chignon

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Ms Ardern wore a fitted ivory dress by designer Juliette Hogan - who is reportedly a close friend of the ex-PM - and a long veil clipped onto a chignon up-do hairstyle.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

Her blond hair was usually ironed straight or pulled back into a messy chignon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022

I wanted to have a modern version of Madeleine's chignon on the side of Alexia's head.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021

Her hair is braided and then twisted into a chignon and she wears tiny gold earrings.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2020

She takes the hardbound green volume, with gold lettering and a line drawing of a girl with abundant red hair in a chignon on the front, and opens it.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline