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...People have always commented on how trying this condition must be for me, but of all the things a person can isufferi from, this really isnit that bad. I can tell you my biggest regret about going wigless without hesitation: itis damn cold...

Author: By Susanna M. Flug, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Lost and Found | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...trend seems even more advanced in the Colonies. The bag wig, with its black-silk sack to encase long braids, and the shorter bob wig, with neat rows of curls about the sides of the head, remain popular. But the wigless look, once associated with fashion iconoclasts like Benjamin Franklin, has already been adopted by no less a pacesetter than General Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Bag Wigs and Birds' Nests | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

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