“LIBERTY CUT”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 June 1942, Page 6

“LIBERTY CUT”

NEW HAIR STYLE FOR BRITISH WOMEN. Fifty thousand hairdressers are the latest recruits lo Britain's war drive. Each of them has received detailed instructions about the “Liberty Cut, ’ the new haircut for women. The “Liberty Cut” saves hairpins and clips, not to mention time. When done by machine it uses less electricity, and it saves the wearer’s money by reducing the number of visits which she i normally pays to her hairdresser. Incidentally, it wards off the danger of typhus from. lice. The new haircut induces a natural wave. The hair is cut completely short around the crown and tapered to three or four inches all round the head. Some styles can go to six inches, and, if the nape of the neck is untidy, it can be shingled. No cutting is required al the neck if the hair grows in an upward movement. The crown is flat or slightly waved, with curls round the sides and the back. Those are dressed in an upward direction, leaving the hair line exposed. The hair is quickly dressed and easier to brush and keep clean. It requires re-tapering only once every three months and can be re-set at home. And it is not a “standard'’ haircut —it can be varied to suit the individual requirements of every woman. The minimum charge for the cut is about 3s 6d. Britain’s women's services, A.T.S., W.A.A.F.’s and W.R.N.S., like the “Liberty Cut,” and it is hoped that it will be generally adopted by them. It goes well with Service caps. Factory girls in many parts of the country are being encouraged by demonstrations and lectures to take it up.