NEW YORK, July 31. – Flo Ziegfeld has given out his specifications for the 1926 model girl of the chorus.
She will not be a blonde.
She’ll not be so thin as the 1925 girl and she’ll have, therefore, a curve or two, and dimples.
She may be a little taller.
She’ll come from more refined surroundings, and often she’ll be a college girl.
Ziegfeld sees a definite passing of the vogue for being thin. He warns American women they are injuring their health and their beauty by too strenuous efforts to take off just a few more ounces.
“The present epidemic of favor for blondes,” he said, “is largely on paper. The charm of the blonde lies only in the fact that she is a contrasting type.
“Much of the charm of the blonde girl is associated with the stage but in private life it is the Titian type, the red headed girl and the brunette who exercise the most lasting infuence.”
The Alaska Daily Empire, Juneau, AK, July 31, 1926
