1950, Page 3

Beauty Specialist’s News Of The Latest Overseas Fashions

Many Whakatane people, especially women, will remember Miss Beatrice O’Malley, the well known beauty consultant who visited the town last year and brought to the district the latest fashion and beauty hints from overseas experts. Miss O’Malley, who is consultant for a well known beauty firm, has arrived in this country again from Australia and is a walking advertisement for the type of things now in vogue across the Tasman. A summary of her fashion notes for this year:— Skirt length: Distance from the ground should equal one-fifth of the wearer’s height. Hats: Small and head-hugging, with feathers the favourite trim. Coats: More than ever like tents, many," without buttons. Suits: Slim in line, with detachable panels for dressy occasions. Jewellery: Pearls in ropes and all colours—chandelier earrings. Paris spotlight: Red hats are popular: black and green are favourite colours for day clothes. When Miss O’Malley was in Melbourne a city milliner had just returned from Paris with a new idea in the veiled hat-line. It was designed for the women who love to wear veils, but who have difficulty when they want to drink a cup of tea, powder their faces or smoke a cigarette. Of just below shoulderlength, the veil hangs from satincovered rings which are attached to a satin-covered frame on the edge of the hat brim. The rings move freely and enable the veil to be drawn to one side like a curtain. The same milliner also brought back the “glitter” veil idea and said that jewelled hats flashing with mirrors were popular for evening wear. Nearly 60 per cent of the population of the United States is urban, the American Municipal Association reports. Approximately 85,000,000 Americans live in 10,000 urban communities.