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They’ve all seen The Favourite though, and point out that those powdered periwigs are a reminder that there’s nothing new under the sun.

He reasoned that in a world where 75% of women say they wouldn’t date bald, the bald man who forswears hair plugs, periwigs, toupees, sombreros, simply has to try harder.

Today they no longer sport full-bottomed periwigs, replete with curls, but echoes of their black and white Dutch colonial garments, handmade lace collars and tight buckle boots appear in everyday men’s wear.

A big man for his day, and given vainly to wearing black periwigs, Brown also was a shrewd businessman.

The word “wig” is derived from the word “periwig,” which is what the English thought they heard when the French introduced them to their word: “perruque.”