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Wells Wigs Unlimited, Inc.

(Tigard Plaza, 99W & Hall)

11945 SW Pacific Highway, Suite 206
Tigard, Oregon 97223-6462
local 503.626.2727, toll-free 800.447.9447

www.wigsunlimited.com
thewigwizard@yahoo.com

Wells Wigs Unlimited

Our family owned and operated business started over 40 years ago with Shirley Wells and her twin daughters, Bonnie and Connie, giving home wig parties in Los Angeles; sometimes as many as three or four a day. Shirley’s wig boutique opened in Glendale, CA in 1970. The business was sold and the family moved to Oregon shortly after where they opened retail and wholesale wig stores, along with an 80 horse ranch and saddle shop which Connie and her brothers helped their father run.

Wells Wigs Unlimited returned to Tigard Plaza with a second location, their first location opened in Tigard, Oregon in 1970. This location continues to be operated by Shirley and her daughters. The family is strongly connected to the cancer and chemo patients for both Shirley and Bonnie have coped with breast cancer in the last 6 years and are both cancer survivors.

The new store will be 1 year old in May and will be hosting a “Star Pro” event. This event was started by Hairuwear a few years ago and Wells Wigs has continued with it from the beginning. Over 3000 invitations have been sent to regular and local customers offering special prices. There will be colorful helium balloons hanging from the ceiling with folded tags inside for designated prizes, ready to pop at checkout. Customers will choose their balloon; excitement is in the air as the balloon is popped. We extend this sale for a full month offering before or after appointments for those who may not enjoy the party atmosphere. The event is May 10-12, right before Mother’s Day!

Many first time customers are shocked when they see all the wigs displayed in our store. Wells has all the Raquel Welch and Gabor wigs in stock. If we don’t have the preferred choice of style or color, we order it. We receive new stock every week and call the customer promptly when the order comes in.

Bonnie is our wig designer with regular clients, sometimes flying in from far just for her expertise. Connie runs our mail order website and helps theater and movie people with their hair needs on their projects. We actually set up a wig store in Portland for the Burt Reynolds’ movie “Breaking In”; we supplied wigs for the Tommy Lee Jones’ movie “The Hunted”.

abc’s 20-20, with Jon Stossell, profiled Shirley as a workaholic in the 90’s. The segment ran on the promo for TLC for two years showing and naming the store. It was great publicity, although the premise was that Shirley worked too hard for the health she was in. But, despite the hard work she’s still around and pleased that her daughters have stayed with the business. When she’s not at the store she’s at her home in Georgia with her husband of 15 years, and grandchildren.

The Wells family has always given discounts to those undergoing cancer treatments. Customers experiencing serious, chronic hair loss receive a discount also. Wells has worked with licensed stylists for over 30 years allowing them to bring/meet their client in the shop to choose a wig that will look the most like their hairstyle and color, and to offer advice. Stylists pay the store the listed wholesale cost of the wig and they sell to their client. Wells loses money with this practice, but the cancer stricken client with chemo, and stylist who has done their hair for many years, wins.