Reign Edwards played Nicole Avant on B&B. She's gorgeous, but the show gave her some odd wigs.

40 minutes ago, applcin said:

I think Michael Levin's toupee contributed to his popularity on RH.




OTOH, I remember wondering at the time why, when Luke and Laura were on the run the first time, she had to wear such an obvious wig while Luke's more unique, easy-to-identify appearance was unchanged....not even a fake 'stache. I mean, Laura would have blended into the crowd with her natural hair a lot easier than Luke should have.




 

That Laura wig reminds me of the time Sonny/Brenda went on the run during that tinman saga with a bunch of Luke/Laura "disguises" and one was a blonde pig tailed wig and Sonny put on a baseball hat.    And I think even Brenda said WTH would Laura have a blonde wig?   So my assumption is that Luke/Laura weren't as stealthy as we thought in the disguise department.

51 minutes ago, carolineg said:

 So my assumption is that Luke/Laura weren't as stealthy as we thought in the disguise department.

I guess looking at that original disguise situation in another way...I suppose there weren't too many men's wigs in Wyndham's Department Store. 😄 The other options would have been to either dye, straighten or cut TG's hair...dyeing it would have made him look like his costar, Richard Simmons, and straightening or cutting it...well, considering it was such a huge trademark of Luke's at the time, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well with the fans. 😛

 

Edited January 24, 20223 yr by applcin

Chances are, if Ron Carlivati had been writing GH back then, he would have had TG/Luke disguise himself either as his BRIGHT PROMISE character or his guest-starring role on “All in the Family” as a not-so-subtle wink to the audience.

7 minutes ago, applcin said:

I guess looking at that original disguise situation in another way...I suppose there weren't too many men's wigs in Wyndham's Department Store. 😄 The other options would have been to either dye, straighten or cut TG's hair...dying it would have made him look like his costar, Richard Simmons, and straightening or cutting it...well, considering it was such a huge trademark of Luke's at the time, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well with the fans. 😛

This is early in their on the run game, so maybe they got better?  The blonde wig gives me doubts though.

Luke could have put on a hat or something though lol.

I felt like we saw Paul Leyden’s hairline expand and shrink on World Turns and I could never tell if it was a rug or if they just disguised it by pushing his hair cut short and forced styled forward.  Similar with Darrin Brooks on Bold. If I’m not sure then maybe they’re doing well. 

3 hours ago, janea4old said:

Reign Edwards played Nicole Avant on B&B. She's gorgeous, but the show gave her some odd wigs.

It was wiga-licious.

Carolyn Jones wore a varirty of wigs during her time on Capitol

 

1 hour ago, Paul Raven said:

Carolyn Jones wore a varirty of wigs during her time on Capitol

 

Yeah, but in her case, wasn't she fighting terminal cancer at that point? So, while some seem unflattering, the wig wearing at least served a real purpose there.

11 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Wasn't Moore filming a Tyler Perry movie at that same time? I think Y&R just let him keep it on, rather than be bothered. It has Tyler 'King of bad wigs' Perry's handiwork all over it.

yes, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', lol

11 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Wasn't Moore filming a Tyler Perry movie at that same time? I think Y&R just let him keep it on, rather than be bothered. It has Tyler 'King of bad wigs' Perry's handiwork all over it.

yes, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', Lol Tyler has to do better!

11 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Wasn't Moore filming a Tyler Perry movie at that same time? I think Y&R just let him keep it on, rather than be bothered. It has Tyler 'King of bad wigs' Perry's handiwork all over it.

yes, 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman', Lol Tyler has to do better!

On 1/22/2022 at 6:06 PM, soapfan770 said:

MTS’s notorious wig:

 

Did we ever get the story behind this? It was so jarring.

17 hours ago, janea4old said:

Reign Edwards played Nicole Avant on B&B. She's gorgeous, but the show gave her some odd wigs.

This poor beautiful girl.

I feel for any black actress on daytime honestly. I wonder if Days and GH have black hairstylists (or at least hairstylists who know how to treat a variety of hair textures) since they have the largest AA casts on daytime.

Here's what Victoria Rowell had to say about hairstylists at Y&R.

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"Black journalists were not included in the show’s press corps, and Y&R producers reluctantly hired a competent hair stylist for black actors and actresses only after I was forced to hire my own independently. However, defendants banned the stylist from the Y&R hair and makeup room, and the stylist became the subject of taunts from white talent.”

 

43 minutes ago, Darn said:

This poor beautiful girl.

Those were good ones if I remember.  I remember some much worse than those - that top one is pretty normal looking to me at least.  At least the top one looks like possibly someone that just didn't know how to properly straighten their hair and didn't do such a hot job.  Or girls I know that used to overspray with product, curl, and then not brush it out at all.  Not necessarily a bad wig.  There were some terrible ones they put her in...that one with bangs is more the one(s) I remember.  

Did someone mention J.M. Woods' wigs?  There were days where the things were so totally jet black and had a life of their own.  Hideous.