Bun (hairstyle)

A topknot (regional or even Gogsch Punz, Switzerland also Huppi or Püürzi ) or Dutt is a on the vertex or on the back of the head, rarely also in forehead close to a node braided, coiled or gezwirbelte hairstyle of head hair. Meyers encyclopedia of 1905 describes the hair knot, also (French ) Chignon called when the whipped up in a bag- like bead and at the back fastened with a comb hair. Topknot on both sides of the head is called ( ear ) snails.

History

The bun can be traced back to ancient Greece. Athenian women stuck to the hair with handmade gold or ivory needles. The hairstyle was worn by Athenian men, however, these hair stuck together with gold clasps. The bun was typical of Athens. Other city-states such as Sparta and Cyprus still others wore headdresses.

In the Roman Republic at the time of Christ's birth respected women wore their hair rather plain and attached to the vertex. Situated plastered and decorated with various objects, hairs were only worn by prostitutes. At various times, only virgins wore her hair down, the married women put their hair. The Roman writer Tacitus reports of the warriors of the Germanic tribe of the Suevi, the hair combed sideways and tied high on the vertex to a node, the so-called Suebian knot to look bigger and more impressive in combat.

During the middle ages women usually braided their hair and wore under a veil, came with the Renaissance on updos. In England, Queen Elizabeth I made ​​, among other lofty hair popular. Mary Queen of Scots wore her hair up, coiffed on a heart-shaped wire frame. In the neoclassical style of the Napoleonic and Victorian women wore similar hairstyles of ancient Greece, the hair pinned up to the node, with individual curls that fell into the forehead or over the ears.

Another boom was the topknot in the forties of the last century, as in the war industry working women wore their hair in knots, to protect them during working hours.

The topknot is felt especially in ballet ( Ballerinenknoten ), but also in women with long hair in the military forces, where the hair must remain neat and could interfere with long flying hair or as typical. The hair is often plugged in even when Vaulting, artistic cycling and rhythmic gymnastics to the node. Mostly, the hair is worn by male dancers in the node in ballet. Another discipline in a traditional knot is worn, the Sumōringkampf (see Chonmage ).

In the Indian Sikhs from wearing uncut hair of their religion. Her hair often wear as firmly tied knot under a head covering.

Accessories

The knot is held together with tools. These include both metal hairpins, and decorated hair clips, hair nets, hair bands and small combs. Even hair pads, give the node form or more by volume, were temporarily in use.

Types and versions

• A Ballerinenknoten is a wound from a ponytail hair bun at the back. During winding the ponytail is rotated in itself ( twisted ). Since the hair while dancing high load is suspended, it will be worked tight, occasionally with moistened hair. Additional stability can be achieved by using a hair net or gel.
• A donut bun is a bun, which is wrapped around a donut-shaped pillow node. For use, there are various techniques. Instead of a node cushion the hair can also be wrapped around a rolled, cut at the toe sock. A similar appearance has - no padding, but less stable - a Ballerinenknoten which is loosely been attached.
• A Gibson tuck (also: Gibson roll) arises when the downwardly depending hair short binds above the tops with a rubber band and then in an outward rotation rolls up to the top. The finished roll is pinned with bobby pins. Named after a former American fashion Ideal elegant hairstyle was fashionable at the turn of the 20th century and is now worn again.
• A banana or banana hair (german french twist, french chignon banane ) is a vertically rolled Gibson tuck.
• Odango (お 団子) called in Japanese a round topknot, as this looks like a Dango, a Japanese dumpling. At times, so that the worm hairstyle is also known outside Japan. It is on the top left and top right of each rolled on the head with the approaches of the braids a little snail. If you have the braids not entirely wrapped, you can, after the snails were attached, hang the ends of the braids free, so a combination of both hairstyles created.

The technique of wound and twisted bun

Gibson tuck

Hair banana

Odango