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The quiff is a hairstyle
Hairstyle

A hairstyle, hairdo, or haircut refers to a styling of head hair. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics....
 that combines the 1950s pompadour
Pompadour (hairstyle)

Pompadour is a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour.The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s among male rockabilly artists and actors like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Marlon Brando and James Dean ....
 hairstyle, the 50s flattop
Flattop

A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up and is cut to be flat, resulting in a haircut that is square in shape....
, and sometimes a mohawk
Mohawk hairstyle

File:Mohawk 1951.jpgThe Mohawk is a hairstyle which consists of shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair. Mohawks became common in punk subculture and Rivethead subculture in the early 1980s and were then adopted by various other groups, becoming more diverse in style....
. The etymology of the word is uncertain but may derive from the French word "coiffe" which can mean either a hairstyle or, going further back, the mail knights wore over their heads and under their helmets.






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The quiff is a hairstyle
Hairstyle

A hairstyle, hairdo, or haircut refers to a styling of head hair. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics....
 that combines the 1950s pompadour
Pompadour (hairstyle)

Pompadour is a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour.The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s among male rockabilly artists and actors like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Marlon Brando and James Dean ....
 hairstyle, the 50s flattop
Flattop

A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up and is cut to be flat, resulting in a haircut that is square in shape....
, and sometimes a mohawk
Mohawk hairstyle

File:Mohawk 1951.jpgThe Mohawk is a hairstyle which consists of shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair. Mohawks became common in punk subculture and Rivethead subculture in the early 1980s and were then adopted by various other groups, becoming more diverse in style....
. The etymology of the word is uncertain but may derive from the French word "coiffe" which can mean either a hairstyle or, going further back, the mail knights wore over their heads and under their helmets. The hairstyle was a staple in the British 'Teddy Boy
Teddy Boy

The United Kingdom Teddy Boy subculture is typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by the styles of the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had tried to re-introduce after World War II....
' movement, but became popular again in Europe in the early 1980s with early psychobilly
Psychobilly

Psychobilly is a genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is often characterized by lyrical references to science fiction, horror films and exploitation films, violence, lurid human sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo, though often presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashi...
 acts including The Meteors
The Meteors

The Meteors are a British psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from the United Kingdom, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre?which fuses punk rock with rockabilly?its distinctive sound and style....
, Demented Are Go
Demented Are Go

Demented are Go are a Wales psychobilly band that was formed around 1982 in Cardiff. They were one of the earliest crop of psychobilly bands, and as a result, are considered to be influential to the psychobilly scene....
, and others. For a while, DJ and TV presenter Mark Lamarr
Mark Lamarr

Mark Lamarr is an England comedian, radio DJ and television presenter....
 was a famous proponent of the quiff.

The hairstyle, although prominent in the 80s, faded into obscurity except among ardent 80s culture fans. The quiff saw a revival in the late 90s, due to the advent of the French crop, a modern version of the quiff, and continues through today.

The Japanese Punch perm
Punch perm

A is a type of tightly permanent wave male hairstyle in Japan that was popular among yakuza , chinpira , bosozoku , truck drivers, construction workers, and enka singers, from the 1960s till the mid-1990s....
, a favorite among Yakuza
Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan, and also known as "violence groups".Today, the Yakuza are among the largest crime organizations in the world....
 and Bosozoku
Bosozoku

is a Japanese subculture associated with motorcycle Motorcycle club.They were first seen in the 1950s as the Japanese automobile industry expanded rapidly....
 (biker gang) members, bears a strong similarity to this hairstyle.

Notable quiffs

Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
, music icon Adam Hawkes, City based Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant is the title used by members of certain professional accountancy associations in the British Commonwealth of Nations countries and Republic of Ireland....
 Morrissey
Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey , known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths....
, British singer formerly of The Smiths
The Smiths

The Smiths were an English Rock music band formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce ....
, well-known for his trademark quiff James Dean
James Dean

James Byron Dean was a two-time Academy Award-nominated American film actor. Dean's status as a cultural icon is best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled stereotypical high school rebel Jim Stark....
, iconic film star Ricky
Ricky

Ricky may refer to:*A somewhat common male name in English and Spanish-speaking countries, deriving from Richard or Patrick*Ricky Guti?rrez, former major league baseball player...
, Character from Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Order of Infante D. Henrique is a Portugal association football who plays as a Midfielder#Winger for English Premier League club Manchester United F.C....
, Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Manchester United, often sports a quiff Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode is an England film criticism who regularly writes for Sight and Sound magazine and The Observer newspaper. He reviews films on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio Five Live show on Friday afternoons, and is the resident movie critic for The Culture Show, on BBC Two, and for Film 4, in the United Kingdom....
, film critic famed for his '50s style quiff Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer

Brian Setzer is an United States guitarist, singer and songwriter....
 of the group Stray Cats
Stray Cats

The Stray Cats are a rockabilly band formed in 1979 in music by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer with school friends Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York....
 Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor , better known by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash....
 and Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon

Paul Gustave Simonon is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for punk rock band The Clash. His most recent work is his involvement in the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007....
 of The Clash
The Clash

The Clash were an English Rock music band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk rock, they experimented with reggae, ska, Dub music, funk, Hip hop music and rockabilly....
 Tintin
Tintin and Snowy

Tintin and Snowy , a journalist and his canine companion, are a pair of adventurers who travel around the world in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books drawn and written by the Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Herg?....
, classic comic book character — in fact, the character was given this name in Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
, Ken Barlow, fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
, played by William Roache
William Roache

William Patrick Roache Member of the Order of the British Empire is a British actor, best known for his role as Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street....
 Martin Fry
Martin Fry

Martin Fry is lead singer of the band ABC ....
 of ABC, famous for his unique quiff Mikey Way, bassist of My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
 Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider

Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an United States actor, comedian, screenwriter and Film director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Hot Chick....
 from Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
 Dom Joly
Dom Joly

Dominic John Joly is an award-winning United Kingdom television comedian and journalist. He came to note as the star of Trigger Happy TV, a hidden camera show that was sold to over seventy countries worldwide....
, comedian Biff Tannen
Biff Tannen

Biff Tannen is a fictional character in the Back to the Future trilogy motion picture trilogy, serving as the primary antagonist of the first two films and a minor supporting character in the third film....
, Back to the Future
Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction film adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale and produced by Steven Spielberg....
 Itamar Franco
Itamar Franco

Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco, usually known as Itamar Franco , is a Brazilian politician who was List of Presidents of Brazil from December 29, 1992 to January 1, 1995....
, former Brazilian president Aaron Barrett
Aaron Barrett

Aaron Asher Barrett is an American musician. He is the lead singer, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter for the ska-punk band Reel Big Fish....
, the lead singer of Ska band Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish is an United States ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out ." The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the Third wave ska with the release of the album Turn the Radio Off....