The Greatest Wig of All | Understanding The Whitney Houston Wig Collection
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- "The Greatest Wig of All" is a quick career anthology of the career of Whitney Houston as told through her wigs.
Episode Credits
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Director: Milik Kashad
Executive Producer: Milik Kashad
Editor: Milik Kashad
Motion Graphics: Milik Kashad
Voiceover: Milik Kashad
Script: Milik Kashad
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Your voice is amazing man! I get chills listening to you. I wish you did ASMR! ❤
Love this!!!!❤
The girls in Toledo and Detroit used to steal and swap these wigs like you wouldn't believe @ Cesar's show bar in Toledo Ohio. In 1993.
Champagne Bordeaux and Chanel Alexander will give u the 2 best Whitneys @ the time ... Champagne still does Whitney in Columbus oh.
I laughed so hard watching this 😂. People talk about the voice, but they don't really discuss her wigs. This post was everything ❤
that only means that her voice is really the main thing of her. same with how nobody notices Mariah's gorgeous and healthy hair 😂
this video was hilarious! my favorite look is the honey blonde moment, followed closely by the bob in any color
The fact the voice match the face
This is definitely one topic i never thought i would be involved in,in my life
Anytime I think of Whitney I think of her 1999 wig 😂😂😂
This has got to be the funniest video I’ve seen all year!!!! That shoulder bounce tho lol
I love the "Dionne interview" wig but my favorite was the "I'm every woman" loose curl. This is wonderful 😅
Yooooooooooooo!! This shit is too funny!! 😂😂 it was the wig bounce that took me out 😅
I’m cracking up!!!!!
I like the video but... according to one of her musicians she didn't only wear wigs in some of the 80/90s she had WEAVES. There's an interview that he talks about her getting her hair done by the hairdresser being more of a protective style.
"Wig," also can mean "hairstyle." So like a "legal action wig" means you need a style of hair appropriate for the court house that can be on your hair or an actual wig.
You didn’t include Whitney’s iconic Blonde wig from the “My Name is not Susan” Era that look was Everything.
I just looked it up, omg! Why does Rihanna also give that when she has blonde hair!? Whitney is so beautiful it’s insane. 😭💙
@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 yes! That look was absolutely everything.
We don’t acknowledge that wig 😂
@@blkprince198 don’t do that we acknowledge EVERY Whitney look 😏
Yeeeees!
“You only get that kind of POWER, that kind of ASSERTION, that kind of DIRECTNESS from a BOB…” No lies detected!!!!! Some of these new singers need to start wearing bobs…the male ones too! 💀💀
Yuh, the men have got to drop the toxic masculinity and queerphobia and start giving us looks. I’m so tired of them.
@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Stop. The males are so fem these days that there are no masculine men left! If you want some female and male power-bob, then go look up Damian Dame.
@@jdfodio Girl bye
@@jdfodioexactly
This video was next level. We need more like this lmao.
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Right!? I already have a list of hairstory he can do!😂💅🏿
Yes!!! I need more. Maybe even a fashions breakdown
Sure it is high level wig
The So Emotional Wig is hands down my favorite! Very chic and so 80’s!🙌
She really went to town with that bob wig in the "If I Told You That" video with George Michael.🙂
OOOOh That's another one of my faves as well! She looked stunning in that one!
THIS VIDEO!!🤣You didn’t mention how Whitney let Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes borrow her “I’m Every Woman music video” wig for a performance at the MOBO Awards, because Lisa’s stylist was running late. Some sources say, she gave her the wig right off her head! That “Dionne Interview” wig is definitely my favorite!
Lisa hosted the 2000 MOBO awards, I believe she had like 5-6 wig/outfit changes. Whitney wasn't present at the award show. There are no red carpet or ceremony pictures of Whitney from that evening. From my understanding, that's a folklore that originated on Twitter.
@@BlackMusicArchive That’s what I get for believing these folk on the internet… Done led me astray!
