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1558
Elizabeth I accepts the crown of England atop her flowing red-gold hair, worn loose in the tradition of princesses at their marriages. Chances are she shaves her brow to achieve the trendy "high-brow" look. Thereafter, Elizabeth wears wigs. In 1602, she orders "six heads of heare, twelve yards of heare curle, and one hundred devises made of heare." Many of the queen's wigs copy her natural hair color, prompting a red dye fad throughout England. Elizabeth's taste for jewels or "bodkins" in her wigs is imitated, too, at least by those who can afford the royal look.
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