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chignon

[sheen-yon, sheen-yuhn, shee-nyawn] / ˈʃin jɒn, ʃinˈjʌn, ʃiˈnjɔ̃ /
NOUN
hairdo
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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

“Behind the undone chignon, the back of Donald Trump is covered in white lank,” the machine wrote.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

But also, because Alexia has a chignon constantly — that's where she puts her pick.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2021

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

The rest of society is a blend of every skin tone and ethnicity: neoclassical ringlets and jewel-adorned chignons mingle with powdered Afros and flowing dreadlocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2020

It’s always refreshing to see texture on the red carpet, and artfully mussed hair was everywhere—appearing in messy chignons and windswept waves alike.

From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014

The herd that gathered in the 19th arrondissement were as elegant as their surroundings, all tailored jackets, chignons and pointed leather boots.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012

All that — and color sprayed on upswept chignons, too.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2012

They wore jewelry made of shell and swans’-down earrings and chignons spiked with eagle feathers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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