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also wore shorter, more conservative and professional looks. These looks were sometimes side-combed and parted, accompanied with clean-shaven faces and different sideburn options, in addition to the expressive natural or blow-dried big Afros. Men with straighter hair textures wore medium-length, over-the-ear shaggy and shoulder- length hair infl uenced by the uninhibited musicians of the time. Most importantly, with any male look in the '70s, the presence of more natural and sometimes overgrown hair, neck, sideburn, mustache and beard lines are essen- tial, contrary to more current-day periods. Women, on the other hand, in their uniqueness, wore anything from hippie and glam rock to disco and bohe- mian. The decade encapsulates numerous iconic styles and to variegate the hair looks on the women characters, the team used ornate scarves, fabric head wraps, fl owers and feathers. These added ornaments gave instant varia- tion to the women's typical '70s center part with fl owing waves, bangs, feathered fl ips and especially diversifi ed the favored Afro. Beyond achieving great-looking hair on screen, it's also necessary to create great bad-looking hair when the character calls for it or to make scenes visu- ally realistic. Not everyone walking down the street has great 'done' hair. In the '70s, wigs were very popular. In those times, as in these, hair was avail in many different options. Consumers had access to wigs from different manufacturers and products, including cheap, expensive, real, synthetic and colored wigs. In Dolemite Is My Name, all types of hair was used and portrayed among the charac- ters, especially the everyday people. For our main character, Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), Stacey's goal was to recreate the real-life Rudy look back then. With the help of Eddie and director Inset photos courtesy of Stacey Morris Craig Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Eddie Murphy, and Tituss Burgess; Second row: Snipes; Robinson. Third row: Key; Morris styling Murphy.