Shimada (hairstyle) Shimada (hairstyle) The shimada (島田) is a women's hairstyle in Japan, similar to a chignon. Its modern usage is mainly limited to geisha (wearing it as a wig), but during the Edo period it was also worn by ordinary women, and especially by girls in their late teens. Generally the hair is gathered together at the crown of the head and a small portion of the bun is sectioned off to point outward. There are four major types of the Shimada: These hairstyles developed in the Edo period, when the preference among women for long, flowing hairstyles gave way to
Khmer clothing made of heavy or soft cotton depend on the wearer's wealth. Wealthy women wore the "chang pok" with extra fabric as a shawl sewn in place to the "sampot". They wore their hair up in a bun or as a chignon attached with flowers and draped over the shoulder. Older women wore quieter colours with their favourite Sampot Samloy and jewellery of bracelets, necklaces and earrings, made from silver, gold and other metal. Older women wore their hair in chignon style only. Common women wore the same style of clothes as the upper class but in black, most wearing sarongs