PATCHES IN VOGUE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 129, 2 June 1937, Page 16

PATCHES IN VOGUE

FLOWERS ON FACES

"Patches" are now on view in London beauty salons in much more attractive guise than the old ones of black velvet (states an exchange). By the way, beauty specialists nowadays do not recommend velvet patches, for powder clings to the soft surface, and unless the patch is cleverly applied, it i%apt to curl at the edges. Some lovely ones seen were in black and brown satin for day wear, in the shape of hearts, diamonds, clubs, crowns, crescent moons, and lucky charms. But it is for evening wear that the most attractive are to be introduced.

Suggestions include those for the blonde with blue eyes—a tiny, vivid, blue forget-me-not; for the brunette, a tiny scarlet poppy, which emphasises the of her rouge, lipstick, and nail Varnish.

Patches first made their appearance in the 17th century, and so popular did they become that a "language of patches" was invented. Some of them were elaborate affairs, and one lady of fashion caused a mild sensation by wearing on her left shoulder a coach, coachman, horses, and postillions.

More beauty news from Bond Street confirms the rumours already emanating from famous Paris dressmakers, to t" ' effect that "backs" are to give way in importance to the beauty of shoulders and bust—another swingback to days gone by. It is predicted that within the next 12 months feminine curves will return. The flat, boyish figure will be quite "demode," and women will emulate the exquisite shoulders and sloping busts of the lovelies of the Empire period.

Sir James Parr has taken a house at Richmond. He will stay six months in England investigating activities of in-t,taeg^to-Ife«.gealan4»;-' ; "