Revised as I see it has found 2K visitors) Ernest W. Adams's answer is principally correct. read more
The fashion of the 1690s and early 1700s is a long silver wig - a fanciful thing craftsmen and peasants would never wear. The new item came, however, in the middle of situation in which the rich mercantile urban elite of Europe could easily earn more money than landed aristocracy. read more
Wig Out. By the late 18th century, the trend was dying out. French citizens ousted the peruke during the Revolution, and Brits stopped wearing wigs after William Pitt levied a tax on hair powder in 1795. Short, natural hair became the new craze, and it would stay that way for another two centuries or so. read more
In the second century, Englishmen would wear wigs as a symbol of status, and economic stature. During the late 1700's, wigs were worn in the courtroom of the English society. read more