Faux Hair

This is the mega Beauty Supply Warehouse store in Oakland where I get the faux hair for my Antoinette “wigs”. The store is right down the street from my studio. It is a HUGE store and it took me a few months to work up the courage to go inside. Now, they recognize me and often ask if I am a hair designer when I buy piles of fake hair. I like that I am using street culture materials to imitate wigs worn by 18th Century royalty. My pieces in the Antoinette Series are inspired by 18th Century wigs, but in fact are solid sculptures that sit on a table. The pieces have a solid core and it takes a surprising amount of hair just to cover the base before I can get creative with the hair in the top layers.
Once inside, there are aisles and aisles of real and synthetic hair.
I purchased two wig stands at this counter. I will be using them to make some new molds. I will be going over to Douglass and Sturgess for some input on that process.
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This is the aisle where I buy my synthetic hair.. notice the bright colors near the floor.