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A 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.

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.

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 2007, the fringe saw another massive revival as a hair trend, this time thick, deep and blunt-cut. In October 2007, style icon and model Kate Moss changed her hairstyle to have a fringe, signalling the continuation of the trend into 2008.^[2]

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.^[3]

A catchphrase from the movie Napoleon Dynamite has Pedro saying to Napoleon "I like her bangs" when Napoleon shows Pedro a photo of the girl he was going to take to the dance.

Calvin, in the popular cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes, once tells Susie Derkins, that her bangs cover a lobotomy scar.

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