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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. The most famous pompadour was probably that of President Ronald Reagan . 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 twentieth century, rockabilly revival musician Brian Setzer and Pretenders bassist Pete Farndon were 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 twentieth century musical genres such Rockabilly and Country . In recent years they have been almost the sole province of those enamoured with "vintage culture" of the late 50s and early 1960s that includes antique Cars , Hot Rods , American Folk Music , rockabilly bands, and Elvis impersonators. However, they have also become a symbol for fans of New Wave and Retro cultures as well, and are sported by musicians and artists affiliated with those cultures, such as Morrissey . CREATION A pompadour is often created by combing the sides of the hair back, while fanning the top of the hair forward and curling over itself. There are numerous ways to sculpt a pompadour. Some only curl the front few inches of their hair up, while others comb their hair back and use their hands to "push" it into its desired place. Occasionally hair is kept relatively short and cut into the desired look, and pompadours are created through standing the hair straight up, retaining a "spiked" quality. Variations on exact style vary from a straight front to a more rounded and organic look. The Quiff also exists, as a product of the Psychobilly movement. This is most easily described as a Mohawk styled into a pompadour. For women, the hair style has become marginally popular again in the first few years of the twenty first century. It can be created by ratting at the roots of the hair on the sides of the pompadour towards the top of the head. Then the hair is combed up and over the ratted hair, off the forehead, the front up in a curl straight back and the sides pulled back towards the center. Often many hair care products are employed in the creation of a pompadour. Commonly seen are wax and gel pomades, held in high regard for their durability. Sometimes they are created solely with the use of hair spray, hair gel, or even glue. The Japanese Yakuza have now used the pompadour as a Symbol of their afflection. REFERENCES ''Definition''
''Rockabilly connection''
''Setzer connection (many more available on Web)''
''Examples of nonrockabilly male musicians with pompadours''
''Tango and Latin connection''
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