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	{{~~short~~ description\|Women's hairstyle ~~with hair pinned in a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head~~}}		{{Short description\|Women's hairstyle}}
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	[[File:Chignon-jennadrudi.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Chignon example]]		[[File:Chignon-jennadrudi.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Chignon example]]
	A '''chignon''' ({{IPAc-en\|UK\|ˈ\|ʃ\|iː\|n\|j\|ɒ̃}}, {{IPAc-en\|US\|ˈ\|ʃ\|iː\|n\|j\|ɒ\|n}}, {{IPA-fr\|ʃiɲɔ̃\|lang}}), from the French ''[[wikt:chignon#French\|chignon]]'' meaning a [[Bun (hairstyle)\|bun]], is a [[hairstyle]] characterized by wrapped hair on the back of the head. In the United States and United Kingdom, it is often used as an abbreviation of the French phrase ''chignon du cou'', signifying a low bun worn at the [[nape]] of the neck.<ref name="lacey2011">{{cite web \| title = What's the Difference Between a Bun and a Chignon? Plenty, Actually \| url = http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 \| website = Bellasugar \| date = 21 December 2011 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120109034015/http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 \| archive-date = 9 January 2012 \| last = Lacey \| first = Miriam}} Also available at ''[https://www.allure.com/story/the-difference-between-a-bun-a Allure]''.</ref><ref name="rud2022">{{cite magazine \| title = The Chignon Is Making a Major Comeback, Here's How to Wear It \| last = Rud \| first = Melanie \| url = https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/hair/chignon \| date = 10 April 2022 \| magazine = [[Real Simple]]}}</ref><ref name="ngo2023">{{cite web \| last = Ngo \| first = Hope \| title = The Difference Between A Bun And A Chignon Explained \| url = https://www.thelist.com/178217/the-difference-between-a-bun-and-a-chignon-explained/ \| website = The List \| date = 3 February 2023}}</ref>		A '''chignon''' ({{IPAc-en\|UK\|ˈ\|ʃ\|iː\|n\|j\|ɒ̃}}, {{IPAc-en\|US\|ˈ\|ʃ\|iː\|n\|j\|ɒ\|n}}, {{IPA\|fr\|ʃiɲɔ̃\|lang}}), from the French ''[[wikt:chignon#French\|chignon]]'' meaning a [[Bun (hairstyle)\|bun]], is a [[hairstyle]] characterized by wrapped hair on the back of the head. In the United States and the United Kingdom, it is often used as an abbreviation of the French phrase ''chignon du cou'', signifying a low bun worn at the [[nape]] of the neck.<ref name="lacey2011">{{cite web \| title = What's the Difference Between a Bun and a Chignon? Plenty, Actually \| url = http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 \| website = Bellasugar \| date = 21 December 2011 \| url-status = dead \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120109034015/http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 \| archive-date = 9 January 2012 \| last = Lacey \| first = Miriam}} Also available at ''[https://www.allure.com/story/the-difference-between-a-bun-a Allure]''.</ref><ref name="rud2022">{{cite magazine \| title = The Chignon Is Making a Major Comeback, Here's How to Wear It \| last = Rud \| first = Melanie \| url = https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/hair/chignon \| date = 10 April 2022 \| magazine = [[Real Simple]]}}</ref><ref name="ngo2023">{{cite web \| last = Ngo \| first = Hope \| title = The Difference Between A Bun And A Chignon Explained \| url = https://www.thelist.com/178217/the-difference-between-a-bun-and-a-chignon-explained/ \| website = The List \| date = 3 February 2023}}</ref>

	Chignons are generally achieved by pinning the hair into a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head, but there are many variations of the style.<ref name="life1954">{{cite magazine \| magazine = [[Life (magazine)\|Life]] \| title = Perched Hats on Buns: Diminutive caps cling to long, coiled-up hair \| date = 27 September 1954 \| page = 87 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yVQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> They are usually secured with accessories such as [[barrette]]s or [[Hairpin (fashion)\|hairpin]]s.<ref name="minden2007">{{cite book \| title = The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet \| chapter = Getting Started \| pages = 28 \| last = Minden \| first = E.G. \| date = 2007 \| isbn = 9781416595717 \| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S-RuSzcrBnAC&pg=PT48}}</ref> Chignons are frequently worn for special occasions, like weddings and formal dances, but the basic chignon is also worn for everyday casual wear.		Chignons are generally achieved by pinning the hair into a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head, but there are many variations of the style.