pompadours

High hair arrangements

Pompadours are hairstyles where the hair is swept up and back from the forehead into a high mound or roll.

Named after Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, the style has been worn by both men and women across centuries.

Elvis Presley's pompadour became iconic in the 1950s: He spent twenty minutes sculpting his pompadour.

hairstyle

quiff

Upswept frontal hairstyle

ducktail · volume · hairspray · slicked · Elvis · greaser · styling · comb · height · retro

fashion

rockabilly

Hillbilly-influenced early rock

subculture · leather jacket · jeans · style · aesthetic · greaser · counterculture · revival · pinup · Americana

historical

eighteenth-century

Relating to the 1700s

elaborate · powdered · wigs · Louis XV · Versailles · nobility · rococo · ornate · towering · regal

Categories
Opposites
hairstyle volume and height

pompadoursbuzz cuts

Hair cropped uniformly short

crew cuts · bald · flat tops · skinheads · pixie cuts

hair direction and parting

pompadourscomb-overs

Hair arranged over baldness

styling effort and formality

pompadoursbedhead

Mussed morning coiffure

natural hair · messy hair

Phrases
Family

pompadour

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G