The Washington herald., 1922-10-13
CoLors To
Match Coloring

NEW YORK. Oct. l2.-The reIa-
ton of color to beauty Is too well
established to need any argument
here Undoubtedly 1t has been
within your own experience to see
an unobtrusive. even drab young
creature. transformed into a gay
and prtty young butterfly by the
adoption Of a different color
scheme.
saw such a transformation re-
Gently In a friend with copper col
orcd hair, who felt IL her duty. for
some deep-roeted and ridiculous
prejudice. to garb herself in somber
shades that she might kill the col
oring which was hers by nature.
A stroke of good fortune and the
advice of a friend TO put herself
into the hands Of a woman with a
reputation for a fine color sense and
a designer as we'll, led to this par
ticular girls present reputation as
a beauty and one Of the best dressed
women in New York And. as she ad-
mitted herself. the cost of her pres
ent dress Is no more than before the
change: II anything. less, as she had
always paid . fairly good price for
her clothes.
Play Up Your CoiorinE.
Don't play down your coIoring
play II up" was the advice that was
given her. For her street suit
dull green with mode collar was
suggested. For her evening dress
a purple that brought out the gold
in her hair beautifully. A black
with a touch of ivory and gold was
qnODnafad fnr
for an evening wrap a silver and
black brocaded metal goods. lined
in palest yellow velvet and a dark
brown fur collar. The result for
every occasion made this particular
woman stand out from the crowd.
People used to tell me could
look like something IL I would let
a good modiste dress me-" she con-
fided, but you know how We women
are. We all think we know what
We should wear better than any one
else. 1t is foolish when you know
there are women whose life study
has been the particular gown for
the particular type. ! am convinced
now that we have prejudices tha,
are ridiculous, and we need to be
talke out of them
Just as another instance" she
continued, being of a large build.
always fancied I must wear a
tight-ftting tailored suit, believing
was minimizing my height and
girth. At the direction of the
woman who has reformed me ]
adopted the straight line dresses.
and they must be right, judging
from the compliments l get now,
which l never got before. One
discerning male made me happy by
telling me I looked ten years
younger. SO they must be more
youthful"
Complexion Is Keynote.
She disclosed the name Of her
miracle worker as Miss Anna
Scheer. whom I found to be the
dress director general of particu-
larly smart stage and society
women. So asked for a few
good tips on color and lines, as
they apply to beauty.
1 asked her IL in suggesting
colors she got her cue from the
color of the hair.
She answered: mo. 1t is more a
matter Of the complexion than the
hair. 1t is a question Of whether
one has healthy coloring, little COL
oring, or poor coloring. That is what
one has to work from, Green. for
emple, one could not advise for any
but a healthy complexion. Pinks
require a youthfuI ana fresh COM
plexion. Tans and grays and olive
green, which are to be the popular
spring colors. would not go so well
with an anemic or faded skin. A
hard. dead white is not becoming to
any one. Whites should always be
of an ivory tone. and they are good
for any coloring."
For both young and old Miss Scheer
recommends ivory white as being
youthful for the miss and kind to
the older woman. But pinks, yell
lows. baby blues she reserves for the
young person
Lavender is fattering to almost
every type" she added. Particularly
nice for the gray-haired woman.
Touches Of color may be added to 1t,
however. to please the individual need
or fancy"
Table of Types and CoIors.
The following table she recon-
mended for the different types:
Red head - Browns, every shade,
particularly the golden and reddish
browns; black; almost every shade Of
green IL coloring is good: the new
olive spring shade; jade for evening;
fuchsias and purples; tans and grays.
Blonde-Blue. mostly every shade
pink for the young and fresh; no
yellow: lavender and lavender with
touches Of blue, ivory white; black
Brunette-Black; tans and grays:
brown, yellow. lavender. rose and
pink.
Gray hair-Gray Except slate and
battleship grays, which are old col
ors); lavender or purple for even
ing; white. black; no green unless
coloring is fresh; dark purple for
street.
Black and ivory white is becom-
and smart for almost every type of
woman. And, of course, there are
many In between shades that are
popularized for time, and they
must be tried out carefully, always
with an eye to their effect on the
skin and on the eyes. There are
colors- that are extremely dulling
and disastrous in effect. So the
same analytical eye should be
turned on them and IL one is doubt