chignon
noun
chi·gnon
ˈshēn-ˌyän 
also -ˌyȯn
: a knot of hair that is worn at the back of the head and especially at the nape of the neck
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The resulting chignon is effortlessly elegant and, as is true to Brisker’s form, still ridiculously cool.
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Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 May 2024
Inside, models with fluorescent pink smudges on their eyes prep in front of mirrors with nets secured to the back of their heads, a way of protecting hairstylist Guido Palau’s French chignons until their first steps onto the runway.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
In nearly all photographs, her white-blond hair is pulled tightly back into a small chignon.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Pull your curls into a casual chignon and throw in pin detailing just for fun.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
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Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 May 2024
Inside, models with fluorescent pink smudges on their eyes prep in front of mirrors with nets secured to the back of their heads, a way of protecting hairstylist Guido Palau’s French chignons until their first steps onto the runway.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2024
In nearly all photographs, her white-blond hair is pulled tightly back into a small chignon.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Pull your curls into a casual chignon and throw in pin detailing just for fun.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
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chignon
noun
chi·gnon
ˈshēn-ˌyän
: a knot of hair worn at the back of the head
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