On the heels of the announcement that Margo’s Obtained Cash Troubles has been renewed for season two on Apple, reporter Kirbie Johnson interviewed hair division head Jaime Leigh McIntosh in regards to the lifelike and fantastical wigs showcased within the collection for her column The Situation.
Margo’s Obtained Cash Troubles follows new mother Margo (performed by Elle Fanning) and her quest to offer for her youngster in what many nonetheless take into account an unorthodox vogue: creating content material on OnlyFans. The collection was acclaimed by critics, whereas viewers loved it as a result of it was merely a delight to look at. The present—primarily based on the e-book by Rufi Thorpe—can be chock-full of enjoyable and fantastical hairstyles, all of which give extra context to the characters carrying them. From the mountain of wigs created for Margo’s alter ego, Hungry Ghost, to Rico Nasty’s mullet and glow-in-the-dark braids for her function as KC, there are additionally wigs hidden in plain sight, just like the one worn by Michelle Pfeiffer, who performs Margo’s well-meaning however considerably superficial mom, Shyanne. Because the collection wrapped, division head Jaime Leigh McIntosh mirrored on her and her group’s laborious work, and shared particulars from behind the scenes.
Hungry Ghost’s Gargantuan Galactic Wig
For Hungry Ghost’s fantasy hair, stylist Celeste Gonzalez not solely sewed “three and a half wigs” collectively, however she additionally added zip-ties to assist with weight distribution and structural help, a trick that Gonzalez credit to pull artists. General, it took a number of weeks to create the wig as a result of McIntosh and Gonzalez have been engaged on it because the collection was being filmed.
The wigs they used have been artificial and ordered on-line, which helped maintain prices down from a custom-designed wig (for reference, simply the extensions and hair colour utilized in Love Story price over $10,000). “I believe they every have been perhaps round $50 every, so actually it was simply the bills, the time of the stylist going into it [that drove up the cost] that you simply’d must consider.” To complete off the look and make it shimmer, the wig was topped with glitter physique spray. Gonzalez estimates the wig itself weighed 5 kilos; Fanning was “a trooper” for carrying it, provides McIntosh
McIntosh mentioned she bought inspiration for the form of the fantasy wig from the Instagram account Chaos Dreamland. “It is an Instagram web page the place somebody creates AI photos, however the hair is all the time lovable.” The hair lead scrolled by means of the account with Fanning and landed on a pink coiffure with bumper bangs and a Barbie-esque ponytail. “I’d say [ours] is best than the picture that we have been impressed by. It is just a little controversial, I suppose, utilizing AI, however I did not create the AI picture, and I like to attract inspiration from all kinds of locations. I do not wish to restrict myself on that aspect of issues.”
