One popular part for ringlet curls was front bangs with a circular part moving
forward with a left and right side part. The hair was combed down from
both sides and the back and formed into ringlets. This style could be worn
with and without bangs.
Other than forming bangs, I'm not sure what the advantage
of a circular part was over the center part. The one advantage I can see
is that the hair from the center area could be used to form another
ringlet. This apparently was used by mothers who desired to add a hairbow
to one of the ringlets which would stay at the top of the boy's hair
rather than fall to the side.
As not all boys wore bangs
with style, I'm not sure why it was chosen over a center part. By using
a circular part there was somewhat less hair available for forming ringlets. So the ringlets would be shorter than those formed with a center part.
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