@@BlackMusicArchive ... her wigs....they all were standard fare for me that any diva would wear....however....i noticed her clothes and makeup more..and what GOD gave her that made her STUNNING......and in the world of fashion we are still talking about her DOLCE and GABBANA PERIOD...everything she ever was or could be as a diva became manifest during this period....it's also during this time she became the most threatening in the industry.....career wise and in her voice and looks...and projection of personality....remember she was a model who broke a lot of barriers on magazine covers and commercials before she became the diva we know now...she had the perfect figure for HAUTE COUTURE....tall for a woman...and skinny....size 4....and the 2 designers EXPLODED the possibilities and perceptions of what a SUPERSTAR should look like...Clive Davis said he always saw Whitney as a young LENA HORNE....so when i would see her in the 80s i would see that yes mostly everything WH wore...did look like something LH would wear.....let's discuss MAKEUP....the MAKEUP GOD KEVYN AUCOIN was her go to guy....and he was the MAN that every black diva lusted to book....and his most refined work was with WHITNEY....the construction of her looks was superb....and so was her career....but the worlds of fashion....haute couture ...and publishing were extremely intimidated by her....the major magazines that covered the world that D and G...and KEVYN....were worhipped in....VOGUE...being the major culprit never featured her on the cover....or the cutting edge hip magazine INTERVIEW....did not bother either....and we took note of that....the funniest thing was the MTV interview which you used a snippet of..when she shook her hair....was when she REALLY broke the hair thing down....she said that she was well aware of how a lot of black divas were snatched BALD during their lives and careers and she said she was NOT going to go out like THAT....sigh...and when she died....the CORONER...said that her REAL hair..was FINE...and EXQUISITE....if i had to pick out a fave wig....i will have to say....any BOB she wore flattered her best..it added rigor to her more editorial looks..and....because she sweat TONS... the bob was easier to mantain over the curls because they would droop from sweat quickly...also the bob made you focus more on her pretty face and perfectly symmetrical LIPS....and TEETH.....culturally it's something to note...black divas and their wigs and weaves...and the subtext of that....black hair and the ambivalence a lot of people have around it in fashion and show business...however we must look even deeper than that....to find out what is really beautiful and unique about divas...physically...and how they contribute to the world what beauty is....and celebrate THAT....
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@@BlackMusicArchiveNOT TO MENTION….. we are to believe that Whitney had only the one wig on hand, that the problem began when Lisa’s stylist was late to the show and no other stylist was available…… as if Whitney, who was a performer on this globally televised awards show, didn’t have an entire goddamn style team at her feet.
This is One of those dumb things of no consequence that get me HEATED. Like… Just tell me any damn thing… I’ll believe it
I loved the "I'm your baby tonight" curly wig era the most! She looked beautiful every wig era, but that one felt like a game changer. I didn't even remember that her cousin Dion wore it. I use to style my real hair that way. Can't style my sister locks like it though😁 Thanks for another great video!!!
I loved that wig❤
I absolutely loved that hairstyle and remembered going to Hair Cuttery in thy 90s telling my stylist to make my hair EXACTLY LIKE Whitney's, only to find out a decade or two later that it was a wig! She's definitely the trend setter for so many of us beautiful black women!
I loved the updo with the French roll in the back and a bang she wore in 94, the AMAs, the Grammys and World Music Awards of that year
Yesssssssss! That post Bodyguard era when she was sweeeeeeeeeeping award circuit! What a beauty.
My favorite is her signature loose curly brown wigs!!!
I love this content that is not entirely music centered! Please make more of it.
All the wigs from The Bodyguard movie and music videos were my personal favorites. But it would be remiss of me not to mention the iconic I Learned From The Best afro wig- that look was so striking, especially with that outfit and makeup.
....her best look....so CHIC....STAGGERING....
.....AYI! ....dammit, I forgot to add that to my Top 5 BEST! ....It was so....DEFIANT.....
She was absolutely breathtaking in the bodyguard. Hell she was just gorgeous period
Thank you!! I love that afro wig! It was something different than what we wore used to.
...Oh, it's about TIME someone covered Whitney's wigs! ...My personal Top Five, if allowed....and, the clear cut winner....and LOSER.... (cont.)
