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Gazza's baggy Roman shellsuit, John Charles plundering black-and-white goals in Turin, King Kev's floodlit perm dazzling Volksparkstadion terraces, Glenn Hoddle's minuscule Monegasque shorts.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

They’re dropping advice from ChatGPT—aka “Chat”—as if the OpenAI bot is their most trusted consigliere, counseling on everything from business strategy to whether you should let your friend get a perm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

By the eighth inning, a customer had canceled her perm appointment with Kanno, allowing him to watch the game slip away from the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024

Knowles later reposted a video featuring audio of comedian Katt Williams bragging about his long, natural hair without the use of a perm.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

Every time I’d see a commercial for Dark & Lovely with those gorgeous black models and their swinging, straight, shoulder-length hair, I’d beg for Pop Pop to give me the money to get a perm.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Gone were the fluffy perms that are the definers of K-pop stardom - here instead were "eggheads", anonymised buzzcuts of soldiers on the frontline.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023

Only chemical treatments like perms or straightening can change these bonds.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

The details were lost on me as a kid, but Hulu's true crime limited series "Candy" recreates the era in all its shag carpeting, perms and oversized glasses glory.

From Salon ● May 15, 2022

In many cases, they saw students in all four years of their time at the school, from braces to bifocals, pimples to perms.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The permed Keegan was the continent's biggest star and a cultural icon, too.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Huddleston likes to get her hair permed and, according to her daughter, “remember what it was like when Dad was here.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

I reared my head back to clear soggy permed hair from my face, sending more stray droplets into the eyes of onlookers.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023

“We’ve never had power cuts like this in Shenyang,” said one mother, wearing a long flowery skirt and permed hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2021

Her hair was permed into tight curls that had a faint blue cast.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Then, at a salon, an aesthetician cleans them with a degreasing solution, and a perming gel is applied to break down the existing bonds in the hair.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

She said most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2020

Most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2020

The owner, Hatice Utku, is perming the hair of a woman who looks unusually sombre.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2014

I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride