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Editors Letter
editor’s letter
We bring you BarberShop Magazine from the lands of the Kabi Kabi and Yugambeh peoples. A very warm greeting to you one and all wherever you are reading us.
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This issue, like all that we present to you, has common threads amongst its pages, and this time my Barbers, it’s Education/Teaching and Mentoring by others, and getting schooled ourselves by our own experiences.
Overall, it’s about Learning.
How we learn and what we do with that knowledge is up to the individual isn’t it? I believe, knowledge is like good food and wine, it’s best shared.
One thing is for sure, these past months have brought out the best, in so many of the great minds in this industry of ours.
One very important observation I made whilst interviewing for this issue, is that all the fine teachers and educators I spoke to, Sofie Pok aka StayGold, Robert-Jan Rietveld aka Bertus and Leigh Winsor from AREA ACADEMY here in Australia to name drop 3, all said the same thing. It’s about “Connection”. Making that connection with the “student/pupil’, seeing that light go off in their eyes when you know they have got it, the penny’s dropped, you have passed on knowledge. I think it’s the sign of good teacher to express that feeling and they all did in their own words, nearly the same words actually. They also all expressed it is best ‘live’ too, face to face when you can say, “come closer check this out”, not so much over the net, we all yearn for that right?
What’s about when we school ourselves… and life’s lessons teach us something we can pass on to others? Ash Weller has been sharing his journey with us and gives us the 4th and last instalment in BarberShop documenting his journey over the last year, and it is gooood! Read all 4 there is something there for all of us.
The Principal of Life School is explained in this issue by Ricky Zizza, who bares all and proves like the champion he is, “Barbering does change lives” and he is not talking about the guests in our Barber chairs, but us, the Barber. Barbering may have certainly helped changed Ricky’s life, but his amazing soul and self-determination did the heavy lifting. A very special man, a very special story and an honour to publish.
Chicken Dinners!! We might have a couple… Anthony Staltari winner of AHIA Creative: Best Men’s Hair Specialist 2021 is here! We chat to the maestro,
CM and he tell us about his inspo for each model he MY created and, he shares a great yarn about his trip to London to do this collection. CY Stephanie Pfalzgraf is here! Winner of this years CMY American Crew All Star Challenge Australia and Barbers… Stephanie is the first female ever in K Australia to do so! We chat to her and get the skinny on her submission.
Abdul Rafay of Tommy Guns fame is here! Abdul took out the number 1 spot in an in-house competition with Guns and Reuzel that got him props from Leen and Bertus themselves, a photo shoot -interview and feature in BarberShop plus, heaps of other cool stuff. He shares his story and comp experience with us here as well as his images.
The usual suspects are here: 2 amazing Australian shop reviews, Straight Outta’ Barber School, international profile and collection, International shop profile, business stuff, product stuff, blogs and much more!!
Let’s get going, there’s a lot to unpack! This is Issue 10.3 ENJOY!
