20s 
  USE:  1920s

<20th century time periods>

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30s 
  USE:  1930s

40s
  USE:  1940s

50s
  USE:  1950s

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60s
  USE:  1960s

70s
  USE:  1970s

80s
  USE:  1980s

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1900s
  UF:   Edwardian
           turn of the century

1910s
  UF:   10s
            teens

1920s
  UF:   20s
           jazz age
           prohibition era
           roaring twenties
           twenties

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1930s
  UF:   30s
           depression
           dirty thirties
           Great Depression
           thirties

1940s
  UF:   40s
           film noir
           forties
           second world war
           swing era
           World War Two
           WWII

1950s
  UF:   50s
           beat generation
           beatnik
           fifties
           rock & roll
           rock 'n' roll
           rock-and-roll

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1960s 
  UF:   60s
           hippie era
           sixties

1970s
  UF:   70s
           disco
           seventies

1980s
  UF:   80s
           eighties

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acrylics
  BT:   synthetic hair

African hair
  UF:   black hair
  BT:   human hair
  RT:   afro styles
           dreadlocked styles

afro styles
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A rounded thickly curled hairdo.  Popular in the 1970s. 
  RT:   African hair

animal hair
  UF:   non-human hair
  BT:   natural hair
  NT:   yak hair

artificial hair
  USE:  synthetic hair

Asian hair
  BT:   human hair

Audrey Hepburn
  USE:  pixie styles

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Ball, Lucille
  USE:  pompadour styles (1940s)

beaded corn row styles
  UF:   Bo Derek
        Derek, Bo
  BT:   corn row styles
  SN:   A 1970s hairstyle in which small sections of hair
           are braided and then beaded at the ends. 
           Popularized by Bo Derek in the movie "10". 

beat generation
  USE:  1950s

beatnik
  USE:  1950s

beehive styles
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   A hairstyle in which long hair is pulled up from 
           the nape of the neck, back combed and then 
           arranged on the top of the head in a beehive 
           shape. Popular in the late 1950s. 
  RT:   bouffant styles

Bergman, Ingrid
  USE:  bubble cut styles

Betty Boop
  USE:  Boop styles

Big Hair
  USE:  big hair styles

big hair styles
  UF:   Big Hair
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
  RT:   feathered styles

black hair
  USE:  African hair

Bo Derek
  USE:  beaded corn row styles

bob styles
  UF:   Brooks, Louise
           flapper
           Louise Brooks
           Lulu
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A short hairstyle in which the hair is cut evenly
           all around the head.  First appeared in the 1920s 
           and is usually associated with the actress Louise 
           Brooks (Lulu). 
  RT:   page boy styles

Boop styles
  UF:   Betty Boop
           Boop, Betty
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A short hairstyle with centre part and curls. 
           Popularized by the animated character Betty Boop 
           in the 1930s. 

Boop, Betty
  USE:  Boop styles

bouffant styles
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   Hairstyles that involve pulling the hair up from 
           the nape of the neck and piling the hair on top of
           the head in a puffed shape. 
  RT:   beehive styles

braided styles
  UF:   braiding
           braids
  BT:  <wig styles <by treatment>>
           wig styles long
  NT:   corn row styles
  SN:   Hairstyles in which hair has been plaited, 
           intertwined or twisted in an ''in and out 
           fashion''. 

braiding
  USE:  braided styles

braids
  USE:  braided styles

Brooks, Louise
  USE:  bob styles

bubble cut styles
  UF:   Bergman, Ingrid
           Ingrid Bergman
  BT:   curled styles
           wig styles short
  SN:   A short hairstyle with small loose curls all over
           the head. Popularized by Ingrid Bergman in the 
           film ''For Whom the Bell Tolls". 

bun
  USE:  chignon styles

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capless cap
  BT:   <wig cap types>
  SN:   Basic string weft with no lace layer at crown. 

