490 - Periwigs in America
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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The Smell of the Death an City
The wig would trap all kinds of oders. People did rub their hair with a napkin to, quote, dry it from it's sweatiness and filth. So, perrywigs took on their own sort of social thing. Specific styles were appropriate for some professions, but not others.
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