He was indeed, as he had stated, a barber and an Embellisher of pig-tails, and for many years he had grown rich and round-bodied on the reputation of being one of the most skilful within his quarter of the city.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
The wondrous capital seemed to repay its Imperial Embellisher by the splendour and the joy of its fetes.
"The Parisians, Book 6."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton