Tags: Fashion, Topical Concept.
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 made by a quite different means. Accounts vary about the invention of the style. Some reports ascribe the invention of the technique to Marcel Grateau (1852–1936) who invented it in 1872 (others say 1875). François Marcel Woelfflé who later changed his name to François Marcel was granted U.S.