Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinThe subject of this 18th-century portrait is an already established citizen who can afford the latest style of dress and a flowing wig. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.

“Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” he continues, now with a British accent and dressed in a colonial outfit — including a powdered wig. The lighthearted commercial continues with ...

Daniel "The Wig Man" Vovak, who ran for U.S. Senate in Maryland and other offices while wearing a Colonial-style white wig, has died. He was 39.

Big, small, straight, curly, white, brown and blond wigs have been part of people’s attire since civilization began; the ancient Egyptians wore wigs to protect their skin from the sun. Today ...

NAIROBI - The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court ...