Stories
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How wigs help children handle hair loss
For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.
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‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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The catharsis of cringe
Watching cringe comedy can be therapeutic. Find out why some of us are drawn to the build-up of stress in shows like ‘Frasier’ and ‘The Office’.
Catalogue
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Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: Octr. 15. 1761Reference: 3310001i- Books
Introducing Max Factor Cinema Collection wigs : like nothing you've ever worn! / General Wig, a Revlon company.
Date: 1990
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Women wearing four different styles of fashionable wigs. Coloured etching.
Reference: 31911i
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Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
Date: 1 May 1875Reference: 31446i
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Various wigs and wig accessories for women, left; two patterns of wigs for men, right. Engraving by R. Bénard.
Date: [1762]Reference: 29209i