The Archive · 1923

CHANGEABLE COIFFURES

The Small Head Demanded by Mode Each one of us has a head and hair—more or less hair. And, being supplied with these attributes indispensable to human existence, we h uch one of us learned, We aS seven years, it. Those long moments devoted 4 night to the reful brushing of our tresses s delicious as the time spent What one of us has not ery morning the bathtub, in passed whole half-hours carefully drawing the little brush with its tortoise-shell back over the Jength of were taught, r will always ap year shining and soft." And we eved it. But strange things are happening—nowed: it seems that one must do quite dif fervently in order to achieve this softness and grace, and create a harmonious setting for the face.

The manners of an epoch and its modes are directly related in our day, outdoor sports and the motor have influenced—the coiffure by simplify ing it. ver the coiffure adopted for ud tennis should net be identical with that worn for brilliant afternoon and—evening fest The. toilette of the Parisienne, unlike that of the American woman, is always suited to the exigencies of the mo ment. for never would she wear for the afternoon the same frock she intends for the evening. Why should she not do the same with her hair?

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