Barbershops ARE BACK
Damien Noonan Razor Sharp, Leongatha
words katie cincotta photos warren reed
The last bastion of masculinity – the beard – is back and with it, a new wave of New York style barbers ready to clip, cut, shave and shine that virile display of manhood into the crowning glory of the face. Hipster fashion and its focus on op shop clothes and rampant facial hair – sparked the renaissance. “For the first time ever, clothing fashion governed hair choice. But there was something missing in the hipster movement and it wasn’t the watch and it wasn’t the bling, it was the hair,” says master barber of more than 35 years, Mario Fallace.
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Suddenly beards were taking their styling cues from Vikings. And bold, unruly manes need managing. Flamboyant whiskers need taming. And where else to get the loving attention your badge of male sexual attractiveness needs than at the one place that celebrates everything it means to be a man – the barber shop.
