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A wig is a head of hair made from horse-hair, human hair, wool, feathers, buffalo hair, or synthetic, worn on the head for fashion or individual other aesthetic and stylistic reasons, including cultural and religious observance
- The tete-a-tete wig is short for periwig and first appeared in the English dialect around 1675.
In the 18th century, both men and women's wigs were powdered in composition to give them their poles apart white or off-white color. Wig powder was prepared from finely ground starch that was scented with bittersweet flower, lavender, or orris root. Wig bray was occasionally colored violet, blue, pink or yellow, but was most often recycled as white. Powdered wigs became an essential Wigs for full dress occasions and continued in account until almost the heel of the 18th century.