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Hairstyles and Head-dresses of 1925

Posted October 23rd, 2008 by admin

During 1925 the shingle and close-clipped bobs increased in popularity, each week finding new devotees for the fashion. The average woman, however, considered carefully the matter of being shorn unless she had expert advice and unbiased opinion.

In 1925, because of the many bobs, the line of the coiffure of the unbobbed lay close to the head, but the size of the head, its shape, and the amount of hair were matters that had to be taken into consideration so that a successful and becoming hair arrangement was achieved. The hair was dressed so that the head didn’t appear too large nor too small when compared to the rest of the figure, the balance of the figure being the effect for which women strived.

Because bobbed hair or the shingle effect did not conform agreeably with the dignity of evening clothes, it was quite imperative that the hair be dressed and that the decoration be chosen to exemplify the period expressed in the gown. Medium-long hair was arranged in a long flat roll at the nape of the neck. The line of the hair followed the contour of the head and the long roll, or chignon, gave the effect of the bob. This hair arrangement was adorned with a back band of flat hand-made roses and petals in the various pastel shades. The centers of the roses were finished with tiny glass beads.

Using this same type of hair arrangement, girls with a round face found the tiara-effect head-dress very pleasing. A wide band of silver ribbon was used to make the tiara and it was covered with tiny hand-made flowers of ombre chiffon in rose coloring finished at each ear with a large rose of the chiffon surrounded with gold petals. A strip of elastic was sometimes used across the back under the coil of hair.

Girlish simplicity was displayed in the smart all-around bandeau effect which was especially good for the regulation bob. A typical bandeau consisted of a band of No. 9 gold ribbon with three hand-made, orchid silk flowers and green foliage leaves appliqued across the front. The band could be fastened with a snap under the rose at one side, or a small piece of elastic was used under the flower and the bandeau slipped down over the head.

The extremely popular shingle cut, with a wide, natural-looking wave, was very popular. This effect may be imitated with long hair, by dividing the front and the back hair at the ears, coiling the back portion close to the head high at the back, and then combing the front portion over it, swirling this around and tucking the end in low at one side, as for the French twist.

Typically Parisian and irresistibly smart for formal wear was the swathed maline head-dress, this being equally smart for long and medium-long hair. With the hair arranged in a mass of curls rather high at the back, a strip of brown maline was drawn around the back, swirled across the front, and the ends were tucked under the curls.

Gold lame was used for a head-dress which consists of a 2-inch band studded with rhinestones and finished at each side with a generous-size hand-made poppy, also studded with the brilliants. Plaited cocardes of royal-blue maline finished in the center with tiny pink rose-buds and joined with variegated silver tubing were also used to make an interesting head-dress.

To disguise the poor neck line of a shingle or to hold up the growing locks, the lattice-work head-dress was very effective. Where the green silver tubing crossed, tiny hand-made rosebuds were applied.

Adapted from the Grecian, another style of head-dress consisted of two bands of gold ribbon outlined with narrower silk ribbon in contrasting colors. A variation of this head-dress used a broad strip of gold lame cloth with its center cut out, which was then studded with brilliants.

Brilliant, studded combs, were also used for formal wear on the regulation bob of heavy hair.

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