STYLE IN FASHION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 January 1941, Page 8

STYLE IN FASHION

VIEWS OF NOTED DESIGNER'S DAUGHTER. That elusive thing called "style" that even* woman desires to achieve is analysed by Gogo Schiaparelli, the Amer-ican-born daughter of the famous dress designer. whose name is known to fashion-conscious women all over the world. Style is the mastery of technique in personal appearance and makeup according to Gogo Schiaparelli, who. although she is only young, has had unusual opportunities to study style, and just what gives certain women that extra elegance that makes them dominant.

She declares that, once a woman develops style, no matter how indifferent her looks are. she always has an advantage over tho woman who thinks her looks are enough to carry her through.

Tills daughter of a famous dressmaker thinks that it is better to choose clothes that enhance personal distinction. even at the sacrifice of flattery,

than it is to make unsatisfactory attempts to be pretty, and wear becoming but nondescript apparel. Your personality will be emphasised more in simple clothes, but the simpler they are the better they have to be in cut. make and quality of material, since the lack of detail puts design and fabric severely on their own.

Frocks of Classic Simplicity

Though she could have an almost tin- I limited wardrobe. Gogo has only a few) carefully selected clothes, most of I which are classic in their simplicity. Ifj is preferable in her mind to have* one : good suit or dress, and wear it on mostl occasions, than to have a number of! cheaper models and appear in different outfits. Have your costume for a stylised impression. but always avoid too close a match, is her advice. Accessories give style to simple clothes. She herself has unusual accessories.! including an ancient dirk, one worn! by a Scotch clansman, and a jewelled! mouse for her lapel. A row of gold. iyiarianne buttons gives the interest to I a plain navy suit she wears. Style Shows in Every Way. The way you walk into a room, rise from a chair, pull on gloves, or lean on! ’ a mantel can command attention if! : there is style in the way you do it.l Style shows in every way you make gestures, stand, sit. or walk, she says. 1 But it demands a technique that has ! foundation of good posture, erectness, and perfect control of the body, and > whatever personal style you can add in! grace and timing. This is how she in-j ‘ terprets style in terms of personal , appearance.

Another kind of technique is needed for style in make-up. It calls for skill in the choosing of right colours and art in application to give interest to your face without enforcing attention to it. She gives many helpful hints in regard to make-up. and says that a girl whose appearance suggests the word “style’ when she enters a room will neither wear a pointed look nor make-up colours that fight for supremacy with her clothes. Mastering the technique of make-up means knowing how to put it on a clear skin, and using restraint in the effects you create.

Hints for Expert Make-up.

These are some of the hints she gives: For precision in out-lining the lips, use a brush, a match stick, or your little finger; always remove "lipstick mouth” before applying a fresh coat: frequently repair lite corners of your mouth where the colour spreads in tiny spikes, mid blot off excess ml every time you use lipstick, as nothing looks so amateurish as rouge stains on the teeth, Nothing defeats hair style more than a rigid set. stiff as a statue’s, or a ■ hairdo" that makes you look the same ns everyone else. She advocates an individual coiffure and defines hair as having style when it is becoming to you. when it has some relationship ■to the present fashion, and when it looks a-; though it grew that way, Try sitting in. front of a mirror and arranging your hair in every possible manner until you find something ‘.hat seem; right for you. like a designer works out ideas m cloth on a dremmaker form. If you cannot manage your hair yourself tel! your idea to a hairdresser., and while he Works it out Watch cure-j fully, so that you can COj>y it t"i daily grooming If you want to carry mil ymir idea with, a -!.- skill -he siigm '■ that ?. i;e<.' several aids to h.ordres-ing on; hand H |( -h :i .. p;..Je gadgets to duph-i rate the hairdres.-er's curls, long wire rnlht <m which m wind your hair w your head, and wax to control those| little luurs on the temjfio. As all otlicrs who know the secret of a perfectly iurneri-out figutx , l she -I st-s th-- importance of a*l«-ri!ion '■ -■( every d. ’.nii. A carefully built up etfectl can be sji,>dt entirely if '-nr little Ihitit’l r out of : >ne or olaci- It is always ■ worthwhile :•< take that extra bl! ■ trouble ’., e>i-,:re cvery'himt m;m ii< - Nail-polish stick, and rouge must | always tone m wifi: trie main cohrur ofi yrntr ensemble Never wear a fuchsia-! 11 d ami hope that mu! ; jlish which! bi- v., -riii-rfu’ •/ : ’it ;:r blaG I fr ■< k -wHI bo passable with IHu'-j ■ \ t ' 1 ■ ( j | : ’ fab: e tiiat > , , s : • mb’ \ <-;>• •( f’«- ‘,L<* li-ir'i i ' «.-•!’ n'*’*;? - '". <”■ ” Your ■ ’ ‘ H : ■...'’ X ' • mXm'u '. - - -. . ,- . ■ ■■ -.. Rich