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Recent Examples of big hair
Images from the 1980s and 1990s show Allyn rocking the era’s bold fashion, makeup and big hair trends.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
The Lost Boys is one of Schumacher's most deliciously gonzo films, an unceasingly fun roller coaster ride of fangs, big hair, and brilliantly gooey practical effects.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Kardashian likes to make a big hair change during Paris Fashion Week.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw models with big hair and emaciated figures.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
The Lost Boys is one of Schumacher's most deliciously gonzo films, an unceasingly fun roller coaster ride of fangs, big hair, and brilliantly gooey practical effects.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Kardashian likes to make a big hair change during Paris Fashion Week.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw models with big hair and emaciated figures.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big hair
Noun
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While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
Noun
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But there were more gray and graying, bald and balding heads in the church than those with crew cuts or thick hair.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.—
Keith O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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The bun is always fresh and perfectly soft.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Edgerton also convinced the pair to rename their fledgling chain Insta-Burger King, reinforcing the feigned royalty with a pylon sign showing a smiling, crowned monarch seated on a giant hamburger bun, a huge fountain drink in hand.—
Steve Patterson,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The late Amy Winehouse — and her famous beehive in all its glory — hung out with Danny DeVito at the Empire Polo Field in 2009.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The actress, who's appeared in five previous seasons of the anthology, is sporting a retro beehive, a blue dress, and black heels.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The pug made the perfect accessory.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Paul, also sporting a buzz cut now, runs to the top of a plinth, high above a massive, cheering crowd.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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On February 27, however, the 63-year-old actor stepped out with her shortest hairstyle in 28 years, having reached a similar length post-buzz cut by February 1998.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2026
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Middleton accessorized her festive look with matching green pumps, a stylish fascinator secured atop her low chignon, and gold and green onyx Monica Vinader earrings.—
InStyle Editors,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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Because Buckley has short hair, a chignon or updo was not an option—but combed neatly back with a side part, clearing the face, feels like a very Grace Kelly detail.—
Ana Serrano,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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On March 2—one day before debuting her new pageboy bob at Paris Fashion Week—Hadid made her grand entrance in a pair of straight-leg jeans that stop well above the ankle, showing off much of her beige crew sock and the entire tongue of her black loafers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2026
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The movie begins in 1989, when Martin was just out of her teens and fighting in Toughwoman contests, and spans 22 years, providing all sorts of opportunities for ungainly period hairstyles, from a ragged pageboy to a curly mullet to a frizzy shag.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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