Sentence examples for a chignon from inspiring English sources

A chignon? That's sexy".

And put my hair into a chignon.

Her hair was pulled back in a chignon.

Later styles were dressed high on top and in a chignon or ringlets behind.

But don't call the male version an up-do or a chignon.

Who worships a chignon as if it were the icon of a saint?

Hair was dressed in Classical fashion, usually in a chignon bound with ribbons.

The veil under a chignon (bottom, second from far right) was an elegant statement.

That cool-as-a-cucumber chignon, meanwhile, isn't kidding anyone.

As a young woman, she wore it wrapped around a fashionable chignon in an 1842 portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, a painting that was replicated in copies and engravings around the world.

Mr. Weber outfitted her to look like a jazz groupie of the 50's, with dangling earrings, a blonde chignon and a skimpy black cocktail dress.