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34 • THE ARTISAN WINTER 2025 that I had a wig that looked the part and with a little alteration, looked beautiful over the bald cap that Jennifer Aspinall did. We designed four wigs for Mena Suvari, who played Jane Wyman. Darker for her younger years, and the blonde for the later. Because of time restraints, one evening, the producers didn't want us to change her wig as planned. e design she had on was a longer finger-waved look. Ruth and I looked at each other and we rolled up her lengthy wavy hair into a hair net and decorated it with leover pearl Christmas ornaments we used to make Nancy Reagan's Inaugural Ball accessories. We created a pearl snoot with a garnished accessory in the back. It was just enough to show a passage of time and we marveled at how we had to pivot and created a gorgeous style! My biggest challenge was taking mid-back length wavy hair on stuntman Mark Kubr, who played Herb Sorrel, and putting it under a short-groomed man's wig. Scott Wheeler and I transformed Dennis Quaid together, along with Beth Lee's make-up. She watched him on set with me too, as Scott consistently was helping build other characters and making prosthetics throughout the show. It's always nice to have someone on set that cares as much as you do! I kept Dennis's hair a dark brown, coloring every other week so that I could control the eras just by diverse styling and adding silver when needed to help age him. I took his hair from so finger waves to his asymmetric pompadour he is known best for, styled by blow drying, then adding Brylcreem for that period shine. Dennis appreciated us using what Reagan actually used! Daily we had challenges, but it was the team spirit that made us all shine. • From a deleted scene: silicone neck appliance and bald cap Top Row: Kevin Dillon as Jack Warner