A French braid, also called a French plait, is a type of braided hairstyle. The three-strand gathered plait includes three sections of hair that are braided together from the crown of the head to the
A Dutch braid, otherwise known as an inverted French braid. The braid is above the hair instead of beneath it like normal French braids.
Various braids combined to look like a French and Dutch braid.
Braids are a hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more strands of hair. Braiding has been used to style and ornament human and animal hair for thousands of years world-wide in various cultures aro
French braid
…A French braid, also called a French plait, is a type of braided hairstyle. The three-strand gathered plait includes three sections of hair that are braided together from the crown of the head to the nape of the neck…
An Egyptian child with a "Lock of Youth" plait hairstyle
Front and side view of the Venus of Brassempouy, France (c. 23,000 BCE)
Christina Koch, astronaut of the 2026 Artemis II mission with a floating braid
Tewodros II (c. 1818 – 1868 CE), Emperor of Ethiopia, depicted in Histoire de l'Ethiopie d'Axoum à la révolution (1998), wearing braided locks