HATS ARE BOLDER—MORE AMBITIOUS

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 14, 13 October 1933, Page 48

HATS ARE BOLDER—MORE AMBITIOUS

Show the Back of Your Head to be Smart cee meee ef UST lately I have been having a real orgy in the hat salons, and it seems that these necessary adjuncts to one’s toilette grow bolder and more ambitious each year ‘This season the idea is to make the back of the head as attractive as the front. There are hats with wide, shady brims, hats tiny and trim, tall-crowned hats and hats with shallow crowns. Whatever the style, however, they all tilt forward to show the back of the head, and this entails much time and thought on the eoiffure, for unless the hair is waved or curled, the smart appearance desired cannot be attained. "The marcel that I get to-day Will last until to-morrow; Tis coming costs me half-a-crown, Its going pangs of sorrow. How ably, Science, might you serve, A beauty-loving world, By seeing that each baby girl Was permanently curled." There are people who imagine there is a wide gulf between economy and smartness, but this is not so. It is quite possible to be fashionably and becomingly dressed in clothes that cost very little. There are various ways of accomplishing this that the woman who desires to be well dressed, but who has little money to spend on clothes, must study. To hegin with, if you are stock size, you can buy your clothes ready made. It is better to deal at a good shop and to buy clothes when that shop is having a sale or a special bargain week, or at any time when prices are low. By _ skilful shopping and a study of what is worn and what suits you, always avoiding conspicuous colours and exaggerated styles, wonderful results can be cbtained with the minimum amount of cost. If you are a skilled needlewoman, it 4s even a better plan to make your own elothes and do your own dressmaking. Unless you are very clever with the needle, and have a flair for making eoats and suits, these are best left alone. But you could, with the help of a good pattern, make your own lingerie, blouses, house and summer frocks, and no doubt the sensible girl is already planning her summer wardrobe with a view to combining economy with an attractive appearance.