Maquina de charles nessler biography

Charles Nessler (born Karl Ludwig Neßler; 2 May 1872 – 22 January 1951) was the inventor of the permanent wave.

Life

Karl Ludwig Nessler was born on 2 May 1872 in Todtnau. He was the son of Rosina (née Laitner) and Bartholomäus Nessler, a cobbler in Todtnau, a small town located high in the Black Forest, just beneath the Feldberg.

He reportedly conceived the idea of a permanent wave early on. As a youngster, he occasionally worked as a shepherd and observed that wool, in contrast to human hair, is constantly crimped. He also noticed that plant tendrils would naturally curl in advance of rainstorms.

He began an apprenticeship with a village barber in nearby Schopfheim-Fahrnau, but he dropped out after just a few months.

Maquina de charles nessler biography

He worked in Basel and Milan in different jobs, learned Italian and French, and finally moved to Geneva. There he worked again as a barber and hairdresser and finished his apprenticeship at an elegant beauty salon. Adapting to the French-spe