Kathy Hall
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but more hairpieces are 'in'
NEW YORK (UPI) — It's said that gentlemen prefer blondes. But ask most women and they'd rather be dark-haired.
If you want to split hairs over this assumption, check in with Jerome Alexander, a wig stylist, who travels the country steadily, talking with women in the stores and appearing on women's television and radio programs.
"The biggest market is for the dark wigs, not the blondes," said Alexander. "It may sound surprising, but the most popular are the black and gray blends and the mixed grays.
"You get outside New York and you find that women want to look their age. I ask them, 'Don't you want to look younger?' And they're not buying wigs for that at all. They'll tell me, 'My husband likes the gray.' Imagine. Settled down to middle age at 35!"
Alexander finds the more mature women buying the full wigs, many because they have hair problems—thinning, even balding. The young girls buy the partial pieces—wiglets, falls, perukes.
Alexander began styling wigs around 1960, with the first impact of wigs as a fashion item and a definite adjunct to a woman's wardrobe. By 1965, he had his own company, specializing in popular-priced wigs of real hair "for the average doll" who couldn't afford the costly $300 and $400 ones.
He's been using oriental hair "because European hair is getting scarcer and scarcer ... European hair tends to mat easily anyway," he said. In turn, hair processors have learned how to strip down oriental hair so that it is less coarse than it was in earlier days.
Now the stylist is about to expand into wig's made from a Japanese synthetic so that they'll be wash and wear.
"They're handmade," said Alexander, "and the hair has a memory. It is impossible to wash the curl out."
Spring fashions lend variety
By LINDA BROWNING
Kansas Staff Writer
The AWS Fashion Board showed Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall women last night that stove pipes are not for old-fashioned cooking, but for high fashion pants wearers.
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The style review, sponsored by the Village Set store in Lawrence gave the women freedom in selecting their spring wardrobe-from lace and ruffles to tailored tunics and blouses in the "man shirt" style.
Pants seem to be the answer
for almost any occasion from going to class, parties, or even for dress. Paula Payne, Prairie Village junior, modeled the sophisticated, yet mod look, the tailored jacket with wide lapels and rows of white lace can give to flair pants.
Every color and material type can be found in slacks this year whether they be traditional, bell bottoms, or stove pipes. Black hopsack sounds pretty severe until you add a dainty chain belt that loops around to finish that hip hugger look, as modeled by Carol Markham, Parsons sophomore.
Who's Whose
Pinnings
Debbie Robertson, Prarie Village junior majoring in elementary education, Alpha Phi, to Roger Nelson, Overland Park senior. majoring in business, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Bonnie Kennedy, Troy, N.Y. senior majoring in retailing at Russell Sage college, to Perry Spague. Mission senior majoring in education.
Susan Bingham, Wichita sophomore majoring in English and education, Alpha Delta Pi, to Tom Plimpton, Kansas City sophomore majoring in accounting and business administration.
Barbara Deetjian, Clay Center junior majoring in occupational therapy, Sigma Kappa, to Russell Bromby, Rosell Park, N.J. senior majoring in commercial art.
Candy Retonde, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore majoring in journalism, to John Schmid, Coffeyville sophomore majoring in business, Alpha Kappa Lambda.
Pam States, Independence, Mo., sophomore majoring in education, to Wayne Kramer, Topeka sophomore majoring in liberal arts.
Judy Hardman, Salina junior majoring in speech pathology, Kappa Kappa Gamma, to Bob Wolhuter, Leawood senior majoring in business, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Beth Pranger, Shawnee Mission sophomore majoring in sociology at Vassar college, to Greg Meredith, Shawnee Mission sophomore majoring in English, Alpha Kappa Lambda.
Carol May, Shawnee Mission junior majoring in civil engineering, Sigma Kappa, to Phil Estes, Shawnee Mission junior majoring in civil engineering, Theta Tau.
Randa Studna, Shawnee Mission freshman majoring in elementary education, to Joel Feder, Kansas City, Mo., junior majoring in zoology, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Pam Fankhouser, Lyons junior, thinks pin stripes makes fashionable slacks and Emily Foster, Concordia junior, likes the orange rayon-acetate blend to look madly popular.
Engagements
Never let it be said KU's young moderns aren't patriotic. According to model Sally Wells, Prairie Village junior, any girl will look her radiant best in red, white and blue. If you can't manage to get these colors all in one pair of slacks, save them for your maxi scarf, and find a crazy way of looping it.
Pam Zwink, Lawrence senior majoring in physical education, Kappa Kappa Gamma, to Ron Holliday, Great Bend senior majoring in political science, Sigma Chi.
Dena Smith, Prairie Village senior revealed that despite a double breasted, very tailored tunic, culottes with big hip pockets can still look feminine when contrasted with a paisley flowered print blouse. Of course, an ascot tie is needed to finish off the outfit.
To be really "springy," model Pat Scott, Topea junior, picked the brightest lemon she could find to dye her butcher-linen pants dress. Her dress was detailed by a unique long white collar, surrounding a scooped neck. Hip pockets and daisy buttons remind her classmates she's still causal.
Dresses are quite alright as long as they have the long pointed collars or a scarf to say, "I'm 1969 fashion." Accenting and shading make all the difference in the world to a young coed who is attracting a beau across campus and scarves can make this world of difference, said moderator Janet Merrick, Prairie Village junior.
Peggy Lehman, Kansas City senior majoring in journalism to Steve Weeks, Bonner Springs senior majoring in geography.
Sally Wells modeled the dress for the daring coed. Dipping low with ruffles in the back and down the neckline, not many guys will miss her multi-colored
The age of deceit has certainly crept into dress. Don't believe Pam Fankhouser when she looks like she has a double waist. Actually, those two belt buckles are imitation.
Paula Myers, Kansas City senior majoring in Botany and journalism, to Allen Winchester, Hutchinson senior majoring in journalism.
flowers on a bright turquoise background. Her culotte skirt takes her from class to boating or tennis without changing.
Versatility is a prized characteristic to KU women on the go. Nancy Witherspoon, Bedrock, Colo., junior modeled a bone dress coat that could double as a rain coat, for coeds who find Daisy Hill a long walk in the rain. Cover the front button with a piece of material and add the details of an overstitched, standup collar and you have class.
Pam Fankhouser
Carol Hoover, Mission junior majoring in Spanish education, Sigma Kappa, to Carleton Gamet, Prairie Village junior majoring in Physics.
The Village Set didn't present anything too radical, and they retained some recent trends of empire waistlines, blazers with slacks, and the bandana print belt for the Western look—all expected this spring on the KU campus.
Shirley Gossett, Overland Park senior majoring in Elementary education, Alpha Delta Pi, to Les Miller, Prairie Village senior majoring in zoology, Alpha KappaLambda.
Barb Oswald, Kansas City senior majoring in elementary education, Alpha Delta Pi, to Fred Vaughan, Kansas City senior majoring in education, Delta Chi.
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