<ref name="life1954">{{cite magazine \| magazine = [[Life (magazine)\|Life]] \| title = Perched Hats on Buns: Diminutive caps cling to long, coiled-up hair \| date = 27 September 1954 \| page = 87 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yVQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> They are usually secured with accessories such as [[Hair clip\|barrette]]s or [[Hairpin (fashion)\|hairpin]]s.<ref name="minden2007">{{cite book \| title = The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet \| chapter = Getting Started \| pages = 28 \| last = Minden \| first = E.G. \| date = 2007 \| isbn = 9781416595717 \| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S-RuSzcrBnAC&pg=PT48}}</ref> Chignons are frequently worn for special occasions, like weddings and formal dances, but the basic chignon is also worn for everyday casual wear.

	==History==		==History==
	The chignon can be traced back to [[ancient Greece]], where [[Athenian]] women commonly wore the style with gold or ivory handcrafted hairpins. Athenian men wore the style ~~as well~~, but they fastened their chignons with a clasp of "golden grasshoppers", according to ''[[The History of the Peloponnesian War]]'', by [[Thucydides]].{{ref}} The chignon was specific to [[Athens]], as other city states, such as [[Cyprus]] and [[Sparta]], had their own styles of hairdressing.{{citation needed\|date=November 2019}} The chignon was also popular in [[History of China#Ancient China\|ancient China]], where married women wore the low, knotted hairstyle.{{citation needed\|date=November 2019}}		The chignon can be traced back to [[ancient Greece]], where [[Athenian]] women commonly wore the style with gold or ivory handcrafted hairpins. Athenian men wore the same style, but they fastened their chignons with a clasp of "golden grasshoppers", according to ''[[The History of the Peloponnesian War]]'', by [[Thucydides]].{{ref}} The chignon was specific to [[Athens]], as other city states, such as [[Cyprus]] and [[Sparta]], had their own styles of hairdressing.{{citation needed\|date=November 2019}} The chignon was also popular in [[History of China#Ancient China\|ancient China]], where married women wore the low, knotted hairstyle.{{citation needed\|date=November 2019}}

	Male writers of the [[Victorian era]], like [[Anthony Trollope]], were fond of poking fun<ref>{{cite book\|url=~~https~~://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html\|title=He Knew He Was Right\|date=1869\|author=Trollope, Anthony\|access-date=13 April 2018\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095033/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html\|url-status=dead}} Chapter 8.</ref> at the perceived absurdity of the fashion, which was much in vogue in [[England]] in the 1860s. In the 1890s, the dancer [[Cléo de Mérode]] popularized the hairstyle in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v73mAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+uncle&pg=PA1062\|title = The Pennsylvania Gazette ...: Weekly Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania\|year = 1916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTwpAAAAYAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+engaged&pg=PA199\|title = The American Telephone Journal\|year = 1903}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwhbAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+1915&pg=PA234\|title=Of Human Bondage\|isbn=9780758317155\|last1=Maugham\|first1=William Somerset\|year=1915}}</ref>		Male writers of the [[Victorian era]], like [[Anthony Trollope]], were fond of poking fun<ref>{{cite book\|url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html\|title=He Knew He Was Right\|date=1869\|author=Trollope, Anthony\|access-date=13 April 2018\|archive-date=29 November 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095033/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html\|url-status=dead}} Chapter 8.</ref> at the perceived absurdity of the fashion, which was much in vogue in [[England]] in the 1860s. In the 1890s, the dancer [[Cléo de Mérode]] popularized the hairstyle in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v73mAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+uncle&pg=PA1062\|title = The Pennsylvania Gazette ...: Weekly Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania\|year = 1916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTwpAAAAYAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+engaged&pg=PA199\|title = The American Telephone Journal\|year = 1903}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwhbAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+1915&pg=PA234\|title=Of Human Bondage\|isbn=9780758317155\|last1=Maugham\|first1=William Somerset\|year=1915}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	* {{cite web\|url=http://www.demodecouture.com/hair/ \|website=demodecouture.com\|title=Bustle-era hairstyles}}		* {{cite web\|url=http://www.demodecouture.com/hair/ \|website=demodecouture.com\|title=Bustle-era hairstyles}}
