
Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Made Real History, an interview with Jessica Glasscock, pt. 1
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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Dress listeners, the show is coming in hot from Paris today by way of the Mark Hony transatlantic telegraph. In 1914, hairdressers of Paris are adopting a novel scheme for popularizing the latest fashion freak, namely colored wigs. 400 mannequins selected from those employed by the leading couturiers are to be provided with color wigs within which to appear at falls and music hall resorts of mama and other rendezvous of gay. Only the wealthy will be able to afford a fresh wig for every fresh gown in quote.
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