Evening star., 1943-03-31

task. It is work for an expert stylist
who can create coiffure which fiat
ters the lines OF the face and suits
the personality of the wearer. How
ever, the most becoming hairdresses
for longer tresses offer compro-
mise between the glamour girl"
style and the upswept. The sides OF
the hair are cut and brought up to
give a high effect on the sides,
trinity sculptured look. The front
of the hair may be done in bangs or
soft curls or even in pompadour.
The back of the hair is done in soft
curls, in a loose roll or even in a
pageboy effect with the hair turned
under and spread loosely across the
shoulders. This latter was a style
affected by Ginger Rogers in that
film, "Once Upon a Honeymoon, if
you remember. and it's most fetch
ing arrangement if it can be kept
in order at all times.
The chief difficulty in wearing
long hair Is that it looks so straggly
unless 1t is always kept perfectly
combed. Whereas you can get away
with running a comb through short
hair, or create your upswept and be
sure that it will stay in place for
hours, you must be constantly on
the watch to see that every strand
Of the longer hair-do is in place.
This of course. has been the reason
for It's disappearance in these busy
days.
If the hair is long enough. it can
be brought up on the sides and
worn in a soft knot at the nape Of
the neck. This has been another
popular style of late, with 'phony"
chignons giving the effect of long
hair to those who really have quite
short tresses. 1t is a very feminine,
becoming style that's easy to ar
range and keep. If the hair is not
too long it can be worn upswept for
daytime and brought down in soft
| back curls for more dresSy occa-
sions. A couple of weeks ago we
talked about convertible coiffure"
| dressed so that it can be worn both
ways with equal success. This idea,
worked out by a Washington hair
stylist, might solve the problem both
for the writer Of the letter and his
wife. She could have her short. up-
swept hair during the day-and re-
arrange it into long, softly curled
style before he arrived home from
| work.
Seriously, however, the writer
| might cast an eye at the picture on
/ hive
style and the models hair is Just
about shoulder length. Note that
she wears it in sculptured rolls at the
side and another roll to give height
in the front. The back is still an
other soft roll, sleek, yet loose
enough to show off lovely hair and
label it definitely long"
The best idea, we think. is to get
the advice of an expert stylist who
can always do more by studying
hair, facial contours and general
type than we can do from this dis
tance. Margaretta Byers, who wrote
Designing Women puts down
these rules for flattering the face,
which you might keep in mind when
experimenting with hair styles at
home:
l. Hair at the sides of the face
Widens it.
2. Bangs and dips on the forehead
shorten the face.
3. Dips on a level with the eye
narrow the face at the eyeline.
4. A central part lengthens the
face and accents the nose.
5. Never draw the hair down
diagonally from center part or you
will look old-ladyish. Always lift
it from the temples.
6. Drawing the hair down diago-
nally from side part gives a harsh,
unbecoming line to any face.
7. Hard, set waves are not fiat
tering to any one.
8. Large or heavy features need
loose waves with no curls.
g. Thin faces need soft, fluffy
coiffures.