Charlie's Angels
  USE:  feathered back flip styles

chignon styles
  UF:   bun
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   A hairstyle in which long hair is gathered at the
           nape of the neck and tightly wound into a bun 
           shape.  Popular from 1900 until 1910. 

corkscrew curls styles
  UF:   ringlets
           Shirley Temple
           Temple, Shirley
  BT:   curled styles
           wig styles medium
  SN:   A 1930s hairstyle in which hair is arranged into 
           tightly wound corkscrew shaped curls.  This style 
           was popularized by the child actress Shirley 
           Temple. 

corn row styles
  BT:   braided styles
  NT:   beaded corn row styles

coxscomb curls
  USE:  Marcel wave styles

crimped styles
  UF:   crimping
  BT:  <wig styles <by treatment>>
  SN:   A hairstyle in which hair is shaped into a 
           zig-zag pattern with the use of a crimping iron. 
           Very popular in the 1980s. 
  RT:   curled styles

crimping
  USE:  crimped styles

curl
  USE:  curled styles

curled styles
  UF:   curl
           curling
           curls
           curly
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
  NT:   bubble cut styles
           corkscrew curls styles
           Marcel wave styles
  SN:   Hairstyles in which the hair is curled, 
           regardless of length. 
  RT:   crimped styles
           layered styles
           permed styles

curling
  USE:  curled styles

curls
  USE:  curled styles

curly
  USE:  curled styles

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depression
  USE:  1930s

Derek, Bo
  USE:  beaded corn row styles

Dietrich, Marlene
  USE:  Marcel wave styles

dirty thirties
  USE:  1930s

disco
  USE:  1970s

dreading
  USE:  dreadlocked styles

dreadlocked styles
  UF:   dreading
           dreadlocking
           dreadlocks
           dreads
           twisting
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
           wig styles long
  SN:   Kinky curls of black hair (African hair) left to 
           grow long and uncombed and then twisted.  Can be 
           done to white hair (European hair) with twisting 
           tools, or by not washing hair for months (white 
           boy dreads). 
  RT:   African hair

dreadlocking
  USE:  dreadlocked styles

dreadlocks
  USE:  dreadlocked styles

dreads
  USE:  dreadlocked styles

Dynel (TM)
  BT:   modacrylics

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Edwardian
  USE:  1900s

eighties
  USE:  1980s

Eton crop styles
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   An extremely short cut from the 1920s.  The hair 
        is straight and is cut above the ears. 

European hair
  UF:   white hair
  BT:   human hair
  NT:   Italian hair

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Farrah Fawcett
  USE:  feathered back flip styles

Fawcett, Farah
  USE:  feathered back flip styles

feather
  USE:  feathered styles

feathered back flip styles
  UF:   Charlie's Angels
           Farrah Fawcett
           Fawcett, Farah
  BT:   feathered styles

feathered styles
  UF:   feather
           feathering
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
           wig styles long
  NT:   feathered back flip styles
  RT:   big hair styles

feathering
  USE:  feathered styles

fifties
  USE:  1950s

film noir
  USE:  1940s

flapper
  USE:  bob styles

flat ironed styles
  BT:   straight styles
  SN:   A type of 1960s hairstyle in which the hair is 
           laid on a flat ironing board and ironed to achieve
           a perfectly straight style. 

flick-back styles
  UF:   Lady Di
           Lady Diana
           Princess Diana
  BT:   wig styles short

flick-up styles
  UF:   flip-up
           Marlo Thomas
           Thomas, Marlo
  BT:   wig styles medium
  SN:   A hairstyle in which the ends of the hair are 
           loosely curled up and outwards.  Popularized by 
           Marlo Thomas in the TV series "That Girl". 

flip-up
  USE:  flick-up styles

forties
  USE:  1940s

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gamine styles (1930s)
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A short, layered hairstyle. 
  RT:    gamine styles (1950s)

gamine styles (1950s)
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   An 1950s version of the 1930s gamine style.  A 
           short hairstyle in which the hair is combed 
           forward onto the forehead. 
  RT:    gamine styles (1930s)

Gatsby styles
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A hairstyle popular in the 1920s.  Medium length 
           with loose waves. 

geometric styles
  UF:   Vidal Sassoon
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   Short, smooth, hairstyles with severe straight 
           lines.  Created by Vidal Sassoon in late 1960s. 
           Associated with designer Mary Quant and actress 
           Nancy Kwan. 

Gibson Girl styles
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   An up-do style in which the hair is piled softly 
           and loosely atop the head, representing demure 
           femininity.  Popular from 1900 until 1910. 

