COURSES

Create Your Own Tall 1770s Wig

Thurs. May 23 & Fri. May 24, 10am-4pm CET

House of Nines Atelier, 130 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75010 Paris, France

This two-day workshop will teach you how to take a modern wig and turn it into a tall wig suitable for the 1770s. Learn how to make a wire frame for height and shape; curl, straighten, and manipulate synthetic hair and wigs; and style your wig into a masterpiece ready for Fêtes Galantes and other costume events.

This is a two-day workshop. If your schedule only allows you to attend one day, you will be given instructions for the day you have missed, but the teacher will not have time to repeat instruction.

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What you’ll get:

  • Options for a supply kit with most everything you need, a limited supply kit, or the option to bring your own supplies

  • Several design options

  • A handout with instructions and supply notes

  • Step-by-step instruction and tips on technique

  • A discount code for the 18th Century Hair & Wig Styling book

 

What you’ll do:

Day One:

  • Learn how to curl, straighten, and manipulate synthetic hair, and create the texture for your finished wig

  • Learn how to create perfect 18th-century hair rolls with glue, and create enough for your finished style

  • Learn how to create a wire frame cage, and create the base for your wig

Day Two:

  • Learn how to attach the cage frame to your wig

  • Learn how to style your wig, including covering the frame, styling variations, and making ringlets

  • Practice wearing your wig so you’re ready to go for the ball

  • Discuss accessorizing your wig

 

What you’ll need to bring:

See the supply kit options below. You will choose one of these when you register.

NOTE: SUPPLY KITS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THE MAY WORKSHOP. You will need to bring your own supplies. Details and instructions will be emailed to you.

 

About your teacher:

Kendra Van Cleave is a fashion historian, academic librarian, and costumer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has studied and recreated historical costume for nearly twenty years, currently specializing in the 18th century. She has master's degrees in history and librarianship, and she has published two books, 18th Century Hair & Wig Styling and Dressing à la Turque. Her reproduction historical costumes have won multiple awards. She reviews historical costumes in movies and TV for Frock Flicks and blogs occasionally at Démodé.

SUPPLY KIT OPTIONS

Full Supply Kit

You must bring: canvas wig head in your head size (NO STYROFOAM HEADS ALLOWED), table clamp to attach wig head to table. Details and instructions will be emailed to you.

You will be provided: base wig to style (you will choose color and lace/no lace), additional hair (braiding and weaving), plastic jaw clips, sponge rollers, bobby pins, seam ripper, curved hand sewing needle, straight hand sewing needle, scissors, buttonhole thread, elastic hair band, sewing pins, wide-tooth comb, teasing comb, work gloves, hairspray, wire mesh, craft wire, wig clips, curl/roll forms

Limited Supply Kit

You must bring: canvas wig head in your head size (NO STYROFOAM HEADS ALLOWED), table clamp to attach wig head to table, plastic jaw clips, sponge rollers, bobby pins, seam ripper, curved hand sewing needle, straight hand sewing needle, scissors, buttonhole thread, elastic hair band, sewing pins, wide-tooth comb, teasing comb, work gloves, hairspray. Details and instructions will be emailed to you.

You will be provided: base wig to style (you will choose color and lace/no lace), additional hair (braiding and weaving), sponge rollers, wire mesh, craft wire, wig clips, curl/roll forms

No Supply Kit

You must bring: canvas wig head in your head size (NO STYROFOAM HEADS ALLOWED), table clamp to attach wig head to table, base wig to style, additional hair (braiding and weaving), plastic jaw clips, sponge rollers, bobby pins, seam ripper, curved hand sewing needle, straight hand sewing needle, scissors, buttonhole thread, elastic hair band, sewing pins, wide-tooth comb, teasing comb, work gloves, hairspray, sponge rollers, wire mesh, craft wire, wig clips, curl/roll forms. Details and instructions will be emailed to you.