V&A
Purple Synthetic Hair Asymmetrical Bob Wig
2000s · 2000s · Japanese
Designer
Prisila
Production
artisan-craft
Material
synthetic hair
Culture
Japanese
Movement
Visual Kei · Harajuku · Indie Sleaze
Influences
Japanese street fashion · alternative subculture styling
A short synthetic wig featuring vibrant purple hair in a choppy, asymmetrical bob cut with darker roots. The hair appears to have a slightly tousled, deliberately messy texture characteristic of alternative fashion styling. The wig construction uses a fitted cap base designed to conform closely to the wearer's head. The purple coloration is intense and artificial, typical of synthetic fiber hair pieces used in costume and alternative fashion contexts. The cut emphasizes angular layers and uneven lengths that create movement and visual interest, reflecting the experimental hair aesthetics popular in Japanese street fashion and alternative subcultures of the 2000s.
headband/head covering/hair accessory
Connected To
Influences·Japanese street fashionFunction·protest-subculture
SHARED10 years · cross-culture · cross-category
The black tee's stark "TRUST NOBODY" declaration and the purple wig's deliberately artificial sheen both weaponize artifice as rebellion — one through cynical text, the other through aggressively fake hair that refuses to apologize for its synthetic origins. What bridges the decade between them is how Japanese street culture taught global fashion that authenticity could be performed through obvious inauthenticity, turning the fake into a form of honesty.
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