The period is called the Roaring Twenties because it portrays the hostile air that drifted in America during 1920s. Sometimes, it is also named as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance or the Age of Wonderful Nonsense. However it's called, the period personifies the beginning of Modern America. The Roaring Twenties represents a time of change for everybody, a change that in some way be viewed as both good and bad for modern America from the 1920's hairstyles to the mainstream invasions of jazz.

A lot of things happened in the 1920's that women of today should be thankful for. World War I might be the reason that led them to break long-standing traditions and start acting and saying things more honestly as they felt. At that time, the women were particularly freed from the restrictive norms that society placed upon them as dictated by their gender. During this time, the entire major events that include the beginnings of the women's liberation took place when females were now able to vote during election, swear in public or drive a car without a male companion. But one of the more fun transformations women had then was the way they changed their look.

1920's hairstyles were some of the most controversial changes that happened not only in hair fashion but in American culture in general. One of the most famous hairdos of the era was known as the bob which found its early beginnings in in 1915 with the debut of the castle bob, the original bob haircut that was a blunt cut leveled to the bottom of the ears and going all around the head.

Women started changing their look by changing the fashion trends in the 1920’s. They put on were the characteristic hairstyles they wore even beyond the much shorter (skimpier by their standards) clothes. From the finger waves to the still famous bob, women of the so-called roaring twenties have always defined their new identities with much attention given to their revolutionary hairstyles.

Finger waves came out during this era to boost the already famous bob hairstyles. The waves were considered to have a softening or relaxing effect on the short bobs and gave more feminine touch to an otherwise tasteless regular haircut.

And then, there were the Marcel waves which were created and made popular by 19th century French hair designer, Francois Marcel. By this time, the first electric curling irons were manufactured and provided a great alternative to the old fashioned way of curling hair using gas burner-heated tongs. These Marcel-reminiscent electric curling irons are still being sold on famous shopping sites online these days.

Apart from the fast-rising popularity of curls among women of the era, hair layering also became hot as it added extra body and bounce to plain bobs and waves. At the same time, layering was also used as a technique to help keep the curls or waves for a longer time and, with lighter curling fluids, make it incredibly easier to comb through the waves and retain them for longer.

Electric curling irons made them more convenient to produce even if these hair fashion standouts had been around for years. Previous gadgets used by hairdressers were made of heavy tongs that had to be heated over a fire in order to produce the desired effect. They were quite hazardous and many people had to suffer burns, both hairdressers and their clients. But with the the arrival of their electric versions, curls became easier and safer to create and the Marcel wave was resurrected.