Pompadour (hairstyle)

[1] Although there are numerous variations of the style for men, women, and children, the basic concept is having a large volume of hair swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead, and sometimes upswept around the sides and back as well.

Adding vertical volume on top of the head, by combing the hair back and up above the forehead, is a trend that originated in women's hairstyles of the royal court in France, first in the 1680s, and again in the second half of the 18th century, long before and after Madame de Pompadour.

Celebrities known for wearing pompadours during the 1950s and 1960s include Little Richard and Afghanistan's Ahmad Zahir as well as actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Desi Arnaz.

[citation needed] The style is often parodied in shows like The Sopranos or Jersey Shore, which portray negatively stereotyped characters—especially Silvio Dante.

In Japan the style is known as the "Regent" hairstyle, and is often caricatured in various forms of entertainment media such as anime, manga, television, and music videos, often into improbable levels of length and volume.

For Josuke Higashikata from Diamond Is Unbreakable, Ryunosuke “Rio” Umemiya from Shaman King, and Gunkan from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, the hairstyle became a signature detail.

In the 2000s and 2010s, the pompadour hairstyle has been seen on celebrities which include Conan O'Brien,[3] Bruno Mars, Morrissey, David Beckham, Drake Bell, Zac Efron, Zayn Malik, Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys, and Justin Timberlake.

In the comic continuation of the Nickelodeon animated television series The Legend of Korra, a character with a pompadour hairstyle was included: Wenyan.