Abstract: A hair support structure for use in fashioning a hairstyle on a woman's head, comprises a substantially loop-shaped base portion comprising a thin elongate curved main body element, which is preferably an elongate wire. A plurality of rib members are secured at their bottom ends to the base portion and extend upwardly and generally inwardly therefrom so as to be structurally interconnected one to another, adjacent their top ends, at an elevated reinforcing cross-member. Each of the rib members is spaced apart from adjacent ribs by a distance of at least about one centimeter, and also is unattached along its length between its top end and its bottom end, so as to permit the ready passage of fingers therethrough, for the purpose of winding hair around the rib members. Each of the rib members exhibits stiffness so that the hair support structure is self supporting.