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Each Halloween, it takes a whole group of costume designers, make-up artists and wig designers to convey the anchor’s seems to be to life.

Among them? Jodi Mancuso, head hair designer for “Saturday Night Live.”

The 24-year veteran has gained 9 Emmys for her work and brings her next-level skills to the plaza every year.

Creating the long-lasting seems to be for the co-hosts, Mancuso stated that every wig presents its personal problem, however, on common, every one takes round 80 hours to construct.

The TODAY Halloween wigs can take as much as 80 hours to create.  TODAY

“I do crazy research,” Mancuso tells TODAY.com. “I print every angle and go over it and over it.”

To assist pace up the method, wigs are cut up into two, then labored on by two totally different designers earlier than being sewn again collectively once they’re achieved.

Fortunately, not each wig needs to be constructed from scratch. Some could be repurposed from different wigs or reimagined, which helps lower down on time.

Savannah’s Miranda Priestly wig wasn’t one in every of them.

Savannah’s Miranda Priestly wig was among the many most difficult to construct this 12 months.  TODAY

“That’s a very specific wig, we actually had to build it,” she explains, saying that between its distinctive shade and lower, it was probably the most difficult of this 12 months’s wigs to create.

“Savannah’s took quite a long time,” says Mancuso. “You had to go slow and really mix the colors.”

Once she obtained the shade proper, Mancuso says the wig required three further hours of slicing and styling to imitate Meryl Streep’s iconic look in “The Devil Wears Prada.”

“We’re pretty specific on how we do things,” Mancuso says. “Even though it’s Halloween and it’s supposed to be fun, because we’re SNL, hair-based trained, we usually make it specific, then let everybody have fun with it.”

Craig’s Prince wig is an ideal recreation of the legendary musician’s “Purple Rain” look.

Despite the lengthy hours main as much as Oct. 31, Mancuso says the payoff is watching the TODAY anchors see themselves of their wigs on Halloween morning.

“When they put it on and they’re happy because they were part of choosing it, it’s so nice to see them excited. It’s like little kids at Halloween. Literally.”