2nd Edition

Historical Wig Styling: Victorian to the Present

By Allison Lowery Copyright 2020
350 Pages 1060 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

350 Pages 1060 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

350 Pages 1060 Color & 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Historical Wig Styling: Victorian to the Present, 2nd edition, is a guide to creating beautiful, historically accurate hairstyles for theatrical productions and events. This volume covers hairstyles from the Victorian era through the contemporary styles of today. Chapters begin with an overview of historic figures and styles that influenced the look of each period, followed by... Read more

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction to Wig Styling Techniques 

Chapter 2. Early Victorian Era (1835-1860)  

Chapter 3. Mid-/Late Victorian (1860-1885)

Chapter 4. The Gay Nineties (1885-1901)

Chapter 5. Edwardian Era/Gibson Girl (1901-1910)

Chapter 6. The Teens (1911-1920) 

Chapter 7. The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 

Chapter 8. The 1930s (1930-1939)

Chapter 9. The 1940s (1940-1949)

Chapter 10. The 1950s (1950-1959) 

Chapter 11. The 1960s (1960-1969) 

Chapter 12. The 1970s (1970-1979)

Chapter 13. The 1980s to the Present 

Chapter 14. Non-Western Hairstyling 

Appendix 1—Glossary of Hairstyling and Makeup Terms  

Appendix 2—List of Historical Films and Television Shows Set in Each Era 

Appendix 3—List of Wig and Hair Suppliers

Index

Biography

Allison Lowery is the Wig/Hair and Makeup Supervisor at South Coast Repertory Theatre. Previously, she was the Wig and Makeup Specialist at the University of Texas. She has created wigs and makeup for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, American Players Theatre, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and many others.