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Snowy Locks Are Chic
Worn with Grecian Gowns in Well-Dressed Places
By Joanna Slade
Smart, Sophisticated Madam Thirty-Five has discovered the charm of white hair, and some of the most attractive heads in London are crowned with snowy locks. Nowadays Society women go white "in a single night," like the people described in Byron's poem-"The Prisoner of Chillon."
But not
women in London Society owe half their beauty to their snowy locks.
When I had the honour of meet- ing the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, at a lunch party, I was struck with the beauty of her white hair, and the Dowager Countess of Airlie's snowy locks look most at- ¡tractivé under the picturesque Gainsborough hats which suit her so well.
Greek Revival Coming. On the Fashion horizon I sea signs and portents which 'presage the revival of one of the loveliest periods of dress-the Greek period.
with "sudden fears" 36.ƒÐ¶ÐμÅœ | Q | || | || | || | || There would be far more cause for alarm if one's looks were obliged to take the course of Nature, regard- less of its effect on the appear ance!
Women wisely decline to go through the pepper and salt stage if I do not mean that we shall all it is unbecoming, and the chic wander about in Himatla chitons friend who was black or brown and what nots," like the Greek
the who graced marble yesterday may turn up to-day with ladies
benches of their wonderful theatres, snowy locks,
but I do think that the fashion of the future will be inspired by Greek lines of beauty.
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When the hair begins to turn, the modern woman has it skilfully dyed till such time as she elects to go white. When her hair has pass- ed the unbecoming stage she wears A transformation till the dyed locks out, then suddenly appears
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A great many people associate dress with the scanty Greek draperies tactfully disposed on as a matter of fact statues, but, these statues all represented god-
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desses who were presumably above As a matter of fact, some of the clothes considerations! snowlest locks in London do not The Tanagra statuettes and grow on their wearer's heads, and paintings on vases' represented con- Society women have to thank their temporary dress, and students can hairdressers for the compliments judge from them how beautiful it they receive on their coiffure! must have been.
Dreas was an important matter in Greece. You may be sure that the clothes of a Greek Cæsar'a wife were above suspicion as well as her morala!
ple rectangles of material from an inspiration for artista of all ages. be if modern What fun it would laundresses pleated our night- dresses like that
The Greek influence is making itself felt in evening clothes al- ready, and I was not surprised when a Society woman told me that she
was off to the British Museum to get a design for her new evening frock,
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The terra cotta statuettes and vases which are so splendidly repre- sented there, are a valuable inspira- tion.
The cowl neck which seems to us quite modern is really adapted from the Greek chiton, which was caught up on the shoulders with Abula brooches, and drap ed itself in folds on the breast.
These brooches, by the by, were quite dangerous weapons, and came in handy for stabbing your enemies. Society women are sponsoring the Greek cult with fervour, and it seems most appropriate that the Greek line should appeal to A generation which makes a fetish of physical fitness.
An Evening Wrap.
I have seen several versions of an interesting evening wrap ob viously inspired by the Greek Himatia, a toga-like garment which was the ordinary out-door garb for Greek ladies. Made in the fortn of a sleeveless coat, one end of the cape scarf drapery is flung over the shoulder in classic folds.
In some cases the lower section of the coat part is swathed round the figure, caught up at the back under the scarf drapery, or left to hang in uneven ends.
This lovely type of wrap shows bow the best features in Greek dress can be adapted to modern clothes. The lovely dresses worn by some of the nymphs on Greek friezes are being copied by Society girls.
Modern Persephones..
Long, full-skirted dresses of diaphanous material, girdled at the
| ・ A well-made postiche covers many an ugly head of hair, and though Paris has invented lacquered and gilded wigs, which appeal to women of eccentric taste, the English hair- dresser can turn out a postiche Laundresses knew their busi-waist and completed with a floating ness in those days, judg scarf, make slender-limbed young ing from the exquisite pleat- girls look like the attendants of ed affects which converted sim Persephone.
which looks exactly like one's own hair, better than anyone.
Some of the best looking older
Often they are made of flowered material, and this Summer we shall see society girls dancing in dresses like the figures in Botticelli's Spring Song." This type of dress is of course only suitable for the young and slim.
Draped dresses of the Greek type are becoming to every type of figure, and a tall woman of statuesque type would look wonderful in a frock of heavy white crepe marocain, draped under one arm and caught together. on the opposite shoulder. The folds on the shoulder should be fastened with a brooch, and the waist can be girdled with gold to match.
Fashionable Yellow. Yellow Saffron, as the Greeks called it-which was a favourite shade with Roman and Greek ladies, is now extremely fashionable, and if you Intoud to sponsor the Greek mode in the evening. I should advise you to choose yellow or white for your dress,
Colffures and Sandals. The coiffure is extremely import-
By George Studdy
ant when wearing a frock of Greek inspiration!
The close-curled' coiffure which I have illustrated in my sketch looks well with Greek dress, though, of course, Greek women wore their hair long, and bound up with a golden fillet at the back."
This coiffure by a famous head of Apollo, is equally correct with modern nats which show half the head, so that It is practical as well as up-to-date.
Sandals of Greek type will be worn on bare feet by the woman who sponsors the Greek fashion, provided that her toes will stand the test! Beautifully pedicured toes, exquisitely polished to look like shells, will be disclosed by the new sandala..
which is inspired
The young girl who has been sensibly shed all her Hfe has beau The modern society woman tiful feet as a rule-feet which get herself & high stand- would, emerge triumphant from ard of perfection where the the Greek sandal test.
of her fest grooming
in
have If your toes
suffered I concerned, and spends as much time should advise you to wear satin. on having her feet attended to as shoes. of the Cothurne type laced up her, hands.
the leg with satin ribbont.
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