High-powered people with famous names let sunburned shoulders and salt-curled hair be common denominators.

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People copied his Jheri-curled hair and single-gloved, zippered-jacket look.

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The female models, with fluffy curled hair and bright red lips, looked like they were ready to get on an airline flight to mix a little business with pleasure, while the men in plaid wool blazers could have been running off to a campus club meeting.

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Emma Roberts (the niece of Julia, to whom, once she has curled her hair for a party scene, she bears a startling resemblance) stars as Nancy, the supersleuth without a vice in the world.

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Dyed, fried or to the side, naturally nappy or Condoleezza-curled, black women's hair makes a statement.

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He kept his graying hair long, so it curled up near the ears, but age had thinned it on top.

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