Akiss curl describes a lock of hair curling onto the face and usually plastered down. Although the curl could be flattened withsaliva (hence its alternative namespit curl), soap or hair lotion is more typically used.[1]
In the late seventeenth century, there was a fashion forfringes composed of curls described asfripons,guigne-galants, or 'kiss-curls', sometimes augmented with false hair.[2]
The kiss curl style was worn by both men and women.
It became a trademark of the singerBill Haley, who wore a large kiss curl over his right eye to divert attention from his left eye, which was blind.[3][4] Other people known for their kiss curls includedJosephine Baker,[5]Diana Ross,[6] and the fictional characterSuperman.[7]
^Harvey, Sara M. (2008)."The Seventeenth Century". In Condra, Jill (ed.).The Greenwood encyclopedia of clothing through world history. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 150.ISBN9780313336645.
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