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

Her hair is braided and then twisted into a chignon and she wears tiny gold earrings.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2020

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