Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-03-03

own every day lives and surroundings
are clad in resplendent and to our cas-
ual eyes, amazing and maybe riolcu-
lous garments that have no Dear1ng
or relation whatever to our oally
lives and clothes as we like It ana
wear them. It is our purpose IN
"Stepping Stones" to reveal step py
step, how these mysteries really occur,
as well as what they mean as appneo
to our own clothes, and how we may
use this information to our own ad-
vantage.
After all, fashion is the expression,
in form, of any commodity or vehicle
that conforms to present day living
conditions. In the first category we
list clothes, accessories, cosmetics; IN
the second, examples of modern trans
portation. AS scientific developments
and engineering continue TO progress,
fashions change with them. Thus
clothes, cosmetics and transportation
have all undergone transformation.
Think for a moment of how this ap-
plies in practical experience.
When homes became sufficiently
heated, flannel underwear, quilted pet
ticoats, unattractive hosiery, heaVy
night-gowns-and night-shirts!-went
out. When the era of the horse ana
buggy was replaced by that OF the
automobile, and later the aeropiane
came into being, the style trend IN
women's garments changed with them.
AS modern inventions replace the out
moded method of living, fashions in
clothes, makeup hair arrangement,
change to meet these conditions.
Do you remember the days of the
old fashioned pompadour? How many
of us today have enough hair left
to make one? And if we had, how
long would they last in the speeding
automobile, on a golf course, In an
aeroplane, and how would they look
with a simply tailored suit, a modern
hat. the dresses we wear today, the
newest hair ornaments, or present day
makeup?
1889 HAIR-DO
Yet today there il trend toward
/ the pompadour of other years, only
now the hair is short, and is brushed
up from the forehead and pushed for
ward to form a natural pompadour.
Do YOU remember pictures Of your
mother or grandmother with bangs :!
Today there is once more trend IN
the direction of bangs, yet we must
not forget that they are most be-
coming to high foreheads, and when
worn they must be sleek and smooth,
while the back hair is worn in curls
or a long OBJ. Hair-dos should always
be becoming. Don't adopt one that
NAV, look well on some one else, but
add years to your age, or is not suited
to the shape of your race or your
head. Asw go along in Stepping
Stone", from week to week, we VIII
take each type of head, shape OF face,
and make practical suggestions Tor
hair arrangement, with which you
may experiment, or pass up, as you
please.
Right now we want to make COM
ment about the high hair-do. Some
time ago we were asked whether or
not it was likely to became perman-
ent favorite with women everywhere.
We said "No", and do you know the
reason? Because it is not becoming
to enough women, and no matter how
many photographs we saw of that
treatment of the hair, we felt that
by and large the majority of Amerl-
can women had too much common
sense to be misled into adopting a
style of dressing the hair which def
initely made them look ten years Old
er, simply because few style leaders
to whom it was becoming, had been
induced to wear it because it was new
to most of them.
Wear becoming hair arrangements,
and adapt the latest mode to your own
Individual needs and occupations,
whether social, in the home or on the
street. This applies to clothes, for
women of sense and good judgment
have always done thl, regardless OF
what extreme style trend comes or
goes, and we believe they will contin-
ue to do so, in the majority of cases.
AS we go along, we will try to in.
terpret for you the sensible way OF
adapting the advance style trends,
telling you what they are, and why;
what to look for, what to choose, and
what to disregard.