Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
WAVEOF DARK TRESSES
MAHOGANY THE MoDISH COLOR
FOR THE HAIR.
Ringlets Coming Back - Lines Of the
Fashionable Coiffure-More
Dyeing Than Ever.

From the New York Sun.
Happy. these days. is the woman with a
Iuxuriant head of hair. for not in many
years has the fashiona bic couture been so
elaborate
On the other hand. unlucky Is she of
scanty locks. inasmuch as 1t may cost from
$75 to $10O to supply the deficiency. 1t
happens that just at the very time when
I false hair is urgently In demand 1T has be-
come remarkably scarce. and therefore re-
markably dear. This is especially true OF
the curly or wavy kind. which alone is
wanted for the newer coiffures.
1t is quite impossible, it seems, for even
the most noted hairdressers to predict pre-
cisely what the leading couture for the WIN
ter will be, for the reason that there is
bound to be always more than one style
to the front and also because the New
York fashionable woman is caprtcious ana
to some extent law unto herself. AS Il
leading New York hairdresser remarked
with resigned air:
The Home Of Style.
'In France the hairdressers make the
STYLES and even the smartest women con-
form to them. whereas in New York the
ha;rdressers arrange coiffures at the die
tates of their customers.
'Of course" he admitted, every winter
is sure to bring out some new feature. for
instance. like the upholstered pompadouI,
as we called it, which had an astounding
vogue in all circles. from the kltchen 10
the drawing room inclusive, and the pro.
nounced loop-ovsr-one-eye arrangement.
that came later and took well, though II
made even rehned woman iooh aihios'
like q tough.
"As it happens both of these styles have
been pushed into the background by
newer, prettier. more becoming modiHca-
| .1o,,r vrrht oh 9
and mounted not over stin, hard ron,
but on an airy. fairy support. stlHer. put
hardly heavier, than a network or natural
hair. -
brow. but rolls back naturally. except for
a stray lock or two which are permitted to
curl downward IL the forehead Is very
high The very newest of these pompa-
gives a remarkably chic look to some wo-
men. Other women, though, would better
let it alone
Compromise Couture.
Just now the most up-to-date New York
couture is really a combination of or a
compromise between the low English and
the high French couture. both of which this
year are distinguished by absence of
stiffness and a lot more hair than usual.
Some Americans like the English models,
others favor the French, many try to COM
bine the two by using several switches or
crimping the hair to make it appear twice
as thick as it really is.
Just now young girls affect the low
twisted couture, and some of them just
back from trip abroad are wearing the
English bun-a round wad of hair built out
over cushion of some sort which COM
pletely covers the nape Of the neck, but
without a~nct over it.
| Naturally the French hairdressers here
won't admit for an instant that the bun is
likely to become fashionable, for, say they,
It is becoming to only very young women.
Few women over twenty-five. they add,
look well in a low couture, anyway.
Other hairdressers, not French, get over
this difficulty by explaining that there will
be no unbecoming gap between the bun and
the front hair but that the two will be, con-
nected by soft puffs and oblong jeweled
| pins; Moreover they predict ithat~t the bun
couture will be much in evidence at the
opera this winter because of it's elaboration.
But bun or no bun, it seems to be pretty
generally settled that an elongated couture
covering the back of the head almost from
ear to ear and down to the neck will take
the place. even for evening wear. of the
natty, high model which for many years
has been especially in evidence for full
dress occasions. Even the more conserva-
tive of the French hairdressers now in New
York admit this, at the same time declaring
that moderately high couture may be
adopted without putting ones self in the
ranks of the old fashioned.