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Street Style: Buns, Plaits and Ponytails!

Keeping cool in summer-sexy updos and topknots.
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By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020

The summer’s nearly over, but temps are still blazing! What’s a hairnista to do with her tresses when the weather’s like a sauna?

Easy — it’s all about styles that lift your locks off your neck, like fierce buns and glamorous ponytails.

Here, we hit the streets of New York City to find the best “real women” topknots, chignons, ponys and plaits!