What's more, her single braid ends at her waist, with the remaining hair braided into a handful of smaller plaits. Blake Lively's Chain-linked Messy Braid Dress up the Pinterest-popular braided ...

Americans prefer to use the word ‘braid’ — rhymes with ‘trade’ and ‘grade’ — rather than ‘plait’. They talk about ‘braiding one’s hair’, rather than ‘plaiting one’s ...