wigmaker
Creates false locks
A wigmaker is a person who makes wigs—hairpieces worn to cover baldness, for fashion, or as part of professional attire.
The trade was essential in the 17th and 18th centuries when elaborate wigs were standard for European aristocracy and professionals.
Today wigmakers serve theatrical productions, cancer patients, and legal systems where barristers still wear traditional wigs.
Supplying fresh air
- knottingForming fixed interlacements
- hand-tiedSecured manually with knots
- hackleErectile neck feathers
- weftCrosswise loom threads
monofilament · cap · netting · fitting · measuring · styling · shears · toupee
Artificial hair covering
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- RococoLavishly ornamented decorative style
court · barrister · judicial · colonial · Enlightenment · 18th-century · queue · ceremonial
Professional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- workshopPlace for making or learning
bespoke · handcrafted · trade · atelier · commission · patron · craft · skill
Clothing for portrayal
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- dresserBedroom storage furniture
- transformationThorough change in form
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
makeup · opera · kabuki · drag · film · television · Broadway · production
ventilating
Supplying fresh air
- knottingForming fixed interlacements
- hand-tiedSecured manually with knots
- hackleErectile neck feathers
weft · monofilament · cap · netting · fitting · measuring · styling · shears · toupee · hairpiece
peruke
Artificial hair covering
Rococo · court · barrister · judicial · colonial · Enlightenment · 18th-century · queue · ceremonial · regiment
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
workshop · bespoke · handcrafted · trade · atelier · commission · patron · craft · skill · tradition
costume
Clothing for portrayal
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- dresserBedroom storage furniture
- transformationThorough change in form
prosthetics · makeup · opera · kabuki · drag · film · television · Broadway · production · stage
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
tress · curl · strand · color-matching · texture · luster · weft · extension · blend · fiber
- artisan craftshandmade goods, fine jewelry, artisan crafts, handcrafted furniture, watchmaking
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- colonial tradesblacksmith, carpenter, cooper, cobbler, silversmith
- craftsmenblacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, mason, weaver
- theater peopleactors, actor, directors, actresses, actress
- Colonial WilliamsburgColonial Williamsburg, Capitol Building, living history, period costumes, blacksmith
wigmakerbarber
Professional who trims locks
hair cutter · electrologist · hairdresser · waxer · depilator