Wig Art

MY MOVE IS OVER. Finally! Geesh.Thank god.

In 1977, I left Albuquerque in the middle of watching The
Sonny & Cher Show (1977, age 7). Thirty-seven years later I’ve moved back to Albuquerque at age 44 and
am again watching the show by way of TV Land's old airings in a Cher Scholar special request research
project to find the Vamp episode that contains “Wine for Caesar.”

Cher’s new video coincides with my quest because I’m
assuming Renate Leuschner created the amazing paper wig in the video. I’m
seeing some amazing wigs again on the Sonny & Cher shows…not just by “Rena”
as she went by in the show's credits, nor "Renata" as she went by in Celebration at Caesars or Renate Leuschner as she appears in the the 
credits of some Cher movies (like Mask) and concert
programs. This woman is a brilliant wig artist. I have many favorites re-watching
the shows (some are not quite culturally appropriate anymore but that’s another
essay). My all-time favorite (started by the prior wig maker on the show Jim Oertel), is the bun made up of many buns. I also love the wig of braids that
look like the wig-equivalent of a jungle gym.