Great Depression
  USE:  1930s

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Hair types

hand-tied cap
  BT:   <wig cap types>
  SN:   Finest construction method; hand-tied for natural 
           appearance and maximum breathability. 

Hayworth, Rita
  USE:  pompadour styles (1940s)

Hepburn, Audrey
  USE:  pixie styles

hippie era
  USE:  1960s

human hair
  BT:   natural hair
  NT:   African hair
           Asian hair
           European hair

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Ingrid Bergman
  USE:  bubble cut styles

Italian hair
  BT:   European hair

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jazz age
  USE:  1920s

Jett, Joan
  USE:  mullet styles

Joan Jett
  USE:  mullet styles

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Lady Di
  USE:  flick-back styles

Lady Diana
  USE:  flick-back styles

Lake, Veronica
  USE:  peek-a-boo styles

Lauren Bacall
  USE:  page boy roll styles

layer
  USE:  layered styles

layered styles
  UF:   layer
           layers
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
  NT:   shag styles
  RT:   curled styles
           straight styles

layers
  USE:  layered styles

long hair
  USE:  wig styles long

long styles
  USE:  wig styles long

long wigs
  USE:  wig styles long

Louise Brooks
  USE:  bob styles

Lucille Ball
  USE:  pompadour styles (1940s)

Lulu
  USE:  bob styles

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man-made hair
  USE:  synthetic hair

Marcel wave styles
  UF:   coxscomb curls
           Dietrich, Marlene
           Marlene Dietrich
  BT:   curled styles
           wig styles short

Marlene Dietrich
  USE:  Marcel wave styles

Marlo Thomas
  USE:  flick-up styles

medium hair
  USE:  wig styles medium

medium styles
  USE:  wig styles medium

medium wigs
  USE:  wig styles medium

modacrylics
  BT:   synthetic hair
  NT:   Dynel (TM)

monofilament cap
  BT:   <wig cap types>

mullet styles
  UF:   Jett, Joan
           Joan Jett
  BT:   wig styles medium

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natural hair
  NT:   animal hair
           human hair
  RT:   synthetic hair

non-human hair
  USE:  animal hair

Nylon (TM)
  BT:   modacrylics

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page boy roll styles
  UF:   Lauren Bacall
  BT:   wig styles long
  SN:   A 1940s style in which long hair is curled under 
           into a large roll that grazes the shoulder. 
           Associated with film noir actresses such as Lauren
           Bacall. 

page boy styles
  BT:   wig styles medium
  SN:   A 1930s medium length, hairstyle that evolved 
           from the 1920s bob. 
  RT:   bob styles

peek-a-boo styles
  UF:   Lake, Veronica
           Veronica Lake
  BT:   wig styles long
  SN:   A long 1940s hairstyle in which wavy hair is 
           combed over one eye.  Style popularized by the 
           actress Veronica Lake. 

perm
  USE:  permed styles

permanent
  USE:  permed styles

permed styles
  UF:   perm
           permanent
           perming
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
  SN:   A process in which hair is manipulated with rods 
           and chemicals into curls ranging from tight to 
           loose.  Technique developed in the 1920s. 
  RT:   curled styles

perming
  USE:  permed styles

pixie styles
  UF:   Audrey Hepburn
           Hepburn, Audrey
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A 1950s short hairstyle with wispy locks. 
           Popularized by Audrey Hepburn in the films "Roman 
           Holiday" and "Sabrina". 

pompadour styles (1910s)
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   A long hairstyle in which the hair is pulled up 
           on top of the head with full cluster curls at the
           back of the head.  Often adorned with ribbons, 
           combs and feathers. 
  RT:    pompadour styles (1940s)

pompadour styles (1940s)
  UF:   Ball, Lucille
           Hayworth, Rita
           Lucille Ball
           Rita Hayworth
  BT:   up-do
  SN:   A hairstyle in which long hair is piled on top of
           the head and the hair in front is arranged into 
           tight curls.  Popularized in the 1940s and 1950s 
           by actresses such as Lucille Ball and Rita 
           Hayworth. 
  RT:    pompadour styles (1910s)

pony tail
  BT:   wig styles long
  SN:   A simple hairstyle in which hair is pulled back 
           from the face and gathered together at the back of
           the head or nape of the neck. 

