When the hairstylist Guido Palau travels the world to create transformative looks for A-list celebrities, fashion houses like Miu Miu and Alexander McQueen, and magazine covers and editorials galore, he always makes sure to pop into a wig store or two. “Throughout my trips to different cities—Paris, New York, Milan—I look to buy wigs, but I never know what they’re for,” Palau says on a recent afternoon over Zoom. “When I see them, though, they’re little characters in their own right.”
Now, a handful of the wigs Palau has…



