Hair styles are a work of art in Senegal. Women braid and plait their hair, often using fibre extension in intricate and ornate designs. Relaxed or straightened hair styles will also be seen in the urban areas. Senegalese women wear earrings, necklaces and pearls. Gold and silver ornaments are also popular.
Senegalese women are as modest as they are elegant.
Modesty in dress is in part an influence of Islam. The thighs of a woman in particular should not to be exposed. For women, wearing pants, even long ones, is considered inappropriate by tradition, although in urban areas today younger women frequently wear long pants. While bare breasts are not considered immoral or provocative among Senegalese people in a rural context, women do not normally walk with bare breasts outside their compounds unless when they are working or breast feeding.