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human hair (expensive!) or goat's hair (slightly cheaper). The finest quality hair came straight from the heads of young women who grew tresses waist length or longer. White hair, for formal wigs, was the most prized—understandably so since few teenaged girls turned gray while their hair was still in prime condition. Brown or auburn hair was also fine for wigs but flaming red was socially unacceptable. It certainly must have been tough on carrot tops in those days.
Style-conscious dandies, concerned with their outfits matching just so, powdered their white wigs blue or green to go with their formal attire on really big occasipns. We could almost see the wheels turning in little heads as the boys assessed how this old time fad would go over at home.
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