Pompadour

The Pompadour is a hair style named after the Marquise de Pompadour, who introduced it. Men wearing it brush their hair upward in front. Women wear the style as a roll raised over the forehead.

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The Pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s among male rockabilly artists and actors in the 1950s like Marlon Brando (The Wild One) and James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause); in the late 20th century, rockabily revival musician Brian Setzer was known for wearing this style. There are also Latin variants of the hair style more associated with European and Argentine tango fashion trends and occasionally with late 20th century musical genres other than rockabilly.

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Pompadour related Images and Photos (experimental)

La Pompadour I	Madame De Pompadour	Madame de Pompadour 1748	La Camisa de la Pompadour
Reproduction of a Poster for the 'Pompadour Theatre' Institut Theatral	Sauce Boat Made for the Table of Mme. De Pompadour Bearing Her Coat of Arms Paris 1745-55	The Presentation of the Young Mozart to Mme De Pompadour at Versailles in 1763	Cameo of Louis XV (1710-74) from Bracelet Worn by Madame De Pompadour (Sardonyx & Precious Stones)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Received by Madame De Pompadour