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bouffant

[boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt, boo-fahn] / buˈfɑnt, ˈbu fɑnt, buˈfɑ̃ /


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The next day, to prepare for a cocktail party and dinner, the women in Campbell’s group had their hair teased into bouffants, using a photo of Raquel Welch as inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

One vendor cut and styled hair into slicked-back pompadours and high bouffants.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Trixie has the showier look, solid Barbiecore, heavy on the mod prints, contouring and bouffants.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022

The current CR Fashion Book with Kim Kardashian West, Naomi Campbell and Cher on alternate covers has the threesome posing as a biker gang in long brunette bouffants with bangs.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2020

It was so awesome how she transformed each of our hairstyles into big, round bouffants with curled, flicked-up ends, topped by a cloud of hair spray.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio




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