bouffant
Backcombed bubble hairdo
Bouffant describes a hairstyle puffed out from the head, achieved by backcombing and hairspray.
The style reached peak popularity in the 1960s: She wore her hair in a towering bouffant.
The word extends to anything similarly puffed or voluminous: bouffant sleeves, a bouffant skirt.
Honeycomb housing structure
- updoHair arranged atop head
- teasedMocked playfully
- coiffureArranged head of hair
- backcombingStyling hair against growth
pompadour · chignon · hairpiece · wig · tresses · ratting · flip · pageboy
Aerosol styling fixative
- rollersRotating cylindrical movers
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- stylistHair or fashion expert
- backcombingStyling hair against growth
mousse · volumizer · diffuser · blow-dry · pins · clips · lacquer · hold
Numbers sixty through sixty-nine
- vintageQuality from past eras
- modSoftware tweak or admin
- midcenturyAround the 1950s
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
classic · throwback · rockabilly · glamour · revival · iconic · era
Swelling in soft waves
- fullMaximum extent reached
- liftedRaised upward
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
dome-shaped · sculptural · oversized · dramatic · towering · exaggerated · amplified · inflated
beehive
Honeycomb housing structure
backcombing · pompadour · chignon · hairpiece · wig · tresses · ratting · flip · pageboy · perm
hairspray
Aerosol styling fixative
- rollersRotating cylindrical movers
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- stylistHair or fashion expert
backcombing · mousse · volumizer · diffuser · blow-dry · pins · clips · lacquer · hold · spritz
sixties
Numbers sixty through sixty-nine
- vintageQuality from past eras
- modSoftware tweak or admin
- midcenturyAround the 1950s
nostalgia · classic · throwback · rockabilly · glamour · revival · iconic · era
billowy
Swelling in soft waves
rounded · dome-shaped · sculptural · oversized · dramatic · towering · exaggerated · amplified · inflated · spherical
- Peinadosmono, bob, pixie, afro, melena
- hair stylingblow dryer, blow drying, curling iron, blow-dry, curling wand
- hairstylesbob, bun, braids, updo, braid
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- big hairbeehive, afro, teased hair, pouf, pompadour
- sixties fashionminiskirt, go-go boots, shift dress, A-line dress, Mary Quant
bouffantflat
Lacking vertical variation
sleek · slicked-back · straight · close-cropped · plastered
bouffantminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
natural · understated · effortless · undone · bedhead