Talk:Finger wave

I've never even heard of this... and I've been researching fashion/ hair in the 20s for awhile. Why are no other hairstyles (except the extremely popular bob) featured in articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.181.44.176 (talk) 01:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Marcel wave
I had been working on an article regarding the similar "marcel wave" (now a redirect). However, I've been unable to see any real difference (despite the text below) between the one and the other, 'though some folks seem to think there is a difference. Below is the text from that aborted article (the refs have been reformatted, etc.); hopefully some bits and pieces may be useful here: The Marcel Wave (originally called the Undulation Marcel) is a hairstyle that was created in 1872 by Francois Marcel (The creator's name is in dispute. The patent (linked below) is in the name of Francois Marcel, but some sources give the name as Marcel Grateau and an obituary in the name of "Francois Marcel Grateau". The situation is detailed here.), a late 19th century French hair-dresser. The style gave its name to the "Marcel curling iron", which differed slightly from the typical irons at the time in that the pressure on the crimping mechanism was provided by the user rather than a spring, and that it could be rotated.

The Marcel is similar to a standard finger wave style, but differs in creating the range of curls in a circular fashion across the brow.