Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film

By Martha Ruskai and Allison Lowery

Book Overview

Top off that costume with the perfect accoutrement with this first real guide to creating and styling costume wigs. No longer will you need to comb through old references on hairstyles of different time periods, Wig Making and Styling contains everything you need to be a cut above, offering snippets on styling tools, hair types, wig making and measuring, coloring, cutting, and even creating beards and toupees. Other great features include: -Versatile techniques to create all different historical hairstyles -Tips on altering existing wigs and creating wigs from scratch -Multiple approaches and solutions to solving wig-making problems and needs -Information about the industry, including history and best practices Full of inspirational and directive photographs, this book will groom anyone from novice to professional stylist into a skilled wig designer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0240813200
• ISBN13: 9780240813202
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 11.5"