*THE BEST:*
5. The "I'm Every Woman" Video wig
4. The "So Emotional" Video wig (featured better in the "Didn't We Almost..." live Video)
3. The "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (circa 1992) wig (..it was shorter & closer to her face...)
2. The "Loverman / My Man / All The Man.." wig (loose curl)
...and of COURSE, #1. ....the "It's Not Right, but It's OK" wig! (the bob) (5:01)
*...AND, the WORST....*
5. The "Heartbreak Hotel" wig (...too Blonde & poofy)
4. The " I Wanna Dance With Somebody" wig (...obvious...)
3. The "Step By Step" wig (...too, TOO much peach!)
2. The "Live In D.C." wig (...way too stiff & harsh)
1. The "How Will I Know" wig (...by a damn LANDSLIDE!)
The worst Whitney look ever: ua-cam.com/video/x0NxXdR1Eoc/v-deo.html
Whitney's wigs were always a topic of conversation between me and my momma. I would be watching The Preacher's Wife and my mom would be talking about finding her a wig like that, lol. I always loved when Whitney wore the updo /french roll!
My favorite wig was probably during the my love is your love tour. One of my favorite eras. I found out she leted the late Left eye of TLC borrow one of her wigs because Left eye hair stylist didn't show up. I never had a clue whitney wore wigs until i found out from a hardcore fan.....Her wig collection is remarkable. Thanks for pointing this out Milik
You heard wrong. The Lisa/wig story didn’t happen
OMG why is this so fascinating.
@Jason Arnold and he's spot on about all this, not just Whitney as he gave the example of Elizabeth Taylor. So between the companies that own these people, and yes mostly woman..they can control more in the look by clothing, makeup, and man MOST important the hair. I do it or use to when younger with my own hair perms (didn't like short neat afros) and loved wigs, though couldn't stand to wear them that long. I also didn't like straight hair, oh and the bob, sure enough I got most attention from men then any other wig. This was fascinating...
Love her wigs from the I’m your baby tonight/bodyguard era. I also loved the wig from the I look to you album cover.
You forgot about her updo she had for years!!!❤
Yes! Like the wig she had in the preachers wife!!
her ‘mop’ wig from the 1991 tour is my favorite I like how much it clashes to her usual aesthetic, though many find it ugly
Mop wig😂😂😂😂
There is power in a Bob. 4:44
You honestly should do a video about your voice, it’s amazing.
Isn’t HIS voice amazing?!?
.....he needs to do professional voice over work.....
My favorite Whitney wig was the one she wore was the short loose, with the wispy bangs. Also, I thoroughly enjoyed this entire segment, definitely about to get me into my hair bag, so that I will hit the stage, and sing on point, everytime! No, seriously, I want to see more of these please! Can we get into Patti’s wigs next! 💕🤩😍💐
This is so interesting. I didn't know Whitney wore wigs. I always assumed she had her hair styled in those various looks. She was always very fashionable and always looked beautiful.
In Robyn's book she said that Whitney's mother made her feel insecure about her natural hair around 1989 so she always wore wigs/weaves
@@SerafiniAGaunt How sad. No one should be made to feel insecure about what's natural about them. But there might have been a silver lining. Joan Collins--who's 90 today!--has been wearing wigs for decades and says it saves the hair when you're performing under lights. Obviously, Whitney died before this would likely have become an issue, but it was a good choice to make.
@@SerafiniAGaunt ....i am going to have to get her book....seriously.....
@@CuirPhotodotNet I recommend it. ^u^ It's really heartfelt, loving, and uplifts Whitney's legacy while letting you get a glimpse into who Nippy is.
@@nycp1969 That's true! I can imagine it gets really hot under all those lights
The title of this is video is cracking me up 😂.
Me too 😂
I saw it and thought it was a joke 😂
11:53 am
This is so light hearted and fun, but very important to Whitney. She had a lot of style and I always loved her different looks, she switched it up so much! The 1998-1999 bob was a moment in pop culture! 🔥
Your voice is awesome!
I liked the body guard premier wig as well..
My favorite was the one she wore when she did a live performance for returning armed forces! The song she did was "All The Man I Need". I wanted the wig, the dress, the whole get up!
There is POWER in a bob.
The Where Do Broken Hearts Go era curly wig is my favorite, it was flattering and youthful.
I thought most of her wigs in the 90s made her look like a middle aged business executive lmao, especially that short “Oleta Adams” wig on the IYBT Japan tour
I needed this laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and I love my Whitney and her wigs!!!!
😂😂😂😂 Loved it!
I also want to thank you for doing these videos! You’re really awesome!!
