Article: Hair harvested from Indian virgins in sacred temples is the latest must-have adornment. But who're the real fashion victims?

Byline: TAMARA KAMINSKY

WHEN Victoria Beckham pushed her long glossy fingernails through her hair last month during the World Cup, attention was momentarily taken away from her ever shrinking frame and on to her scalp. For under those thick tresses, it seemed, the commander-in-chief of the WAGs crowd was going bald.

Was this alopecia? Was the stress of the upcoming games getting to her?

As it turns out, it was simply a hair malfunction. For Mrs Beckham had not had time to replace her hair extensions.

Having learned not to let her standards slip while the world was watching, she flew back to the UK and, five hours later, she strolled down the street in a ...

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