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      • Blow dryers were invented in the late 19th century. The first, stationary, model was created by Alexandre F. Godefroy in his salon in France. The handheld, household hair dryer first appeared in 1920.
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    Blow dryers were invented in the late 19th century. The first, stationary, model was created by Alexandre F. Godefroy in his salon in France. The handheld, household hair dryer first appeared in 1920. Blow dryers are used in beauty salons by professional stylists and in the household by consumers.

  3. Although versions of the fixed, salon-based contraption pioneered by French stylist Alexander Godefroy and consisting of slightly scary-looking hoods connected to a hot air source such as a gas stove have existed since the 1890s, the first patent of a portable hair dryer dates from 1911 and handheld dryers didn’t arrive in homes until around 1920.

  4. May 24, 2016 · The very first blow dryer was a bonnet or hooded dryer which required you to sit down underneath it. The very first hooded dryer was connected to a gas stove or chimney pipe which provided the heat. The bonnet contained small openings which allows even airflow.

  5. Sep 8, 2023 · The first handheld blow dryer. After the first two to three decades of the salon hair dryer, many clients and stylists desired a more convenient, compact version. Many companies introduced handheld dryers in the 1920s, but they didn't become more popular until a couple of decades later.

  6. The first blow dryer was invented in the late 19th century by Alexander F “Beau” Godefroy in France. It was clumsy and seated like a vacuum cleaner, essentially a giant hose connected to a heat source.

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  7. Dec 5, 2021 · Blow dryers were invented in the late 19th century. The first model was created by Alexander F. “Beau” Godefroy in his salon in France in 1890. His invention was a large, seated version that consisted of a bonnet that attached to the chimney pipe of a gas stove.

  8. May 3, 2017 · Before the invention of the hair dryer in the 1920s women and men were creative when it came to drying their hair. One of the first devices used as a hair dryer was actually the vacuum cleaner. Turn of the century vacuum cleaners sucked in air through the front and blew it out through the back.