though she had good hair, she wore a wig - silver hair by day, and gold hair in the evening. She looked statuesque and forbidding but there was humour and intelligence beneath that exterior.

A crisis in the making On the streets of Xuchang, hair-related businesses are everywhere: Barber shops offer “high prices in exchange for long hair,” while wig factories stencil ads on walls and post ...

Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the ...

Wigs are no longer just meant for drag or movie ... "It’s just thrown away but it's gold," says Mr Venkatesh. Those pickers typically sell hair to local traders like Mr Venkatesh for between ...