20 New Ways To Wear A Ponytail

Smart ways to elevate the world's simplest style

A ponytail is a ponytail is a ponytail. Except when you upgrade an ordinary elastic with a delicate braid, or wrap chic black bands down the entire length of the tail. Here, the best ways to take an everyday look up a notch.

From: Harper's BAZAAR US

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Jennifer Lopez's cascading ponytail is red carpet ready thanks to a winning combination of mussed up flyaways and glamourous waves.

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Not too low, not too high, Rita Ora gets this sexy wavy ponytail just right.

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Tracee Ellis Ross takes her hair to new heights with a textured tail fastened high on the head.

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For a polished look, steal Drew Barrymore's updo idea with a sleek, side part in front and smooth voluminous strands in back.

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All you need to achieve Bryce Dallas Howard's chic banded ponytail? Five elastics and a bottle of texturizing spray.

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Lily Aldridge's ponytail is sky-high, wavy, and embraces face-framing baby hairs.

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A deep side part and swoop add easy elegance to Kerry Washington's ponytail.

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A teased-up ponytail gives Kelly Rohrbach instant Bardot appeal.

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Kendall Jenner's mussed-up ponytail is how cool girls do black tie hair.

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Karolina Kurkova's sleek ponytail is the perfect no-nonsense solution to a sweltering day.

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Do as Hailey Baldwin does, and dress up an otherwise simply high ponytail with a braid around the elastic.

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Chrissy Teigen polishes off a reverse French braid with a voluminous ponytail.

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Chiara Ferragni swapped out a hair tie for a chic black ribbon.

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Beyoncé adds a bit of whimsy to her slicked back ponytail by tossing it off to the side and gently curling the base.

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If you're going to do a basic ponytail, do as Adriana Lima does and make it extra glossy.

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High, wavy and a little bit fuzzy for Olivia Munn.

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Face-framing layers top off Jennifer Aniston's jaunty pony.

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Dakota Johnson shows off her perfect bangs: Airy, and tapered just so around the face.

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Rihanna's not always over-the-top. This pony is simple and streamlined.

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Wrapping the base of a high pony lends Lindsay Ellingson quick polish.

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