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The primary feature of the pompadour hairstyle is a large volume of hair swept upwards from the forehead. Hair in this style was an essential part of the "Gibson Girl" look in the 1890s. The pompadour is a hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV of France. [ 1] Although there are numerous variations ...
Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and ...
Pompadour: The hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead, and sometimes upswept around the sides and back as well. The style, named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), mistress of King Louis XV, is for both women and men. Quiff: The quiff combines the 1950s pompadour hairstyle, the 1950s flat-top, and, sometimes a ...
Greaser (subculture) North American greaser of Quebec, Canada, c. 1960. Greasers are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by ...
Ducktail. Duck's ass or D.A. The ducktail is a men's haircut style popular during the 1950s. It is also called the duck's tail, duck's ass, duck's arse, or simply D.A. and is also described as slicked back hair. [ 1][ 2] The hair is pomaded (greased), combed back around the sides, and parted centrally down the back of the head.
Crew cut. A crew cut is a type of haircut in which the upright hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, [ 1] graduated in length from the longest hair that forms a short pomp ( pompadour) at the front hairline to the shortest at the back of the crown so that in side profile, the outline of the top hair approaches the horizontal. [ 2 ...
Drawing of a Gibson Girl by Charles Dana Gibson (c. 1891) The bouffant is a variant of the pouf hairstyle from the 18th century, popularly used in the aesthetics of aristocratic society and the upper socio-economic classes of the French Empire. The bouffant, along with similar hairstyles like the pouf and the pompadour, represented an exclusive ...
Elvis’ black paisley silk brocade tux was custom-made by MGM tailor Lambert Marks, who had previously worked with the singer on films such as Girl Happy and Spinout. The design came from a ...