African American Wedding Hairstyles & Hairdos

This is a medium-to-short carefree style with a gorgeous haute couture veil. The photo is courtesy of Salon Dulce.

This short, relaxed style could be perfect for many of our sassy brides-to-be. Here, it's worn by Wendy Raquel.

This style features cascading waves under a classic veil. Photo credit goes to Sam Fine.

Courtesy of Out of the Blue

This long and wavy style is courtesy of Mizani.

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A medium-length style with highlights.

This is a youthful hairdo that is partly straight and partly curly. But it's ALL cute! Courtesy of Magic In Motion.

Many women with short hair assume they can't pull off an updo. But with some imagination (and hair gel) almost anything is possible.

This is a simple, elegant style with a side updo and comb hair jewelery.

This is a glamorous style using twists arranged in a crown.

Courtesy of Revolution Hair Design

This is a short hairstyle accented by a cheeky flip. Courtesy of HJI

A long, half-up-half-down 'do styled with microbraids. Courtesy of the lovely Janella Proctor.

An sleek updo with a braid accent and hair jewelry.

This is a gorgeous updo as worn by a real bride in this sepia-toned picture. Photo courtesy of Audrey Okono.

A sleek pulled back bun updo, as worn by Nia Long. Courtesy of our friends at Essence.com. Read about Nia Long talking about the Chris Ro...

This is a lovely long hairstyle worn with a veil. Courtesy of Jen Huang Photography Patricia & Charles Harlem, NY

This is a chic updo worn by Taraji Henson.