Unexpected topic for you, but I clicked fast. And I learned, especially about that bob. Love your personality.😊
man you r a fool for this one! 🤣
@Anthony X nope, he's dead on correct, especially for famous females. He gave that great comparison using Liz Taylor. This is in real life also, very important our hair and how it reflects what we want to be perceived. There is a study that was done about hair color that had to do with a woman's attractiveness and how they were thought of by men.
Come on wig
This video is brilliant.... love your info and energy (especially the head rock to Queen if the night).😂
We need a healthy discussion of other singers wigs too please. Love these!
Well done Milik. 👏
THEEE JOYYYY THIS VIDEO GAVE MEEE!!! It takes a true fan to run down the looks and importance of an artists hair story, and you had me SHOUTING in agreeance!
Great work! I enjoyed it immensely! 🤩
ditto!
“Ladies who lunch” took me out 😂😂😂
My favorite Whitney Houston wig was from the Bodyguard era 1992-1994 but I like the wig from 1994 era
I love listening to your voice, its so soothing, and loved this video, we need to have you on camera more often. My fave is her long crimped hair from the I Wanna Dance With Somebody video, so gorgeous.
She looked beautiful in the Step by step era of hair.
I adored Whitney's hair especially from the mid eighties to the early nineties. Loved her hair light brown and curly. Didn't care for the short, straight bob for It's Not Right But It's Okay era.
I am a hair stylist and this was really interesting! My fav wig for Whitney was the loose curl wig. I wonder who made her wigs for her ?
That's what I'm trying to find out too.
Whitney’s best wig is definitely the straight 1994´s wig with bun ( Grammys, WMA 1994 ), it was very modern, classy but still youthful
not the "ladies who lunch wig" 🤣
someone should've gotten fired for that moment in time grammy's wig!
the blonde bob in undefeated for me...
This video is everything! Wigtastic! Wigalicious! Wignificent! WigWhitneyous! And to think, on her debut album cover, she wore her hair in a "natural" slick back! My favorite Whitney Wigs are The How Will I know Wella Weave Wig combo, The I wanna Dance with Somebody, Not quite the right color or texture half wig/fall, and the most angelic My Love is your Love, 3C curly girl starter wig! Honorable Mention to the Billboard/Exhale/ Tour long and curly Lotta Body wet set wig.
The Vicki Wynans wig was my fave. She has some absolutely legendary performances while wearing that piece.The "ladies who lunch" and "Dionne Warwick" are my runner ups my. The length, texture and volume frame her face well. I high-key can't stand the bob and the Oletta Adams. And I prefer brown over blonde or black on her no matter the style.
Nothing says older church woman like those white on white stockings. Great video Sir. Your channel is very refreshing and thought provoking. My favorite look, ever, is on the I LEARNED FROM THE BEST video. Her whole look and sound on that album were sensually alluring.
Preachers wife looks were my favorite wigs she wore. Loved the curls and updos.
Her “why does it hurt so bad” and “her bump it bobs” are my favs!!!!
For me the bob is her worst wig 🤣 I find it so tacky and “granny” style LMAO I like her hair in the styles of BBMA 91’, 95-96’ Exhale hair and the 00’ one as in Could Have This Kiss Forever or If I Told You That videos.
I loved Whitney for changing all of her looks! Thank you for this deep dive. You are analyzing every aspect of these Divas and I am here for it!
This title has me screaming 😭 Yesss!
This wig had me speaking tongues, honey!😂😂😂😂
Definetly loose wig of the 90s. best ones were Billboard music awards 1991 and step by step music video for sure.
Brooo. Bump it and little bump it. This video was much needed.
😂😂😂😂 my favs
I remember Ce Ce Peniston looked 50 because of the bob wig she wore in the Finally music video.
Whitney really looked the Business in the short black bob. 5:36
I personally liked the little bump-it honey coloured bob,
but Whitney always looked stunning.
I pray that Whitney is in Heaven with Jesus.
I've watched this video so many times. I love it!
This video was such a Kiii! The bob is truly the most iconic, but didn't she also have a brief French roll period too?
The French Roll deserves its own video.
I loved her in an afro Wig. In I learned from the best video. Stunning look especially with earth tones color pallet make up.