Princess Diana
  USE:  flick-back styles

prohibition era
  USE:  1920s

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ringlets
  USE:  corkscrew curls styles

Rita Hayworth
  USE:  pompadour styles (1940s)

roaring twenties
  USE:  1920s

rock & roll
  USE:  1950s

rock 'n' roll
  USE:  1950s

rock-and-roll
  USE:  1950s

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second world war
  USE:  1940s

seventies
  USE:  1970s

shag styles
  BT:   layered styles
  SN:   A hairstyle in which hair is cropped close to the
           head, leaving long wispy pieces at the sides and 
           the nape of the neck.  Popularized by actress Jane
           Fonda in the film "Klute". Especially, 1970s.

shingle styles
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A short hairstyle in which the hair is cut 
           progressively shorter as it approaches the nape of
           the neck.  Popular in 1924. 

Shirley Temple
  USE:  corkscrew curls styles

short hair
  USE:  wig styles short

short styles
  USE:  wig styles short

short wigs
  USE:  wig styles short

sixties
  USE:  1960s

skin top cap
  BT:   <wig cap types>
  SN:   The false scalp underneath the wig that creates 
           the illusion of real scalp. 

standard cap
  BT:   <wig cap types>
  SN:   Basic string weft with lace layer at crown. 

straight styles
  UF:   straightening
  BT:   <wig styles <by treatment>>
  NT:   flat ironed styles
  RT:   layered styles

straightening
  USE:  straight styles

swing era
  USE:  1940s

synthetic hair
  UF:   artificial hair
           man-made hair
  NT:   acrylics
           modacrylics
           Nylon (TM)
           Dynel (TM)
  RT:   natural hair

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teens
  USE:  1910s

Temple, Shirley
  USE:  corkscrew curls styles

thirties
  USE:  1930s

Thomas, Marlo
  USE:  flick-up styles

turn of the century
  USE:  1900s

twenties
  USE:  1920s

Twiggy
  USE:  urchin styles

twisting
  USE:  dreadlocked styles

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up-do
  BT:   wig styles long
  NT:   beehive styles
           bouffant styles
           chignon styles
           Gibson Girl styles
           pompadour styles (1910s)
           pompadour styles (1940s)
  SN:   Long hairstyles in which the hair is pulled up 
           from the nape of the neck and arranged on the top 
           of the head. 

urchin styles
  UF:   Twiggy
  BT:   wig styles short
  SN:   A short, straight, wispy hairstyle modelled after
           the street urchins of Victorian times. 
           Popularized by the model Twiggy in the 1960s. 

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Veronica Lake
  USE:  peek-a-boo styles

Vidal Sassoon
  USE:  geometric styles

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white hair
  USE:  European hair

<wig cap types>
  NT:   capless cap
           hand-tied cap
           monofilament cap
           skin top cap
           standard cap

<wig styles <by length>>
  NT:   wig styles long
           wig styles medium
           wig styles short

<wig styles <by treatment>>
  NT:   braided styles
           crimped styles
           curled styles
           dreadlocked styles
           feathered styles
           layered styles
           permed styles
           straight styles

wig styles long
  UF:   long hair
           long styles
           long wigs
  BT:   <wig styles <by length>>
  NT:   braided styles
           dreadlocked styles
           feathered styles
           page boy roll styles
           peek-a-boo styles
           pony tail
           up-do
  SN:   Hair length where the hair reaches to the shoulder
           or below.  Often worn in an "up-do". 

wig styles medium
  UF:   medium hair
           medium styles
           medium wigs
  BT:   <wig styles <by length>>
  NT:  corkscrew curls styles
           flick-up styles
           mullet styles
           page boy styles
  SN:   Hair length reaching from the chin to the 
           shoulder. 

wig styles short
  UF:   short hair
           short styles
           short wigs
  BT:   <wig styles <by length>>
  NT:   afro styles
           bob styles
           Boop styles
           bubble cut styles
           Eton crop styles
           flick-back styles
           gamine styles (1930s)
           gamine styles (1950s)
           Gatsby styles
           geometric styles
           Marcel wave styles
           pixie styles
           shingle styles
           urchin styles
  SN:   Hair length not reaching past the chin or middle 
           of the neck in the back. 

World War Two
  USE:  1940s

WWII
  USE:  1940s

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yak hair
  BT:   animal hair