chignon

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

After I rang, the door was opened by a young woman, her blond hair pulled back in a chignon, who greeted me with what sounded like an Eastern European accent.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2019

The girl was immaculate—not a blue thread out of place, her chignon of long fair hair coiled in regulation neatness two inches above her uniform collar.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

The crowd, featuring cummerbunds and chignons, sang along to Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road,” and swayed as the singer Joss Stone performed barefoot on stage.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2015

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

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann