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Squee, thank you, this is really incredibly helpful! Etsy, that's a really excellent idea. I was thinking wool rather than real hair. And I'm really not at all crafty, so I would almost certainly rather pay someone to make them. I don't mind spending money, my first students qualifying as doctors is a big occasion, and the university is paying for gown hire anyway.

It seems appropriate to try to match the colours exactly, since academic dress does tend to go for defined shades. But I wasn't sure if dyeing a specified colour is actually something people do.