.....butter soft leather by CHANEL.....and that INSANE RING LIGHT....that made her look so CREAMY....CARAMEL....
1994 the long soft curl shoulder length hair. Absolutely gorgeous!
This is excellent. Well researched and hilarious. I’ve long enjoyed your essays but the humor you added to the subject of our beloved Whitney Houston launched me into the stratosphere😭
And if I have to choose…Honey Blonde Bump It!!🤪😂
Thank you for this
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Ok, I am HOLLERING. Not the Vicki Winans or bumpit wigs. I CANNOT😂😂
However, if you gonna dedicate a wig breakdown of Whitney, you better do a wig breakdown of the 2 BEASTS of wigology: TINA TURNER & PATTI LABELLE. Bah-bee...those ladies showed us how it's done!! Them wigs stayed on until THEY took em off & had us thinking they grew them out they SCALP. Tina MADE her wigs & got the human hair from Africa, ok. Do not mess with these ladies
SEATED.
Wigney houston an immortal legend
Let's get real here....Whitney's VOICE was iconic. There is not ONE wig that wasn't like some dowdy frumpy 60's Florence Henderson sitcom house wife look. I cringe when I see most of these...especially the one in the white gown....and that's unfortunate....because "above all this" Whitney's true beauty always showed through. One wig that I did love though, was the huge afro in "I Learned From The Best" video.........
I'm hollering 😅😂😂 listen the honey bump-it and "The Bob" were my favorites ❤ Heartbreak Hotel is the Top Wigs but "If 6 of yall went out, huh.... Then 4 of you were really cheeeeap, yeah, 'cause only 2 of you had dinner, I found your credit card receipt-eipttttt"😅 The Bob gave those lyrics power🎉😂
Haha, I’ll consider this a Whitney teaser video. So excited for the full version.
But yeah, the bob was legendary-the Dianne Sawyer interview was a bob too, right?
THANK YOU for doing this!💪💪💪🙌🙌🙏🙏😁😁the science behind Whitney's wigology is so important!
I don’t get the whole sell out thing. So according to black folks, black artists are just supposed to cater to blacks people? 13% of the population? Instead of catering to all and making more money??? I can’t! Anyway, I love her ladies who lunch wig!
Listen! This was important, and enlightening! You should do this discussion with a few other important artists. How about talking about Prince's and MJ's hair choice journeys? It's easy to speak about women - how about male artists?
As a white boy who grew up in the era of Donna Summer, and Charlie's Angels, I find the whole wig thing perplexing. I thought it was Donna's real hair (Ma'am, it that your hair? Yes, I have the receipt right here!) It must be a bother feeling that you need a wig, and that your own hair is somehow not enough. All I know is that Susan on Sesame Street had an afro, as did a lot of women from the early 70's... but not Diana Ross... hmmm....
It's not that their hair is not enough. Many black female singers such as Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle and Whitney herself have talked about how the constant dying, processing, frying of their hair cause irreparable damage, so many of them have very little hair due to the demands of the business, some wear the wigs to prevent damage to their hair.
That Bob wig was the Cheapest looking on her. She could've bought that cheap wig on Central Ave, it was so through.
All her wigs were tired except the: "I Run to you and the 1 of those Days" wigs
Not the ladies who lunch wig!!! I’m all the way weak and so here for Whit!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
What does this have to do with singing? Count on a bm to obsess over bw sensitive hair issues. All female entertainers wear hair peices but only bm ridicule & mock their own women for it. Unsubed
Hilarious!!!! And let's focus on the narrator's WIG!!!!
I really wish they'd titled this video WIGney Houston 😊
I believe the wigs are our future, glue them well and let them weave the way
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Whitney ATE with that bob wig. This video had me cracking up 😂 thank you for making it
I wonder if this psychologically made her feel “old”
Al Sharpton calling someone a sellout with that prese and curl he he got nerve!!!
A chiclet heel. 😂
Why is this guy's voice so deep?? It's very disturbing.
She really did have some iconic wigs. Do Janet next
I like her bob. Whether its straight or bumped. Epic.
This was great, I just wish we could have seen her natural hair.
It’s the way you speaking so matter of factly 😂🤣😂
And y’all look at that bounce- crying 😂
This Whole Video is a KIKI 🙌🏾🤣💯!!!