big hair
noun
: hair that is styled and teased to occupy an unusually large amount of space above and around the head
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Serena, with a big hair bow and baby-blue two-piece, marches back and forth across the villa to hash it out.
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Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
In March, Glamour reported that big hair was making a comeback, as inspired by icons like like Brigitte Bardot, Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, and Cindy Crawford.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2024
For the uninitiated, that might seem like a paradox: big hair requiring short hair.
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Not in the neon and big hair way—in the power dressing way.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
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Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
In March, Glamour reported that big hair was making a comeback, as inspired by icons like like Brigitte Bardot, Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, and Cindy Crawford.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2024
For the uninitiated, that might seem like a paradox: big hair requiring short hair.
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Not in the neon and big hair way—in the power dressing way.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Big hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20hair. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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