Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-31
FASHIONS IN HAIRDRESSING.
TiIE NEW SIYLhS.

A few years ago so little interest wa
manifested by ladies in the arrangement
of their hair that the hairdressers fearet
their occupation well nigh gone, and tn
art itself seemed booked for place OF
the shelves of the past But Just her
Dame Fashion happily came to the res
cue, and in her usual peremptory wal
| instituted new order OF couture, the out
come Of which is that we now see gloss,
plaits, graceful coils and twists, and thu
tlniiest and most Coquettish OF bangs
| taking the place OF the careless backkno
and simple fringe which once suf1iced 10,
all.
And the styles are becoming almost as
varied as the faces they crown and adorn
That there are so many styles from
which lady may choose is of infinite
benefit to those who care to make the
most of their attractions, for assuredly
one way OF dressing the hair can not be
becoming alike to all casts of features.
A couture which may give indie.
scribable charm to an oval face, will
detract from the good looks OF one whose
features are cast in large and broader
mold for this reason both the high and
low couture are and will continue in
style.
To some the high couture is particularly
becoming, and by these it will continue
to he worn, with such changes as may
be introduced from time to time.
But the low couture seems to have
achieved the happy medium OF meeting
the requirements OF the majority of ladies,
and is by far the most fashionable. In
fact one sees ten heads dressed in the
latter to one in the former style. 1t is also
more comfortable and is adapted to both
day and evening wear.
The low couture consists OF brails and
twists arranged to fall low enough to just
escape the collar and is then brought to
the crown OF the head, and presents
tidy and most graceful appearance.
This simple mode ornamented with
shell combs or pins is equally suited for
home or street, and for full dress ocCa-
sions when adorned with ieweled pins,
feathers, aigrettes, or flowers, becomes
an exceedingly stylish headress. Just
now flowers, suggestive of the fair spring
season, are much worn in the hair,
although some still affect bows of ribbon
but for the evening, flowers are by all
odds the most beautiful and for young
ladies nothing more appropriate can be
selected.
Both the high and low couture are
in high favor in Paris and London, and
are more elaborate than the American
styles. Partisan modes, by which the
no longer lead, and our ladies find their
more quiet tastes better suited by those
designed by competent artists in their
midst.
Fashionable bonnets can only be worn
to advantage with front piece, and the
back couture reaching to the nape OF
the neck, the bonnet or tongue being sup
ported with shell comb or other orna-
ment placed in the top of the hair.
The styles in front pieces or bangs
are more numerous than ever, and fore
heads, whether broad, high, narrow or
square, may be fitted with q suitable
shape, or the natural hair banged in a
most becoming way. A coquettish wavy
bang, with just suspicion of a parting
on one side, is much favored by merry
young maidens, as it sets off pair OF
rougish eyes to perfection.
Very young ladies wear the front hair
in curled bang, and back either waved
over the shoulders, or braided loosely
with bow ofribbon just below the crown
of the head and another at the end. For
the "buds" the hair is mostly waved with
small curling tongs on the outside, at
the sides and top, and then combed
together at the back OF the head, twisted
in figure eight and placed lengthwise.
The ornaments for this couture are two
or three shell pins.
The color of hair still remains an item
of fashion, and ladies who few years
ago held up their hands in horror at the
bare mention of hair-dye, now have their
locks transformed from one color to
another with complancy, if not sang
froid.
Blonde or golden hair is always intense
ly admired, and continues to be the
popular color, those not blessed with
the sunny tint finding no difficulty in
obtaining the desired shade by means OF
that remarkable mixture, the golden hair
wash.
1t was thought that the red brown, or
as it is STYLED in London, the bronze
brown, introduced by the charming Patti
would prove a fashionable craze, but
ladies' do not find it o particularly be-
coming color, and very few have submit
ted their tresses to that change.
White and gray hair is as popular as
ever with elderly ladies, and many ex-
qnisite heads of gray hair are constantly
seen, which dressed in one of the late
styles give an unnistakable dignity to
the wearer. Ladies whose hair is Just
beginning to turn, and is gray in streaks,
cover their iron touched locks with bangs
and braids of beautiful silver gray
which greatly improve their appearance.
Hair nets, in cap shape, are still much
used and are to be recommended to all
who wish to keep their waves or curl in
shape, particularly in damp or breezy
weather.
The mode of the season, just out, is the
Couture Artistic, which promises to be.
come a favorite. Its arrangement is
somewhat similar to the couture 80 much
worn during the winter, but has some
pleasing variations which are in every
way acceptable.
For evening wear, the Couture artistic
may be ornamented with an aigrette, with
flowers or fancy pins. For home anc
street it is dressed smaller, and finished
with simple shell pins.
Ladies who from choice or necessit,
are often their own hairdressers, will
find the snbjoined directions of service:
Wave the hair at the temples and back
of the ears to the neck with small curling
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