Tis the Oscar season of expensive movie wigs.
Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana wigs in “Spencer” added $12,000 to the budget, and now “House of Gucci” hairstylist Frederic Aspiras has revealed that Lady Gaga wore $10,000 custom wigs as Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s latest movie.
Not only that, but Gaga had over 55 different hairstyles depicted in the film.
Ten were custom wigs.“For my job, it was about being able to use hair as a tool for the actress to really delve into the mind of this person, who she was portraying,” Aspiras recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
“So I had to be as authentic as possible by using exact techniques of a 1970s hairdresser — wet set rolls, backcombing, French lacing, spiral perms.
I wanted the texture.
I wanted the vibe.
I wanted the way it moved.
Exactly the way it felt.
Because it needed to transport you to that time.
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