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

The scar is shaped like a spiral, a snail, which is a direct homage to Madeleine's chignon in "Vertigo," which is also shaped like a snail.

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

With one hand she smoothed her dark blond hair, which was arranged in an elegant chignon at the nape of her neck.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood