Messy Chignon Updo of Brittany Murphy All Dressed Up at Gala

Brittany Murphy is wearing a big formal updo with her olive strapless dress. It's almost high enough at the top/front to look like a bouffant hairstyle, and it's big and messy at the back. When it's so voluminous at the back, it's okay (and in fact sometimes better) to make your hair higher at the front like this.