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Because the shows we are about to mount are set in the time of extraordinarily large and architectural hairdos, our Wig Supervisor needs frames on which to build the hairpieces. This fell to me so i took some documentary pix to share ( Read more... )

Tonight is Opening Night for Pericles, so it's time for an overview post of the work that came through the Costume Crafts department on this show! This post doesn't include every single item we worked on, but it does cover quite a few ( Read more... )

Part One of this series addressed hairline tracing, wig ventilation, and mocking up a coal-scuttle bonnet.

Part Two dealt with setting the wig and covering the buckram base of the bonnet.

Here's how the whole thing turned out, trimming and styling!

( photos galore! )

Recall my post of a couple weeks back on a joint project between myself and wig maker Jaime Blinn-Bagley on lace-front wig making and 1830s coal-scuttle bonnet construction. Looks like what i thought was going to be a two-part series is going to actually extend to three parts, so here's the long-awaited Part Two.

In case you missed the first post ( Read more... )

There are so many periods in history where hair and wigs are absolutely essential to the general silhouette of the human figure. What're Restoration-era men to do without perukes? How do you have Chancery barristers without barrister wigs? Can you hope to present pre-Revolutionary French royalty without giant white ringlety pompadours full of ( Read more... )

Another of my long-term projects has gotten to a point that it's worth posting a midstream overview: 1830's hats & hairdos ( Read more... )