Year in Review: 17 Wigs From 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 9:00PM Each day a new "year in review" angle. Here's Chris Feil...
Perhaps it's the return of RuPaul's Drag Race next month or the fact that we finally have Greta Gerwig in the Oscar race, but we've got wigs on the brain. While Oscar has nailed down the potentially nominated wiggery for the Makeup and Hairstyling category, it's worth reflecting that this year gave us far more glorious wig moments than can be captured in a single Oscar category.
From Michelle Williams's subtle 70s waves in All the Money in the World, the white trash extravaganza of I, Tonya, to The Greatest Showman's candy confections, the movies had us shouting "WIG!" all year long.
Here are 17 memorable moments in wigs in 2017...
THE SASHA VELOUR WIG REVEAL AWARD
Rihanna - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Michelle Pfeiffer - Murder on the Orient Express
THAT WIG AINT PURPLE MARY, THAT WIG IS MAUVE
Laura Dern - Star Wars - The Last Jedi
WE MISS YOUR REAL HAIR
Julianne Moore - Suburbicon and Wonderstruck
PENNYWIG
Bill Skarsgård - It
BEST ANIMATED WIG
Mamá Imelda - Coco
"IS THAT ACTUALLY A WIG?" WIG
Charlize Theron - Atomic Blonde
MOST WIGS
Cate Blanchett - Manifesto
MOST WIG (singular)
Anne Hathaway - Colossal and James Franco - The Disaster Artist
WORST WIGS
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
BEST WIG - Runners Up
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Elizabeth Banks - Power Rangers
Meryl Streep - The Post
Cate Blanchett - Thor Ragnarok
BEST WIG
Kristin Scott Thomas - Darkest Hour
What were your favorite folicular movie moments of 2017?
Reader Comments (10)
Cate Blanchett's hair is so cool when it's down as she embodies this great combination of total sexiness and badassery.
I am gagging over this entire post and now i have synthetic hair in my mouth.
I am still in awe of Sasha Velour's wig reveal. I get so emotional, baby.
Sasha Velour is the real lipsynch assassin of the Season, maybe of all seasons! Love Shea Coullee and wish he, trinity or Valentina will compete for All Stars 3 and will have a great Chance to be the Winner, but Sasha deserve that Crowning. Not only for that two killer Lipsynch alone, because she was sooo underrated that season and should still win the make over challenge, the gayest ball and maybe snatch game. Always on Top, never be in the buttom! ^^
omg this post is why i love tfe so much
i have never seen ru pauls drag race do they yell all the time in that or something? cuz whenever i see pictures from it ppl look like they're yelling.
B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-C-E! You own Everything!!
That Rihanna gif is the only reason I want to see Valerian. Bless this website, and bless you, Chris Feil, for every single one of those captions, especially "Pennywig".
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