| I am sure you have wondered what the truth is | | | | their cost is not very high. |
| about the prices of wigs made from European human | | | | Third, take the labor involved in making high quality |
| hair. From shop to shop you will find a huge variation | | | | handmade wigs. This is the main cost factor. |
| in prices - anywhere from 300 USD to as high as | | | | Handmade wig needs at least a week to be |
| 10.000 USD (!). So let me take you through each step | | | | produced by an experienced expert worker. It takes |
| of the process of producing high quality handmade | | | | a week of hard work, with each hair being knitted to |
| wigs, and show the real costs. | | | | the cap with a very small crochet-needle or glued |
| Firstly, take the acquisition of hair. The cost of hair | | | | with a special glue. In the case of long hair, the |
| for one wig (0,2 to 0,4 kg) varies from 30 to 40 | | | | production time could be two to three weeks. |
| USD throughout most Eastern European countries. | | | | Reliable wig-makers knit hair with a double-knot which |
| There is little variation there, but an important | | | | makes the construction much more durable but |
| additional cost is incurred by high-quality wig-makers | | | | needs some extra work-time. Depending on the type |
| who collect hair in an appropriate and well-controlled | | | | of wig, length of hair and type of cap the cost of |
| way. The best wig-makers visit hairdressers and care | | | | labor is from 150 to 300 USD. |
| for the hair themselves, using no middleman. They do | | | | Finally, you cannot forget other typical business costs |
| not buy hair from wholesalers because wholesalers | | | | - investment's amortization, management costs, |
| blend hair, because it is so time-consuming to acquire | | | | taxes, insurances, rent, and profit. Altogether, the |
| really good hair. One simply has to find a girl among | | | | price of a handmade human hair wig made from |
| hairdresser's clients that has beautiful, healthy hair and | | | | European hair cannot be lower than 500-600 USD |
| who wants it cut. The hairdresser can offer a free | | | | even for the shortest hair. There is no upper limit and |
| service to such a girl and actually pay her for her hair | | | | it only depends on how much a customer is willing to |
| - and clearly both sides benefit from such a | | | | pay, but before you pay 1000 USD or more for your |
| transaction. But this shows that, by its very nature, | | | | wig remember the real costs of its creation. |
| acquisition of good-quality hair cannot be a simple | | | | And now for a real mystery. Why are European |
| large-scale automatic process. That explains why | | | | human hair wigs not made in China where labor costs |
| outside of Eastern Europe the price of acquiring good | | | | are much lower than in Poland, Russia, or the Czech |
| quality hair is skyrocketing - not because the hair in | | | | Republic? The main reason is no good quality |
| itself is expensive, but because of its rarity. It is | | | | European human hair available in large enough |
| difficult to imagine a large-scale cheap process of | | | | quantities to make profitable large-scale production in |
| acquiring high quality human hair in European countries. | | | | China possible. This is because wig-makers in Eastern |
| Second, take the other materials used in making wigs. | | | | European countries are buying all of the available hair |
| These are not expensive and their costs do not | | | | for their own production. Surprising? - but that is how |
| exceed 50 USD for a typical wig. These are the | | | | it is. And that is why most of wigs produced in China |
| materials used to produce a cap. More and more | | | | are made of Asian hair or blended hair widely available |
| wig-makers are now buying ready-made caps, so | | | | on a wholesale market. |
| called "monofilament", which are gaining popularity and | | | | |
