The consumer market built this language for itself. It was never designed to carry institutional weight, and it does not. Professional buyers who understand this do not try to correct the terminology. They simply work outside it.

A closer look at how the meaning of “wigmaker” has changed, why the distinction between wigmaster, assembler, and repairer matters, and how growth in the wigs and extensions market is reshaping client expectations, pricing, and trust.

Beth Thompson and Lux Symbolica were recently included in Sightline, the industry magazine of the Association of British Theatre Technicians, in The World of Hair Merchants, Vendors and Curators by Anette Ollerearnshaw.