It's no surprise that glamorous waves and elegant chignons were the most popular hairstyles at Sunday's Golden Globes, but Nicole Richie, Reese Witherspoon and Zooey Deschanel took a major beauty risk, opting for unexpected looks instead.

Having pulled it up into an elegant chignon, she drew from her bosom what appeared to be a pair of stilettos of needlelike fineness and thrust them through the glossy coils.

After a long delay, they make their final appearance in demure ball gowns and long white gloves, their hair lacquered into elegant chignons and strewn with fake flowers.

Usually, Kate envied Meg her smooth black hair, which was caught up in an elegant chignon that showed off her swanlike neck.

She was a tall, splendidly built girl, with dark hair twisted into an elegant chignon, a pretty face and large brown eyes.

"Oh yes," Penelope said politely, her dark hair pulled up in an elegant chignon, her gown of the finest silk.

Ms. Bareikis's Emma could be this generation's Doris Day - another deceptively fresh-faced and perky girl from Ohio - comfortable wearing a baseball cap or an elegant chignon, but too smart not to be racked with anxiety.

The bride, whose planning process was captured on the TLC special "Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash," put her fabulous curves on display in a strapless Ines DiSantos gown and completed her ensemble with an elegant chignon.

The lineup here includes the streamlined figure of a nude Jain saint and the gorgeous head of a bodhisattva, his eyes half closed, his flowing hair caught up into an elegant chignon.

She began fashioning her hair up into a high, elegant chignon.