About this episode
This season, we tried something a little different. We tried to learn about wigs, this most important accessory and one of the main contributors to our obsession with period film! Join us a we share what we learned through our research and look at some of our favourite wig moments out the 30! movies we have reviewed so far.
Books and websites mentioned:
Book: "Fashions in Hair: the First Five Thousand Years," by Richard Corson Website:
Curationist: "Hair and Makeup in Ancient Egypt"
YouTube: "The Real Reason People From History Wore Powdered Wigs"
Films mentioned:
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
Belle (Amma Asante, 2013)
Chevalier (Stephen Williams, 2022)
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