The Washington herald., 1914-05-05
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DRESSING The HAIR
New Coifures May Be Adapted to
Suit All Faces and Ages-Stnkins
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For headdress as for a great many of
our style inspirations, we must look to
France Certainly, the French woman
reigns queen Of the art of headdress. II
is true that her American sister has
shown Considerable individuality and
charm in arranging her tresses, for the
French headdress has not always set on
effectively the rudy, athletic face Of the
American girl, and consequently she was
driven to display initiative, at times very
effectively. However, the French styles
this season are not confined to one par
ticular mode. and therefore may be made
universally becoming.
For Different Types.
Hair looped upon the neck. upon the
back of the head or on the top is equally
modish. A coiffure very appropriate for
a girl with an oval face and black,
glossy hair is one in which the hair.
brushed straight back from the fore
head, is pulled low on the neck beneath
q wide Spanish comb. A stunning con-
trast to this severity may be furnished
for evening occasions by the ornament,
large and almost sudden in it's effect.
From q head of drawback tresses may
spring in the back a spray of high
aigrettes. held in place around the head
by modest encircling band. The woman
with gray hair may set 1t on by a
garland of mauve orchids and tulle 4
daring creation for the younger woman
is a panache of white ostrich waving two
feet or more IN the air and attached to a
foundation Of dull gold lace.
High Coinure.
The hign coifrure is very much on the
lines Of the hairdressing in vogue in the
early eighteenth century, and therefore
the pictures of the fair ladies of those
days are being eagerly searched for
suggestions that can be modified for
present-day usage. One mode that has
been recently copied with great success
is that Of the headdress favored by Mile.
de Fontanges, the favorite of Louis XIV
Her picture shows her with smoothly
brushed tresses bound rather closely 10
her head and encircled with a tiny
wreath of roses, while in the very center
Of the front are arranged four upright
loops of transparent material, stifIly
wired into position. This style is now
being reproduced exactly so that we get
the small floral or jeweled circlet CEN
tered by loops OF colored tulle to match
the rest of the toilet.
Another novel headdress, also suggested
by an old picture. is closely fitted cap
of black tulle, held in place by a narrow
band OF black velvet, while the rest of
the material is gathered up toward the
back OF the head, bound round with a
velvet or jeweled band. and the surplus
arranged in a huge butterfly bow, a re-
markably effective form OF headgear for
those whom this rather trying style hap
pens to suit.
superstitious dislike to peacock's feath-
ers so prevalent over here, for one Of
the latest and most popular hair orna-
ments produced in Paris is composed Of
an inch-wide band of vivid blue velvet
sprinkled with blue, green and paste
jewels that holds in place two long pea
cocks feathers the eyes and the Quills
of which are studded with diamonds.
At present, as everybody knows. the
startling novelty of the season in she
French shops is the coIored wig. The
shades of the new fabrics are no more
varied However. as yet few American
women have adopted this mode.