Chignon (hairstyle) traced back to ancient Greece, where Athenian women commonly wore the style with gold or ivory handcrafted hairpins. Athenian men wore the style as well, but they fastened their chignons with a clasp of "golden grasshoppers", according to "The History of the Peloponnesian War", by Thucydides. The chignon was specific to Athens, as other city states, such as Sparta and Cyprus, had their own style of hairdressing. The chignon was also popular in ancient China, where married women wore the low, knotted hairstyle. Male writers of the Victorian era, like Anthony Trollope, were fond of poking fun at the absurdity
Not cross bun Not cross bun A Not Cross Bun is a variation on the hot cross bun. It uses the same ingredients as the traditional version but in place of the cross some other type of piped decoration is used. The Not Cross Bun was notably started in 2012 by an Australian bakery, Sonoma Baking Company who use an 'S' instead of the more traditional 'X'. In the time since Not Cross Buns are now made by many other bakeries across Australia. The first known commercially sold 'not cross bun' was baked in 2012 by Sonoma Baking Company in Sydney using an