ɪn mˈoːɹ ɹˈiːsənt tˈaɪmz ðə hˈɛɹ ʌv fˈʊtbɔːlɚz kˈɛvɪn kˈiːɡən, hˌuː ɐkwˈaɪɚd ɐ kˈɜːli "bˈʌbəl pˈɜːm" wˌaɪl plˈeɪɪŋ fɔːɹ saʊθˈæmptən ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z, ænd dˈeɪvɪd bˈɛkæm ɡˈeɪv ɹˈaɪz tə mˈʌtʃ kˈɑːpɪɪŋ, bˌʌt ˈeɪ "bˈɛkæm" wʌz wʌtˈɛvɚ stˈaɪl"bˈʌzkˈʌt", kˈɔːɹnɹoʊz, fˈɔːkshɔːk, ˈiːvən ɐn ˈælɪs bˈænd hiː hˈæpənd tə wˈɛɹ æɾə ɡˈɪvən tˈaɪm.
In more recent times the hair of footballers Kevin Keegan, who acquired a curly "bubble perm" while playing for Southampton in the early 1980s, and David Beckham gave rise to much copying, but a "Beckham" was whatever style ("buzz-cut", cornrows, Fauxhawk, even an Alice band) he happened to wear at a given time.