It has a dominant gene that creates a lovely curly coat, which has been described as a full-body perm. It's as if a talented hairdresser has been hard at work with your cat to make it enthrallingly curly. The coat varies according to the season and the maturity of the cat. Essentially though, it is wavy or curly all over. The neck ruff is where these curls are most prominent.   Their ears can also have some unique hair features. Silky hair can be found on the back of the ears with long curly hair inside. They also have ear tip ‘tufts’ and distinctive ‘ear muffs’. The longhaired version is graced with a curly plumed tail. Smaller bottle brush tails are common with the shorthairs. Curly, long whiskers can be seen on both, and their coat can have a natural parting on the spine. This is jokingly described as “the parting of the waves”.