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Show . ; ! t t s t f ? 4 A A s : ; i 3: f If y 3 n ' ' " ? 'A I t r-"" (. ' It, ! , 'mi! tS" I 7 nil iw?: jr 1 I I .V 1 MISS ANN TAYLOR . . . with black wig MISS ANN TAYLOR . . . with blond wig MISS ANN TAYLOR tt ... with normal hair ek . . Women Flip Their Wigs Over Machine Made Hair Pieces mately four times a year. The reason they are dry-cleaned is to preserve the net. THE CAPS are sized for the wearers head. One nice point is the wig-hair is so thick that wind has less effect on it than upon real hair. If you are curious to see what a natural hair wig looks like, visit the Spotlight on France display dis-play in the Union Building where several human hair wigs are on display. also less expensive than the hand-tied ones because they can be made more rapidly. HAND TIED hair is made of quality hair and more hair. It takes up to two months for a custom craftsman to make this wig. The hair is sewed or tied onto a ventilated cap. For the hand-tied hand-tied wigs, three to four strands of hair are tied to each hole and makes the wig fairly light. THE HUMAN hair comes from Europe and Japan. The Eurpoean hair is better because it is softer, , more lustrious, easier to set and ' in its natural color. The Japanese hair must be treated to change its color; therefore, it is not as fine and is usually used in machine made wigs. The wearer can change the color of her wig by rinsing or tinting, but not bleaching because this injures the cap. Styles can be changed at anytime any-time and the wigs should be cleaned, not washed, approxi- By CONNIE SWANGER Chronicle Society Editor icft; Does she or doesn't she - that is the question? UNLESS YOU see her care-s care-s My lift her curly tresses from .! on top of her head, you will be ' forever guessing whether or not she is wearing her real hair. Ii Wigs and hair pieces have been fashionable during various j eras throughout history. They we worn by both men and women in Egypt in early times on! lor reasons of cleanliness and comfort as well as decoration. They were usually made of unnatural colors or interwoven with gold jewelry. During the second century A. D.( women had wigs of different colors as part of their ordinary wardrobes. Faustins, wife of Marcus Aurelius, is said to have had several hundred. WIGS AGAIN came into style during the Elizabethan times. Queen Elizabeth had a large and varied wardrobe of wigs, and Mary Queen of Scots, wore a wig to her beheading. Class distinctions, especially for men, were indicated by hair styles and wigs. Wigs are again becoming fashionable as everyday more and more women are purchasing purchas-ing them. Why wear a wig? - - WOMEN BUY them because they are going bald, the quality of their hair is so poor they cannot can-not do anything with it, they wish to be in fashion, and wigs have a good utility purpose: when a woman is going out and her hair is a mess she can slip on a wig. Human hair wigs have taken over the synthetic wigs because the quality is extremely superior. super-ior. There are two types of human hu-man hair wigs: machine made and hand-tied natural hair. The machine made wigs are made by sewing hair onto the ventilated cap in layers. They may be dyed, bleached and treated treat-ed to receive color. They are |