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The Polish plait can vary between one large plait and multiple plaits that resemble dreadlocks. [28] Polish plaits according to historical records were often infested with lice. It was believed that not washing and combing the hair would protect a person from diseases. This folk belief was sometimes common in Eastern Europe. [29] Work Baye Fall
Braid (hairstyle) An Egyptian child with a "Lock of Youth" plait hairstyle. A girl with a French braid. 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 ...
Lock of hair. A lock of hair is a piece or pieces of human hair that are usually bunched or tied together in some way. A lock of hair can be on a person's head, or have been cut from the head. When attached to the head, a lock of hair generally refers to a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair. [1] When cut from the head, a lock of hair may be kept ...
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. Often described as "Business in the front, party in the back". Odango. A hairstyle where two buns are worn on either side of the head, with the rest of the hair worn as pigtails.
A braid (also referred to as a plait) is a complex structure or pattern formed by interlacing three or more strands of flexible material such as textile yarns, wire, or hair. [1] The simplest and most common version is a flat, solid, three-stranded structure. More complex patterns can be constructed from an arbitrary number of strands to create ...
A Dutch braid, otherwise known as an inverted French braid. The braid is above the hair instead of beneath it like normal French braids. The phrase "French braid" appears in an 1871 issue of Arthur's Home Magazine, used in a piece of short fiction ("Our New Congressman" by March Westland) that describes it as a new hairstyle ("do up your hair in that new French braid"). [2]
The ban includes dreadlocks, large cornrows and twists. [77] The rationale for this decision is that the aforementioned hairstyles look unkempt. [ 77 ] African-American women in the Army may be forced to choose between small cornrows and chemically processing their hair, if their natural hair is not long enough to fit a permitted hairstyle.
Cornrows (sometimes called canerows) are a style of traditionally three-strand braids, originating in Africa, [1][2][3] in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row. Cornrows are often done in simple, straight lines, as the term implies, but they can also be styled in ...