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

My lips were pouty, plump and red, and my hair was swept into an elegant chignon.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2017

Her hair is middle-parted, gathered into a chignon, and she wears stylishly narrow tortoiseshell glasses.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri