Wigging out : fake hair that made real history
Glasscock, Jessica2023
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'Wigging Out' is a stunning visual journey through the fascinating history of wigs and hairpieces, covering thousands of years of hair worn by everyone from Cleopatra and Louis XIV to Naomi Campbell and Lady Gaga. Starting in ancient Egypt and ending on the red carpet of the Met Gala, it features capsule fashion histories set alongside spectacular images of real and synthetic wigs worn by everyone from Roman emperors and nineteenth-century Gibson Girls to twenty-first-century drag queens and London street punks.
Main title:
Wigging out : fake hair that made real history / Jessica Glasscock.
Author:
Glasscock, Jessica, author
Imprint:
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal, 2023.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780762481477 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
391.5
Language:
English
BRN:
2595940