Haircuts follow trends exactly as clothes do. Having said that, mustache and beard, symbols of modern hipsters or simply an aesthetic choice, are definitely in vogue right now. As a natural step forward, men from Europe to USA, started needing a specific place for taking care of their facial hair, and it wasn’t the case to visit a common hairdressers. That’s probably the main reason why the barber shops are back. Even though the technology in this field has reached high levels and grooming oneself has become easy – and very fast too – the original old school shaving is still perceived as an art form, and a virility ritual, too appealing to be ignored.
To feel like James Dean or Don Draper, one needs more than just a good barber: a comfortable and stylish leather chair, the small retro shaving tools and the typical barber’s poles, to mention the basics. It seems like it’s working for real: some of the traditional or pioneering shops even organize workshops to teach the interested how to perform the correct grooming ritual. Considered also as a meeting place for socializing, while choosing between the typical Italian grooming and the American one, barber shop is yet another proof that vintage strikes once again.
