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Encyclopedia > Fringe (hair)
A blonde fringe.

A fringe (or bangs in the U.S. and Canada) is the front part of the hair, cut to hang or curl over the forehead. Image File history File linksMetadata Bangs. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Bangs. ... For the film, see Hair (film). ... In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony part of the head above the eyes. ...


In hairstyling, it can be swept to the side, similar to the side part, except that it does not cover the eyes. The British term fringe refers to the resemblance of the short row of hair to ornamental fringe trim. Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... This article refers to the sight organ. ...


The North American term bangs, which is often used in reference to a young lady's hairstyle, almost certainly originated with the practice of cutting horses' tails straight across, a style known to this day as a "bang-tail."[1]


There are other terms such as patch, which connotes the coloring of overlying bangs.


Hairstyles that feature fringes or bangs have come and gone out of fashion as frequently as other hairstyles, and they can be worn in any number of styles. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, poofy, curly, teased fringes were in fashion.


In popular culture

An unspecified female with this hairstyle is the subject of a song by They Might Be Giants entitled Bangs, a track from the 2001 album Mink Car.[2] They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ... Mink Car is the eighth studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music) on eMusic. ...


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