	* {{cite news\|author=Cox, Caroline \|author2=Leguen, Jean Marie\|url=~~http~~://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2003_36_mon_03.shtml \|title=Chignon\|date= 8 September 2003\|publisher= BBC Radio 4\|work= Woman's Hour\|access-date= 29 April 2007}}		* {{cite news\|author=Cox, Caroline \|author2=Leguen, Jean Marie\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2003_36_mon_03.shtml \|title=Chignon\|date= 8 September 2003\|publisher= BBC Radio 4\|work= Woman's Hour\|access-date= 29 April 2007}}
	* {{cite web\|author=DeBrohun, Jeri\|url=http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page \|title=Power Dressing in Ancient Greece and Rome\|publisher=National Center for History Education\|website=Commonwealth History Project\|access-date= 29 April 2007\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093831/http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page\|archive-date = 2007-02-11}}		* {{cite web\|author=DeBrohun, Jeri\|url=http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page \|title=Power Dressing in Ancient Greece and Rome\|publisher=National Center for History Education\|website=Commonwealth History Project\|access-date= 29 April 2007\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093831/http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page\|archive-date = 2007-02-11}}
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426145042/http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20hair.asp "History of Hair"]. 2004. UKHairdressers. Accessed 29 April 2007.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426145042/http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20hair.asp "History of Hair"]. 2004. UKHairdressers. Accessed 29 April 2007.
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{{short description|Women's hairstyle with hair pinned in a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head}}
{{multiple issues|
{{more footnotes|date=March 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
}}
[[File:Chignon-jennadrudi.JPG|thumb|right|Chignon example]]
A '''chignon''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|ʃ|iː|n|j|ɒ̃}}, {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|ʃ|iː|n|j|ɒ|n}}, {{IPA-fr|ʃiɲɔ̃|lang}}), from the French ''[[wikt:chignon#French|chignon]]'' meaning a [[Bun (hairstyle)|bun]], is a [[hairstyle]] characterized by wrapped hair on the back of the head. In the United States and United Kingdom, it is often used as an abbreviation of the French phrase ''chignon du cou'', signifying a low bun worn at the [[nape]] of the neck.<ref name="lacey2011">{{cite web | title = What's the Difference Between a Bun and a Chignon? Plenty, Actually | url = http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 | website = Bellasugar | date = 21 December 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120109034015/http://www.bellasugar.com/Difference-Between-Bun-Chignon-20963791 | archive-date = 9 January 2012 | last = Lacey | first = Miriam}} Also available at ''[https://www.allure.com/story/the-difference-between-a-bun-a Allure]''.</ref><ref name="rud2022">{{cite magazine | title = The Chignon Is Making a Major Comeback, Here's How to Wear It | last = Rud | first = Melanie | url = https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/hair/chignon | date = 10 April 2022 | magazine = [[Real Simple]]}}</ref><ref name="ngo2023">{{cite web | last = Ngo | first = Hope | title = The Difference Between A Bun And A Chignon Explained | url = https://www.thelist.com/178217/the-difference-between-a-bun-and-a-chignon-explained/ | website = The List | date = 3 February 2023}}</ref>

Chignons are generally achieved by pinning the hair into a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head, but there are many variations of the style.<ref name="life1954">{{cite magazine | magazine = [[Life (magazine)|Life]] | title = Perched Hats on Buns: Diminutive caps cling to long, coiled-up hair | date = 27 September 1954 | page = 87 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yVQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> They are usually secured with accessories such as [[barrette]]s or [[Hairpin (fashion)|hairpin]]s.<ref name="minden2007">{{cite book | title = The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet | chapter = Getting Started | pages = 28 | last = Minden | first = E.G. | date = 2007 | isbn = 9781416595717 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S-RuSzcrBnAC&pg=PT48}}</ref> Chignons are frequently worn for special occasions, like weddings and formal dances, but the basic chignon is also worn for everyday casual wear.

