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Wigs differ in cost, quality and by how much care they'll need based on hair type. Do you want a wig with synthetic or real human hair? Both can be matched to your own hair color and styled to your individual taste.
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Wigs are available in hi-tech synthetic fibers or 100% Remy human hair, and come in a wide variety of styles, colours and sizes. Synthetic wigs are natural-looking, lightweight and easy to maintain. 100% Remy human hair is unstripped hair with the cuticle intact and is the best quality available in human hair.
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Wigs come in all styles and colors. A wig made of real hair could cost between $800 and $3,000, or more, and it requires more care than you give your own hair.
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Women's wigs developed in a somewhat different way. They were worn from the 18th century onwards - although at first only surreptitiously - and full wigs in the 19th and early 20th century were not fashionable. They were often worn by old ladies who had lost their hair. In the film Mr. Skeffington (1944), when Bette Davis has to wear a wig after a bout of diphtheria, it is a moment of pathos and a symbol of her frailty.
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West Bridgewater, MA (PRWEB) September 20, 2007 — Celebrity hair collections by Naomi Sims, Beverly Johnson, and Star Jones are already featured at one of today’s largest online stores for trendy, fashionable wigs and hair extensions, WigShop.com. Today the company announced its newest celebrity hair collection with the addition of Brandy’s clip-in and weave hair extensions made with Pro-10 Natural Protein Hair.
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With wigs becoming virtually obligatory garb for men of virtually any significant social rank, wigmakers gained considerable prestige. A wigmakers' guild was established in France in 1665, a development soon copied elsewhere in Europe. Their job was a skilled one as 17th century wigs were extraordinarily elaborate, covering the back and shoulders and flowing down the chest; not surprisingly, they were ... extremely heavy and often uncomfortable to wear. Such wigs were expensive to produce. The best examples were made from natural human hair. The hair of horses and goats was often used as a cheaper alternative.
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