Hair, makeup & prosthetics · Specialist

Wig

ELI5

A constructed hairpiece worn to alter or replace a performer’s hair.

Used in conversation

“Let’s include the wig in the next design review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Wig” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.

Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.