Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1—Introduction to Wig Styling Techniques

CHAPTER 2—Ancient Egyptian Era--3500 BC—300 BC

CHAPTER 3—Ancient Greece—2900 BC—200 BC

CHAPTER 4—Ancient Roman styling—600 BC—476 AD

CHAPTER 5—Medieval Ages—476--13TH Century

CHAPTER 6—Renaissance Era—1350-1550

CHAPTER 7—The Elizabethan Era—1500-1603

CHAPTER 8—The Cavalier/Jacobean Period—1603—1660s

CHAPTER 9—Restoration/Baroque Era—1660-1710

CHAPTER 10—Georgian/Rococo Period—1711-1789

CHAPTER 11—Regency/Empire Period—1789—1820

CHAPTER 12—Biedermeier Period—1820-1830s

APPENDIX 1—Glossary of hairstyling terms

APPENDIX 2—List of Historical Films set in each era—Ancient Egypt—1830s

APPENDIX 3—List of Wig and Hair Suppliers

About the Author

Allison Lowery is the Wig and Makeup Specialist for Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. She was also the Wig Master for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and has created wigs and makeup for Zilker Theatre Productions, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and many others. She is the co-author of Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film.