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Braid (hairstyle) Braids (also referred to as plaits) are a complex hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more strands of hair. [1] Braiding has been used to style and ornament human and animal hair for thousands of years [2] in various cultures around the world. The simplest and most common version is a flat, solid, three-stranded structure ...
Shikha. (hairstyle) Hindu male (left) wearing his hair in a shikha. A shikha ( Sanskrit: शिखा, romanized : śikhā) is a tuft of hair kept at the back of the head by a Hindu following tonsure. [1] Though traditionally considered to be an essential mark of a Hindu, [2] today it is primarily worn among Brahmins, especially those serving ...
Long hair. Long hair is a hairstyle where the head hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length. Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in some cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the ...
A women's hairstyle where different sections of the hair are cut at different lengths to give the impression of layers. Liberty spikes: Hair that is grown out long and spiked up usually with a gel Lob: A shoulder-length hairstyle for women, much like a long bob, hence the name. Mullet: Hair that is short in front and long in the back.
However, more Black women are resisting and choosing to wear Black hairstyles such as afros and dreadlocks in fashion shows and beauty pageants. [57] [58] For example, in 2007 Miss Universe Jamaica and Rastafarian, Zahra Redwood , was the first black woman to break the barrier in a World pageant stage when she wore locs that paved the way and ...
The hairstyles were characterized by the large topknots on women's heads. Also, hairstyles were used as an expression of beauty, social status, and marital status. For instance, Japanese girls wore a mae-gami to symbolize the start of their coming-of-age ceremony. Single women in Baekjae put their hair in a long pigtail and married women would ...
Her bouffant hairstyle, described as a "grown-up exaggeration of little girls' hair", was created by Kenneth. During the mid and late 1960s, women's hair styles became very big and used a large quantity of hair spray, as worn in real life by Ronnie Spector and parodied in the musical Hairspray. Wigs became fashionable and were often worn to add ...
In the Armed, Paramilitary and Law enforcement forces of India, male Sikh servicemen are allowed to wear full beards as their religion expressly requires followers to do so. However, they are specifically required to "dress up their hair and beard properly". [1] In December 2003, the Supreme Court of India ruled that Muslims in uniform can grow ...