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bouffant

[ boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt; French boo-fahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

a woman's hairstyle in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed-out appearance and often combed to frame the face.

bouffant

/ ˈbuːfɒŋ /

(of a hair style) having extra height and width through back-combing; puffed out
(of sleeves, skirts, etc) puffed out

First recorded in 1875–80; from French: literally, “swelling” ( bouff(er) “to swell” + -ant adjective suffix; -ant )

C20: from French, from bouffer to puff up

And now the same thing is happening with her signature pillowy, bouffant hairstyle, reports The Daily Mail.

This time the actress is on set in Monte Carlo wearing a giant ball gown and bouffant hairdo.

For another, the woman singing it has ginger colored hair often styled in a retro Dusty Springfield-inspired bouffant.

She ditches her plaid knee-highs for Audrey Hepburn-style shift dresses, fur stoles, red lipstick and a bouffant.

She smiled to see the old men with their high-waisted pants and the old women with their bouffant hair.

To the American eye it is a musical comedy costume, picturesque, bouffant, amazing.

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