Some may find the wax models creepy, this is due to the fact that three of them look like men in drag with their heavy, features especially blondie second from the left. The other two (far right) have powerhouse necks, would not wish to scrap with either of them. Now there is the basis for the next horror film!

If that hair is red, she's the woman of my dreams.

The Marcel wave was invented in 1872 by Francois Marcel.

Now can somebody enlighten us about "Eugene Permanent Waving," which, to judge by the sign on the door, enabled you to walk like an Egyptian?

Francois Marcel invented the process in 1872 and made a mint on it. If you were a Frenchman with the name Marcel, it was your golden opportunity to cash in on the style and learn the profession of beauty-culture.

The style had made it to the piney woods of South Georgia a few years before the attached photo. This is my mother at 19 years, in 1932. The photograph was made at Rich's of Savannah. A softer style than the original Marceled "do."

.... won't ever be showing up on Ebay or an antique store. No way wax survives even a brief stay in an attic or basement. They would look cool on my shelf, though.

Those busts are both beautiful and creepy all at once.

And how much do you want to bet "Marcel of Paris" was actually Bob from Poughkeepsie with a bad French accent?

How great are those wig models? The one in the middle, especially.

"Why, this is just a little ole Marcel wave, silly!"

Marcel Grimaud appears to have gotten his stateside start in the shop of Robert of Paris, located just a few doors down in the same fashionable block of Connecticut Ave.

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Announcement

Marcel of Paris and Nice, France, has the pleasure to announce to his patrons and friends of Washington and vicinity that he has opened his REAL PARISIAN BEAUTY PARLORS at 1504 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, where he is prepared to give his patrons the benefit of his 25 years' experience in all branches of BEAUTY CULTURE.

In Paris and on the Riviera, France, he has obtained the greatest success as an artist of rare talent, creator of individually becoming coiffures, and Manufacturer of exclusive Postiches - Bobbed Wigs, Transformations and the New French Chignon.

He has engaged a staff of real competent expert operators in all branches, who will work under his personal supervision.

Real French Bobbing — Formerly with Robert

The busts in the window are very creepy in their realism.

So is this shop the home of the original Marcel Wave so popular in the '20s? Or is it an entrepreneur capitalizing on a popular fad by naming their shop after it?

Those mannequins are creepy. They're way too realistic, and not in a good way.

Going to get a contouration from a member of the Beauticult of America -- sounds like you'd be lucky to get out alive.

Not to mention the storefront.

That was really, really bad. But I'm still laughing!

A fellow poked his head into the doorway and asked, "Bob Peters here?"

The stylist replied, "Nope, just hair."