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
“Behind the undone chignon, the back of Donald Trump is covered in white lank,” the machine wrote.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
I wanted to have a modern version of Madeleine's chignon on the side of Alexia's head.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021
She wore a flowing, bright yellow dress, and her blonde hair was perfectly coiffed in a thick chignon.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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