FRINGES AND CURLS

Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 25

FRINGES AND CURLS

THE HAIR SITUATION Everyone, except the determinedly close-cropped, seems to be growing hair just now, and soon the Erasmus coiffure will belong to the aged almost as much as the high fringe or the bandeau. The turn of the high fringe indeed seems to be coining round again, and an Alexandra hair fashion adorns the heads of the younger members of society. Instead of hair pushed forward on the checks,, or treated in a wind-swept fashion, there is a long fringe in front which is curled to give a' little cockatoo crest over the forehead. The back sides meanwhile are brushed up and back and gathered into tight curls upon the top of which is perched or slanted the hat. This coiffure, which looks and is rather elaborate, is increasing at a rate only excelled by scarlet gloves. It is to be recommended chiefly for those who have a good deal of time. _ For, while virtue lay formerly in brevity of hairdressing —a mere comb through the hair and a shake —it has now to be elaborate and careful, and many of the little curls need extraneous aid really to look their best. Another method of hairdressing is to cover the head with little rings of hair, as though coins were overlapping each other. The nape of the neck becomes important, and curls are not allowed to curl without including that sensitive spot. The hair is usually curled flatly on to the nape of the neck, so that there is no bristly effect and no betrayal there that the hair docs not do all its own curling. Dark hair is said to bo coming in again. So far it lias not shown much. Instead, a slightly reddish or bronzed turn is lent to light brown hair which is calculated to make it interesting instead of merely general.