Wigs, and especially woeful ones, are more than easy targets for merriment to say the least; however, whilst it might well be easy to insist that, finding oneself half hairless, it’d be a simple procedure of unceremoniously shaving it all off and coming over all Kojak, for those with cauliflower ears or unusually contoured craniums, a toupee at least must surely be a tad tempting.
But such understandable contemplations aside, it’s baffling in the extreme to imagine what kind of bloke could possibly consider complementing a man-made fibre bouffant with an equally fake beard.
Karasu says
Perhaps they’re there in case any amish visit Japan? Oh wait… they don’t believe in buttons, I don’t think they’re going to think that man made fibers are any less devil-borne.
Abe Lincoln says
Hahaha! A beard that looks likes its straight from a joke shop that costs 52,000 yen!
Court says
I guess for those days when you shave TOO close, there’s a pack of matching eyebrows thrown in!
phossil says
they are made of syntethic fiber right?
Lee says
I reckon so. Molded plastic by the looks of them!
Peter says
If i see that correctly, the wig on the upper right that looks like taken straight away from Captain Ahab has a price tag of 136’000 JPY / ~ 1100 €. Seeing that, i would presume those wigs are made from real human hair, as the synthetic ones can be bought rather cheap usually (usually far below 100 € per piece).
eric says
I marveled at the number of syrups I saw during a mere week in Tokyo this December past. Is there an unusually strong social stigma against slapheads?
Lee says
I’m not sure there’s a stigma as such Eric, but with relatively few — at least compared to my native Britain — men going bald in Japan, those that do have a tendency to stand out somewhat. Although obviously it could be argued that a bad wig stands out even more.
Tornadoes28 says
That must be the beard must be from the Lincoln line of beards.
Tornadoes28 says
I meant to say “That beard must be from the Lincoln line of beards.
Chidori-chan says
Not to ruin the fun, but aren’t these for stage use? All the photos in the display would indicate so.
Adam says
I love the Japanese “bar code.” I have seen some spectacular ones in my day. Why buy a wig when the four strands of hair you still have can be curled around and around in a simulation of a full head of hair?