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Hair styling technique
François Marcel marcelling his wife's hair, 1922
Marcelling
is a
hair styling
technique in which hot
curling tongs
are used to induce a curl into the hair.
Its appearance was similar to that of a
finger wave
but it is created using a different method.
Marcelled hair was a popular style for women's hair in the 1920s,
often in conjunction with a
bob cut
For those women who had longer hair, it was common to tie the hair at the nape of the neck and pin it above the ear with a stylish hair pin or flower. One famous wearer was
Josephine Baker
History
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Accounts vary about the invention of the style, but
Marcel Grateau
(October 18, 1852 – May 31, 1936) is widely credited with inventing the hair styling technique in the 1870s (differing accounts report 1872 or 1875).
The inventor and stylist emigrated to the United States and changed his name to
François Marcel Woelfflé
, sometimes reported as
François Marcel
He was granted U.S. patents for implements for performing the technique; the first, U.S. patent 806386, entitled "Curling-Iron", was published in 1905,
and the second, entitled "Hair-Waving Iron", for an electric version, under the name François Marcel, was published in 1918.
His obituary appeared under the name Francois Marcel Grateau in 1936.
In popular culture
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In the 1914 song "
By the Beautiful Sea
", the female protagonist is said to have a job marcelling hair.
The song "
Keep Young and Beautiful
", popular in 1934, references the hairstyle.
The
doo-wop
group
the Marcels
were named after the hairstyle.
10
11
British comedian
Kenny Everett
portrayed an over-the-top French stereotype by the name of Marcel Wave in his TV series.
In the film
Some Like It Hot
, actor
Tony Curtis
stood up his girl who complains she just had her hair marcelled.
See also
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Permanent wave
List of hairstyles
References
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Citations
Staples, Dorothy (2010).
Time revisited : a memoir
. S.l: Iuniverse Inc. p. 18.
ISBN
978-1-4502-2902-9
"The Marcel Wave"
1920-30.com
. Retrieved
29 August
2012
Sherrow 2006
, p.
257
Vetica, Robert (2009).
Good to Great Hair: Celebrity Hairstyling Techniques Made Simple
. Beverly, Mass: Fair Winds Press. p.
77
ISBN
978-1-59233-357-8
"Marcel"
. Oxford University Press. Archived from
the original
on 5 September 2013
. Retrieved
19 August
2012
US patent 1277739
US patent 806386
"By the Beautiful Sea, Lyrics"
Sherrow 2006
, p.
258
Morrow, Cousin Brucie; Maloof, Rich (2007).
Doo Wop: The Music, the Times, the Era
. New York: Sterling Pub. p.
152
ISBN
978-1-4027-4276-7
Goldberg, Marv (2009).
"The Marcels"
. Retrieved
19 August
2012
Works cited
Sherrow, Victoria (2006).
Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History
. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
ISBN
0-313-33145-6
External links
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Media related to
Marceled hair
at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of
marcelling
at Wiktionary
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