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 was pinned up as usual, but not in the signature French chignon twist she’d been wearing when Maddie had left her last night.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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