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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Made Real History, an interview with Jessica Glasscock, pt. 2

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of this week's episodes about wigs, Jessica Glasscock joins us again to speak about the market for human hair in the 19th century, some of the celebrity hairstylists of the early 20th century, wigs and weaves in black haircare practices and--of course--the importance of wigs in drag culture. RECOMMENDED READING: Glasscock, Jessica. Wigging Out: Fake Hair That Made Real History. New York: Blackdog & Levinthal, 2023. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dress, the history of fashion, is a production of Dressed Media.

0:24.0

With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common.

0:28.0

By day, we all get dressed.

0:30.0

Welcome to Trust, the history of fashion.

0:33.0

A podcast where we explore the who-what-win of why we wear.

0:37.0

We are fashion historians and your host, Cassidy Zachary.

0:41.0

And April Callahan.

0:44.0

Dress listeners do not wig out, or perhaps do.

0:49.0

Because we are back with part two of our episode with Jessica Glasscock

0:54.0

to discuss her recent book, Wigging Out, Fake Hair that made real history.

0:59.0

Earlier this week, Jessica joined us to chat about the fashion ability of Rubik Higgs in the ancient world,

1:05.0

all the way through to one of the most satirized periods of fashion history

1:11.0

and artificial hair at the cordum re-infinite.

1:13.0

And today, where you are going to fast forward, all the way up into the present.

1:17.0

Jessica, you may remember, is a fashion historian, author, and helped the positions of researcher

1:22.0

and education liaison at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for well over a decade.

1:28.0

Her other titles include strip teas from gas light to spotlight

1:31.0

and making a spectacle of fashionable history of glasses,

1:34.0

which of course you may remember Jessica joined us last year in 2022

1:38.0

to discuss that book about set spectacles.

1:41.0

So if you're not turned into that episode already, please do so.

1:45.0

And a warm welcome back to Jessica for part two.

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