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British Wigs in the 1700s
By: Sarah Maguire
Updated On: September 28, 2017
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Toward the end of the 17th century in Britain, men starting wearing wigs as a mark of fashion and social status. With various changes, the custom remained in fashion until the end of the 18th century when it fell out of general use. Contrary to popular belief, women did not regularly wear ornamental wigs during this period, though they powdered their natural hair and sometimes augmented elaborate hairstyles with additional hairpieces. Why Wigs Became Fashionable
The fashion for wigs in Britain derived ultimately from the French Court of Louis XIII. This monarch set the fashion for wigs in the first half of the seventeenth century, when he began wearing one to hide his baldness.