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cimoreneBecause I have complained and marveled at the quality of the wigs on House of the Dragon - marveled at how bad they are, that is - I thought I'd provide a link to this post I just saw on Tumblr that explains it:
Basically, the Tumblr post is talking about why Legolas's wig in LOTR looked better than any other white-blond wig you can name, and it's because the wigs in LOTR were, atypically, made using virgin northern european hair. The wigs in HOD, obviously, are not: they're probably made of bleached Asian hair, which is typically straight and stronger, and is hence sought after for expensive wigs because it can take dyes and treatments etc... but it's also much more available than northern european hair, I would imagine, although I don't know anything about the market, since global capitalism oppresses a big chunk of Asia in the so-called "global south".
I just couldn't believe that the wigs in HOD were synthetic, at least not on the primary characters, with this kind of budget. Also, I don't think they're bad enough for synthetics - they have some lace fronts that look quite good and there are some of them, at least in some styles, that manage to look more convincing, like Aemma's and Rhaenyra's when they're sweaty and unkempt, or the King's when he's old. This explains it. It's primarily the texture of the wigs on HOD that is wrong, but also the color depth, because it's much harder to achieve good artificial color when you have to start by bleaching. Even the texture of the hair, and the coarseness - because the strands are much thicker, it won't behave the same way in terms of split ends and flyaways.
assessthatdress: aeronaudical: why did they ever even attempt to try and make another actor wear a white-blonde wig after orlando bloom in the lotr trilogy
Basically, the Tumblr post is talking about why Legolas's wig in LOTR looked better than any other white-blond wig you can name, and it's because the wigs in LOTR were, atypically, made using virgin northern european hair. The wigs in HOD, obviously, are not: they're probably made of bleached Asian hair, which is typically straight and stronger, and is hence sought after for expensive wigs because it can take dyes and treatments etc... but it's also much more available than northern european hair, I would imagine, although I don't know anything about the market, since global capitalism oppresses a big chunk of Asia in the so-called "global south".
I just couldn't believe that the wigs in HOD were synthetic, at least not on the primary characters, with this kind of budget. Also, I don't think they're bad enough for synthetics - they have some lace fronts that look quite good and there are some of them, at least in some styles, that manage to look more convincing, like Aemma's and Rhaenyra's when they're sweaty and unkempt, or the King's when he's old. This explains it. It's primarily the texture of the wigs on HOD that is wrong, but also the color depth, because it's much harder to achieve good artificial color when you have to start by bleaching. Even the texture of the hair, and the coarseness - because the strands are much thicker, it won't behave the same way in terms of split ends and flyaways.
