bouffant
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James Whale’s 1935 freakquel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” imagined the companion briefly alive, sporting a white-streaked, electric-shocked bouffant before being killed by the Monster moments after her genesis.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
She certainly had a steady personal style; she never changed her bouffant hairstyle with its little flip, and to my eye always looked like a glamorous version of a 1950s housewife.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023
His bushy moustache and black bouffant hair with a trademark white streak at the front made him one of the most recognisable - and impersonated - stars of the era on ITV.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2023
Ryan Nelson renders upswept hair with precisely inked lines in his depiction of a woman that focuses on her bouffant.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022
Joe stared at the cover, the big bouffant, the chandelier earrings, the pointy nails.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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