A French braid , or French plait, is a popular hairstyle. Unlike a regular three-strand braid, a French braid starts with small sections of hair at the crown of a person's head, and intermittently, more hair is added to each section as the braid progresses down the head. The classic French braid is a single braid at the back of one's head. The French Braid gets its name because it was invented by a French hairstylist.

This hairstyle is often preferred to the normal braid due to the fact that it holds the shorter hairs at the top of the head in the braid and so they do not wave about.

Variations

Variations on this hairstyle include:

  • Side braids
  • Twists
  • Cornrows
  • Fishtail braid
  • Dutch braid - A Dutch braid (also called an inverted French braid) is created when the hair sections are crossed under each other, instead of over. It results in the look of a braid standing up from the rest of the hair, instead of being under the hair.

French braid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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