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Recent Examples of pigtailNext, tie your hair — or a blonde wig — into two pigtails and color the ends with wash-out pink and blue hair dye.—Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 Bands with names like Power-Tuff Girls and Pop Rocks, Hear the Explosion took over the space, filling it with glitter, sequin vests, pigtails, combat boots and classic black goth chokers.—Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025 Love her veil/mask, love the eye makeup, love the pivot from the pigtail braids.—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 The upload showed Harper dressed in a pink pajama set with her hair in braided pigtails, leaning forward to use a brush on his face.—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pigtail
In the first film, released in July 2020, the 33-year-old actor wore cornrows.
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Taryn Finley,
refinery29.com,
10 July 2025
After not being able to find a barber in Philly, growing his hair out as a Rookie turned cornrows into his signature, starting with a black headband and straightbacks during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend.