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Curling Iron

Origins

Early curling irons paved the way for today’s curlers and wands

Invention

French hairstylist Marcel Grateau is credited with the invention of the curling iron in 1890

New Styles

Grateau is also credited with inventing the ‘Marcelling’ style, which resembled finger waves and was popular in the 1920s

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