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Braids (also referred to as plaits) are a complex hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more strands of hair. [1] Braiding has never been specific to any one part of the world, ethnic type or culture, but has been used to style and ornament human and animal hair for thousands of years world-wide [ 2 ] in various cultures around the world.
The Venus of Brassempouy from the southwest of France is estimated to be about 25,000 years old and shows a braided hairstyle. Although many cultures want to take sole credit for the braid, they cannot be traced to a single origin. Like how different versions of Cinderella are traceable to nearly every culture, braids, too, are polygenetic. One ...
A hairstyle popular in the second half of the 17th century. French braid: A French braid is a braid that appears to be braided "into" the hair, often described as braided backwards—strands, going over instead of under as in a Dutch braid. French twist: A hairstyle wherein the hair is twisted behind the head into a sort of bun style. Fringe ...
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]
By: The Beauty Experts at L'Oréal Paris . When changing up your hairstyle, it's easy to make the shift from long layers to an eye-catching crop.
The lovelock was a popular hairstyle amongst European "men of fashion" from the end of the 16th century until well into the 17th century. The lovelock was a long lock of generally plaited hair made to rest over the left shoulder (the heart side) to show devotion to a loved one. [5]
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The Chinese word for queue, bian, meant plaited hair or a cord. The term bian , when used to describe the braid in the Manchu hairstyle, was originally applied by the Han dynasty to the Xiongnu. Jurchen people wore a queue like the Manchu, the Khitan people wore theirs in Tartar style and during the Tang dynasty , tribes in the west wore braids.