Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, between 1748 and 1755, currently at the Louvre Museum. Public Domain Madame de Pompadour is perhaps most associated with the ...

Check out these pompadours! It takes a lot of guts to rock such a huge hairdo, in all senses of the word. In case you aren't familiar with this hairstyle, "pompadour" basically means short on the ...

The mystique and allure of Madame de Pompadour’s partially mythic legacy has attracted the attention of generations of historians and the public. But her full legacy includes more than just being the ...

The pompadour is this season’s hottest hairstyle, whether your hair is Janet Jackson-short or Beyonce-long. The only issue is figuring out how to create this super-chic, poufed-in-the-front style.

If Patsy Stone from Absolutely Fabulous is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a pompadour, this post's for you! Done right, it's sleek and totally fun for a night out. Adir Abergel, ...

You’ve seen them on red carpets, our hair street style articles, and even among your own friends. Twisted pompadours are everywhere you turn. MIZANI hairstylist, Daryce Brown-Willis of Styles New York ...

Madame de Pompadour was a power to be reckoned with during the reign of her lover, the French king Louis XV. Born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, she rose through the proverbial ranks at the court of ...

MADAME DE POMPADOUR (324 pp.) Nancy Mitford— Random House ($4.75). When the mob marched on Versailles in the French Revolution, palace guards ran to close the massive iron gates. They tugged in vain: ...

AFTER the various balls celebrating the marriage of the Dauphin, Madame d’Étiolcs was frequently observed flitting in and out of the palace. Nobody knew whether she slept there, and if so in which ...

France’s Compagnie Vranken has agreed to license its Pompadour brand to its Champagne subsidiary Vranken-Pommery Monopole. Maison Pompadour, built around a collection of reserve vintages sourced from ...

France's Loire Valley is, of course, famous for its regal châteaux. Visitors have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. One can meander through the more than 500 rooms of the Château de ...