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28 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2023 golden blonde color, which was not good for Abbi's complexion, and which was not the color we had already designed for Carson. But with all the creative juices flowing, I designed her first look. Abbi has long, very dark, curly on top, and wavy on the bottom hair which needed to have a lightened base color, then natural-looking sun-kissed highlights, and haircut to 1943 period length. I used a blow dryer to balance the hair texture, a medium curling iron, then set dry in pin-curls to create a natural so period hair style. For the haircutting scene, I matched a three-fourth-inch custom fall and extensions to Abbi's newly colored hair to simulate that her hair was being cut. We had already decided that Greta should be a glamorous redhead, but what shade of red? What hair style? I started looking at famous redheads from the '40s and finally decided on Rita Hayworth. Now which color? Strawberry blonde did not suit D'Arcy's complexion, so I pulled every red shade of wig I could get my hands on. We opted for a deep red, custom-made wig so I could cut it to a proper period length and choose the proper texture of hair to hold the more glamorous look, even while playing ball. I wet set on larger perm rods and pin-curls with Lotta Body using a wig dryer to achieve her 1943 hair design. And behold, Greta was born! Chanté came to her wig fitting with extensions! Don't know how we finally came up with her look, trying on wigs with a head full of extensions, but we did it and created Max! e custom wig I had made for her was designed with natural textured hair so the hair style created would be authentic textured hair of that time. Kemi did a fantastic job when later in the series, Max gets her hair cut short. Bemi as Clance, her wig was designed with natural hair that looked, pressed leaving the base, close the scalp, a natural texture since pressing combs could not get too close to the scalp for fear of the heat burning the scalp. We decided on a roll bump bang, a roll in the back, and flat Victory rolls on the sides. L-R: D'Arcy Carden as Greta Gill; Melanie Field as Jo De Luca; Molly Ephraim as Maybelle Fox; Abbi Jacobson D'Arcy Carden looking glamorous as Greta Lea Robinson as Bertie