His invention was a large, seated version that consisted of a bonnet that attached to the chimney pipe of a gas stove. Godefoy invented it for use in his hair salon in France and it was not portable or handheld, but instead could only be used by having the person sit underneath it. Armenian American inventor Gabriel Kazanjian was the first to patent a blow dryer in the United States, in Around , hair dryers began to go on the market in handheld form.
This was due to innovations by National Stamping and Electricworks under the white cross brand,[10] and later U. Even in the s, the new dryers were often heavy, weighing in at approximately 2 pounds 0. They also had many instances of overheating and electrocution. Hair dryers were only capable of using watts, which increased the amount of time needed to dry hair the average dryer today can use up to watts of heat.
Since the s, development of the hair dryer has mainly focused on improving the wattage and superficial exterior and material changes. In fact, the mechanism of the dryer has not had any significant changes since its inception. One of the more important changes for the hair dryer is to be made of plastic, so that it is more lightweight.
It was not portable in the least — and it is easy to see why — and was only used in hairdressing salons frequented by a posh and urban clientele. In the s, hand dryers comprising a heating element and a fan first began to appear. It was also used to heat beds and shoes, to defrost food, to warm up children, and more.
They were very heavy, weighing close to 1 kg, and were difficult to use. Their electrical connections were not always very safe and ended up causing a number of, sometimes fatal, accidents involving overheating and electrocution. The airflow created by the machines was very weak, given their watt capacity — and the women who tested the first models were often exhausted well before their hair had dried! From then on, hair got layered and blown out. Your email address will not be published.
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Companies moved quickly to capitalize on this potential new hair-dryer market. You have more hair today than a year ago. Hairstylists gained celebrity status in these decades, thanks to stylist-to-the-stars Vidal Sassoon and films like Shampoo , which starred Warren Beatty as a hunky hairdresser irresistible to his customers. Suddenly, a functional grooming tool had sex appeal. The stylist-as-Casanova persona can still be found today, in celebrity stylists like Harry Josh.
But apart from an alteration to its materials and the addition of various attachments and heat conductors, like ceramic and tourmaline, the hair dryer has changed very little since its birth. And only as recently as were these devices legally required to contain ground fault circuit interrupters, which greatly decrease the danger of high-voltage injury or death.
Older models still resurface in the news for plunking into bathtubs and electrocuting their owners, as in the case of the young Palomera sisters ages 7 and 9 , who were cooling off in the tub when their old dryer dropped in. Hair dryers weave in and out of public and private spaces, making them different from other grooming tools. Hair depilators and eyelash curlers remain hidden behind closed doors.
But hair dryers began in public and continue to occupy public space. Some salons will even place a chair in their picture window, putting the hair-drying experience on full display and marketing it to passersby. In the last decade, hair dryers have taken up public real estate anew thanks to an explosion of hair-drying bars in urban areas that deal exclusively with the washing and drying of hair no cuts or dyeing treatments.
The company Drybar, one of the most popular, has more than 70 locations across the United States and Canada.
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