jennylafleurEdwardian Waves or Faux Marcel Waves – A signature look of Edwardian era hairstyles, true Marcel waves are difficult to do on one’s self! So the Edwardians created a faux wet set version with patented waving pins! This tutorial is based on that “at home” technique, using modern products.
Note: These faux waves are softer, fluffier and less defined than true Marcel waves. As the 1910 article that I’ve based this tutorial on points out “[it} will not give them the same appearance as a true Marcel wave” but “they offer the nearest home-made approach” “creating true waves instead of crimping or curls”.
If you use this tutorial I’d love to see the results! Tag me at @thejennylafleur on IG or FB or contact me on Jennylafleur.com!
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Creating Edwardian Waves (Faux Marcel Wave Hair Tutorial)jennylafleur2022-08-06 | Edwardian Waves or Faux Marcel Waves – A signature look of Edwardian era hairstyles, true Marcel waves are difficult to do on one’s self! So the Edwardians created a faux wet set version with patented waving pins! This tutorial is based on that “at home” technique, using modern products.
Note: These faux waves are softer, fluffier and less defined than true Marcel waves. As the 1910 article that I’ve based this tutorial on points out “[it} will not give them the same appearance as a true Marcel wave” but “they offer the nearest home-made approach” “creating true waves instead of crimping or curls”.
If you use this tutorial I’d love to see the results! Tag me at @thejennylafleur on IG or FB or contact me on Jennylafleur.com!
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Historical Note: There are several variations of this hairstyle in Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations, as hair fashions subtly changed shape throughout the era. This tutorial shows a variation appropriate for beginning of the era, approx. 1900-1906.
If you use this tutorial, I’d love to see the results! Tag me at @thejennylafleur on IG or FB or contact me on Jennylafleur.com!
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Looks like LBCC Apothecary no longer sells the brass hair pins I used but here is a link to the shop anyway - they have lots of great products and maybe they will bring them back someday! etsy.com/shop/LitttleBits
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♦PERIOD ARTWORK♦ -- Portrait of Wilhelmine Caroline Amalie Tischbein by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, 1773 -- Penelope Margaret Stafford by Joseph Wright of Derby, c1769. Via: Derby Museums and Art Gallery -- Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, by Richard Houston, c.1761-75