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
This year, the Dominican rapper supported her friend by walking the runway in a retro bouffant and black funeral dress.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
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
“Marcia, are you going to bottle your secret?” a woman whom Ifemelu did not know asked, her bleached hair bouffant like a platinum helmet.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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