Hairstyle for a special occasion, perhaps

Usage examples of updo.

Short, thin, olive complexion, an odd updo of hair with purple fringes over the ink black.

He reached up and pulled a long piece of hair out of her carefully arranged updo, mussing it, and let it fall softly against her cheek.

She patted it, making sure that all was well and that not a single hair had escaped the shellac that holds an updo in place.