==History==
The chignon can be traced back to [[ancient Greece]], where [[Athenian]] women commonly wore the style with gold or ivory handcrafted hairpins. Athenian men wore the style as well, but they fastened their chignons with a clasp of "golden grasshoppers", according to ''[[The History of the Peloponnesian War]]'', by [[Thucydides]].{{ref}} The chignon was specific to [[Athens]], as other city states, such as [[Cyprus]] and [[Sparta]], had their own styles of hairdressing.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} The chignon was also popular in [[History of China#Ancient China|ancient China]], where married women wore the low, knotted hairstyle.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Male writers of the [[Victorian era]], like [[Anthony Trollope]], were fond of poking fun<ref>{{cite book|url=https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html|title=He Knew He Was Right|date=1869|author=Trollope, Anthony|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095033/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/trollope/anthony/knew/chapter8.html|url-status=dead}} Chapter 8.</ref> at the perceived absurdity of the fashion, which was much in vogue in [[England]] in the 1860s. In the 1890s, the dancer [[Cléo de Mérode]] popularized the hairstyle in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v73mAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+uncle&pg=PA1062|title = The Pennsylvania Gazette ...: Weekly Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania|year = 1916}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTwpAAAAYAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+engaged&pg=PA199|title = The American Telephone Journal|year = 1903}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwhbAAAAMAAJ&dq=cleo+de+merode+1915&pg=PA234|title=Of Human Bondage|isbn=9780758317155|last1=Maugham|first1=William Somerset|year=1915}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bun (hairstyle)|Bun]]
* [[Cockernonnie]]
* [[List of hairstyles]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.demodecouture.com/hair/ |website=demodecouture.com|title=Bustle-era hairstyles}}
* {{cite news|author=Cox, Caroline |author2=Leguen, Jean Marie|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2003_36_mon_03.shtml |title=Chignon|date= 8 September 2003|publisher= BBC Radio 4|work= Woman's Hour|access-date= 29 April 2007}}
* {{cite web|author=DeBrohun, Jeri|url=http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page |title=Power Dressing in Ancient Greece and Rome|publisher=National Center for History Education|website=Commonwealth History Project|access-date= 29 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093831/http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=741&op=page|archive-date = 2007-02-11}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426145042/http://www.ukhairdressers.com/history%20of%20hair.asp "History of Hair"]. 2004. UKHairdressers. Accessed 29 April 2007.
*{{cite news|author= Martin, Kiley|url= http://morbidoutlook.com/fashion/historical/2004_04_greekhair.html|title= Early Hairstyling of the Hellenistic Period in Ancient Greece|work= Morbid Outlook|access-date= 29 April 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120206233843/http://morbidoutlook.com/fashion/historical/2004_04_greekhair.html|archive-date= 6 February 2012|url-status= dead}}
* {{cite web|author=Mayer, Tanna |display-authors=etal |url=http://www.wikihow.com/Style-a-Classic-Chignon-Hair-Style |title=How to Style a Classic Chignon|date= 28 March 2007|website= Wikihow|access-date= 29 April 2007}}

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