Assistant forbidding bringing dog over for hair styling (9)
I believe the answer is:
pompadour
'hair styling' is the definition.
(I know that pompadour is a hair styling)
'assistant forbidding bringing dog over' is the wordplay.
'assistant' becomes 'pa' (personal assistant).
'forbidding' becomes 'dour' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bringing dog' becomes 'pom' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pa'+'dour'='padour'
'padour' after 'pom' is 'POMPADOUR'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pompadour that I've seen before include "twenty down [HAIRDO]" , "18th century hairstyle employing a pad at the front to add bulk" , "Hairstyle associated with a mistress of Louis XV" , "High Barnet" , "Lady" .)