Wigmakers have long argued that two heads are better than one, but women took some convincing. Human-hair wigs looked like a million, but cost in the hundreds and got dirty, limp and frazzled like the real thing. No sooner was a girl washed, cut and set for the week than it was time to book another appointmentfor her wig. Cheaper, synthetic versions did not require such constant upkeep, but then, neither does straw or barbed wirewhich they closely resembled. Finally came a new blend of modacrylic fibersthat looked like hair, felt like hair, but...
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